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The ten minutes static push up can seem intimidating and at first you may feel a lot of tension building as you fight the tension instead of releasing it with the breath. Consider this way to reaching the mark: Place a timer for ten minutes and start it. For every minute keep the static push…
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Thomas Aquinas made this argument in the 13th century, writing, “If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments where one suffices. In short: have a partner or more come at you and…
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I came back from the army yesterday and I have a lot more new drills to share. One of the most basic and more giving is to simply stand with your legs under your hips and lower your upper body upright a few centimeters down while maintaining a relaxed and free feeling in the hips…
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Place a fist to the face and relax, tense your neck and face to push the fist away and in this manner you learn which muscles you use to resist the movement. Exhale and relax those muscles and let the fist move without following it. Proceed to repeating this drill with your eyes closed and…
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Stand on one leg and start to move in a circle in one spot keeping yourself upright or finding what happens when you do not. Next move on one leg without leaving the ground in a straight line back and forth learning to relax the focus in the eyes and to avoid tension in your…
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Today I gave a night water lesson. We worked on grappling mostly with the legs being the primary movers and here are a few drills for starters: Have your partner lift your legs high or support them on a floating object and do push ups facing the waves and thus learn to keep a positive…
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This is a three people drill. One is the observer and the switcher and two are working with contact. The job of the observer is to choose the interesting time to switch roles between the partners working and to learn by watching. The two work in this fashion: One takes the hand or fist of…
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Take a group of friends and tart to hit each other at random walking in each others path and hitting whoever is in range of comfort and not straining to hit who you see. Continue by placing a fist on your partner and pushing. Let the fist move by stepping rather than being shoved around…
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Take a friend or a kid and two or more tennis balls. Mark one or more of them in a pattern or color and walk around your partner while he is standing. Throw the ball at him and say the color or marking out loud with this designation. If the color match the ball the…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 