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Sit down next to a partner and take his hand or neck or whatever you want to grab and either push pull twist and rotate. Your partner will move with you without ressistance (or as little as he can manage) and allow his body to hit you or push you in some way by following…
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1 Wear your boots or shoes a week or more before and practice walking, climbing, sitting down and the rest of the known movements you will be doing. 2. Wear your vest or back once a day and move around with it. Roll, get in and out of the car and so on. 3. Spend…
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Lie on the ground and relax by rolling side to side a few times. Now have a partner come at you and press a foot to your body anywhere he likes (you can add to this by closing your eyes) As you feel the contact tense up your entire body and stop your breathing sharply.…
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Drills for future soldiers: 1. The four basic drills are great in preparing the body to move well and remember to both go very slow and fast as you to incorporate the breathing in every aspect of movement. I would add to the four basics the heel drop which I learned from Ballet and is…
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Have two or more partners walk through you and your job is to simply move out of the way and avoid being grabbed and taken either up/down sideways by them. After you do this walking drill for a while have one of them run through you and the rest keep walking. This way you have…
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Start from standing and have a partner come over and at the same time grab a piece of skin of your face or neck and stab you with a practice knife. Your job is to avoid focusing your body awareness in the pinch and move to flatten the blade and survive. Points to work on:…
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Take a key or a coin and hold it comfortably using the fingers closer to the thumb. Stand at a comfortable distance from your partner and move your hand outside of his line of sight and pinch the back of his neck or the lower part of his arm (just a suggestion) between the object…
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Close your eyes and start walking. Have a partner place a stick in the way of your body and legs and you have to keep moving and learn to lessen the tension from the impact and change of shape. first focus on keeping your breath going and later add focus on your alignment and keeping…
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We use our arms each day in many directions and that knowledge helps us use them better. It is good to teach your legs to do the same. For example take a person walking down the street and follow him or her for a short interval while you are facing him. This is easy enough…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 