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There is a terrible way of linear training and strength training which hampers how we progress and maintain our health throughout a very nonlinear life. Here are three examples of nonlinear strength and movement which will enhance your health, strength and ability to handle life’s rungs. The Stick ups Take a sturdy stick which can…
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Strength gives way to capability. We aim for strength but we usually forget to aim for a balance of strength. Our bodies are made for forward motion mostly, for climbing, running, swimming and working with tools for building and war. Balance in strength allows our bodies to manifest our will in movement over time instead…
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Coordination and coordination under pressure are related sets of skills. I was playing with my son Gideon and together we came up with a set of drills for coordination under pressure. Here is the progression. Stand and hold a tennis ball in your hand. Throw it from rib height to eye height along with your…
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Ask yourself who you are. Are you a consumer who follows or a man who chooses his path ? The four horsemen to counter commercial medicine Doctor FAST Fasting has been a successful prescription to countless ailments and promotes health and mental and emotional clarity. It is the definition of cheap and can be applied…
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Being in the water is a natural experience. We’ve all spend months in liquid and returning to it is second nature. Standing neck deep in water is relaxing and can be challenging in the right mindset and conditions. If the temperature is low, then the body needs to contend with the elements and the blood…
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There is a saying that we are treated as worse as we allow. I want to introduce a few physical examples of this concept but also urge you to consider where this concept comes to life in everyday life and the relationships we hold with family, friends and the powers that be beyond the people.…
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Today we have many schools for martial art that teach very little while costing us time and even derails us from true understanding and harms us. How do we distinguish what is good for us and what is harmful ? How do we take this lesson and enact it in our being instead of keeping…
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In confrontations there is no balance between the streams. There will only be a balance within the theater the confrontation takes place in. In physical confrontations, we will gain balance once we are mindful to the internal streams of tension and movement within. Knowing the internal theater of war lets the one in conflict see…
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There is a strong trend in martial art and in life where we claim technique is greater than brute force. In many cases, it is true yet there is no place for us to neglect our force production when we consider the full human or any system we are upholding and wishing to thrive, from…
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We live two lives. The one before we know our mortality and the one which follows the understanding we are but leaves in the wind. Merits are held by both and none is better than the other. The martial world is thus divided too. There are martial arts that come to win, harm, maim and…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 