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Have a partner come at you with a strike using either limb or stick and you need to do three things at once: 1. Keep breathing and using just what needs to be used 2. when you make contact avoid pushing or giving any type of support and just feel the movement you are receiving.…
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Sit or stand and have a partner place a hand or a stick on you and relax. Relax your body and note not to push where there is just contact. Now have your partner press to move you and you work to stay in place with the least amount of tension and your partner will…
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Close your eyes and have a partner walk around you at about ten steps distance and at any time he wants he will either shout or clap his hands and at the same time throw a tennis ball or knife at you (according to where you are in the work) You need to step away…
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Many times we try to make people perform tasks they can do themselves. For example we push people or pick them up and walk/run when they are capable of doing the work themselves if given the right incentive. For example Konstantin shows how to simply turn a person in the direction you wish him to…
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Start walking and have your partner walk behind you and whenever he wants he will push you hard from the back. You work to stay relaxed and moving with what is given and working to be aware of the anticipation and avoiding tension and stress. You can of course do this in a group. After…
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This is a drill to wake up the body in a hurry when there is little time: Squat and place your arms on the outside of your knees. Press the knees in and resist with the arms as you breath and bring your body over your ankles and relax. Place your arms on the inside…
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Breaking into your house can happen. You may be armed with a trained guard dog and a rifle or you may be armed with a mobile phone and cleaning materials. Your wits are what will keep you unharmed the same way that how you move is more important than your mass or muscle. For example…
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It is said that you are what you eat and it is true to some extent. You do however smell how you eat and that is a part of the reason why urban people don’t decay and rot if they die in the wild as animals do. If you wish to have a scent which…
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Remember as you are holding or manipulating a knife or any other tool that you are using it and not just adding it to the usual movement. If you have a knife use the knife and the arm. If you have an arm, be thankful for it and remember it. For example many simply punch…
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Take a not too sharp knife and hold it in both hands in the handle and at the tip of the blade. Place the blade at the back of your neck and simply sit down and get up a few times minding not to press the blade at your skin. Place the blade at your…