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A new video from Systema Israel. Tell us what you think. Sharon. Systema Israel.
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It is hard to work on being stabbed which is a given but we can work on the feeling of it using a simple pinch. Start on the back of your partner and pinch a large piece of skin and flesh using the thumb and the side of the pointing finger. His job is to…
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We often strive to complete what we started whether it is working for us or we are working for it. For example if you are asked for advice you usually give more than what was intended and end up doing something not too benefiting for yourself. Take knife work for example. If you work to…
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Consider this: Every inhale has an exhale potential in it but not every exhale holds as inhale within it. The nature of tension is different for every movement and mirroring or balancing should take this into account. More on this later on in the DVD.
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It is important to pay attention to ourselves first and to others after. People who wish to blend or enter another in training or in an actual conflict tend to make themselves in the shape and tempo of the other to blend into him or her. In doing this we distort and change ourselves giving…
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The more we learn the easier and simpler things become. To make this leap simply think of the purpose of what you are doing and pay attention. When you think and pay attention you stay calm and attentive. Take for example the static push up. People do this for “core” power and that is all…
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Take any basics movement such as push ups, squats and leg raises and do them with tension in only one limb. For example do a push upย while tensing one arm and learn to do your work as you want it without having to tense against the tension and with simple awareness let the affect…
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Start with a plastic bottle and press it to your body with just enough pressure to keep it on your person with your arms without using your hands. Have a partner work to take the bottle from you using pushing pulling and anything he or she wants and you simply move as you wish to…
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Take each finger and tense and relax it in turn using the breath to place density in it. Now roll twenty rolls with each roll tensing one finger either up or down and going through all the fingers. Now how your body moves naturally to ease the tension and how your alignment serves to balance…
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A simple drill with many benefits. Tense a part from a finger to a leg and roll with the tension lasting throughout the roll. Go over the body and continue to tensing and releasing once you touch the ground with anything other than your feet. Go over the body again and finish by tensing and…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 