Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Freedom

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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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  • HELP

    Hi, I get a few mails asking for a routine to work with or questions about Systema. I will be glad to help if I can but please start with answering the following questions with care. (If it is a specific question just send it) 1 What is Systema for you? How would you explain…

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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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  • Stand relaxed and slowly with the breath tense and relax your entire body. Have a partner come to you and hold an arm or body part and start walking and your job is to move with him so there is no tension in you and no change in alignment. This means you do not get…

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  • Before

    Have a few friends come at you to hit and grab you and you have to stay free to move and avoid being cornered or lead to a specific location. Note to keep your eyes from focusing on one person and keep your breath going. When you are in a tight spot choose when and…

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  • Have a partner come at you and grab one of your limbs. Remember he is more likely to grab your hands and wrists if you bait him so try and find what works for you. Once you are held move your entire body in the direction he is moving and at the same time move…

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  • To heal and calm a partner place your fingers and palms where the pulse is stronger and for a while just be aware of his pulse. Now use your breath and time it with your pulse and insist on calming yourself as you feel his pulse. After a while his tension will find a way…

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