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  • We start with at least three students for this drill. One stands and accepts the contact working to move as a whole and keep his sight relaxed. The second walks about and works both to be relaxed and not show his intentions and to come in and take down either other student when his attention…

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  • Lie on the ground and place all four limbs and head in the air. Move from being face up to down and back again and travel from place A to B in as many ways as you can. Now add a partner who will work to push and pull you toward point B (anywhere from…

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  • Nine inch nail

    People who have never been attacked seriously tend to play as if marking strikes joint torque or the pressure of a dummy knife is not really there in practice and worse they tense up and resist tension causing themselves to be controlled and causing injury. Take on long nail and introduce it to the group.…

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  • Negative?

    In the west it is considered heroic in many cases to loose your temper and go berserk. You hear about acts negating reason and consideration that succeed once in a while and those who perform them and live are considered heroes. An experienced soldier would care little to a heroic person in his fox hole…

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  • BEING

    This post is inspired by man who is a student and teacher of Japanese and Okinawan martial arts and puts them into practice. Not too many years ago most martial arts differed in little and had much in common. The why to that is simple. They had to work. A man raises his forearm and…

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  • A very simple drill which cleans tension from the spine and hips after a long walk or run with gear on: Stand a step away from the wall/tree/partner and place both hands or fists on it/him overhead. Collapse with an exhale so your head and then the rest of the spine is leaning and reversing…

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  • One quote

    “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” What can we learn from this: See everything with new eyes as it is and not as something held at the back of our heads Hold nothing in excess and…

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  • Have a partner come at you with a fist toward your face. Hold your breath and tense up your body. As the contact comes exhale and relax your entire body to the ground. Repeat this drill from all directions forward backside and sides and from different angles. Change roles and repeat and then add adding…

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  • It is sadly seen many times in rapists and other violent criminals that they are scratched in the neck and face but the eyes are unharmed. While we are very honed genetically to protect the eyes from harm a large portion of this reality comes from the victim being unable to cause such harm to…

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