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Sit next to your partner and let him hold your leg or arm or neck. Feel where he is moving and move with him but add another direction so the limb or neck lever him from the side of the part closer to you or from the part further from you. Next you do the…
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Lie down or stand still and start to count the beats of your heart. Relax and breathe in on one and exhale on the second keeping this tempo to the count of 120. This is a good way to clear your thoughts if they are struck by an outside disturbance and it can help prepare…
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A very good way to relax and align the upper torso is to use a simple door frame. Stand at an arm’s length from it and place your fists at shoulder level. Now slowly lean into it keeping your head from bending and relaxing your shoulder blades and torso. Rise and raise your fists a…
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One of many ways to learn to relax your breath and make it naturally deeper is to breathe in one count and breathe out one count. Next you raise the count to two and go as high as you can and than lower the count. I prefer to do something with this in the lines…
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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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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 