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  • Strong enough to act instead of react Strong enough to see instead of watch and follow Strong enough to stay in yourself instead of being manipulated by other people’s aggression. Be gentle.

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  •  I will present a few ideas to address this question. First the obscure part. You can skip straight to the movement drills and come back later for this: Mentally we place a divider between making contact and hitting. There is no actual difference aside from that line we place before ourselves to cross. Pushing is…

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  • One gulp

    There are many ways to see the importance of breath awareness. Take one gulp of water and hold it in your mouth. First walk around and run second you go gently to the ground roll and come back Third you are pushed and pulled and then hit as well all while keeping that gulp in…

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  • How to make choices under pressure is a topic of use to all of us. We tend to rely on tricks but reality is far simpler. You remain in yourself and stay calm with attention to breathing and the solution presents itself using simple focus on the real target. Getting home in one piece and…

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  • 1.       Wrapping: something comes your way as an arm ending with a fist and you move your body walking or on the ground hips and shoulders in sync and wrap your limbs around it as you continue to move. 2.       bringing in: you move with your body and limbs to press the closest part of…

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  • We work in this video solo and with partners to learn to move different points in the body freely and how we can remain free and relaxed even under tension holds and more. At the end we show how to mask your skill so no one will know what you know.

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  • Have a partner walk around the area you are working in and avoid making contact with you. Walk after him or her and see how your movement affect his choice of direction and speed and on the other hand how his avoidance controls your movement. Repeat the drill with no working on paying attention to…

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  • From a few steps away point your finger toward your partner (and former friend’s ) eye and start moving slowly toward him with the intent of making contact with the eye ( keep the speed low). Your partner needs to: 1. Keep breathing 2. move toward you instead of away from you 3. Keep his…

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  • Do this once a week and see how what this gives you. Six push ups Six straight back sit ups Six leg raises overhead Six squats with back perpendicular to the ground All done in the pace of sixty breaths down and another sixty up. Do this and see your awareness grow and your body…

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  • LETTING THEM IN

    It is easy to rely on the support of the bottom in the shallow water but once you are deep you must learn to swim. We rely on deflecting, guiding and manipulation in conversation physical fights and in our own heads and hearts. That works great as long as everything is under control and logical…

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