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  • On Walking

    Walking is the basis for movement in most cases and an important motion to pay attention to. I wish to bring out an idea of mine for practice so we learn to walk better and as a result of improving the basics we improve all. My idea is to keep the legs under the hips…

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  • After a long march or several days under a lot of weight the spine can compress and other tissues deform a little under this unnatural movement. Hang yourself on a branch, a pipe or other and place your hands far from each other so your arms form an angle over ninety degrees. Keep your head…

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  • Rolling learning sequence:   Lie on the ground first face up and than face down. Tense and relax in parts and in waves and than proceed to press the part tensed to the ground going over all the body and now also on the sides.   Continue to do the same drill only now you…

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  • 1. Feeling your heart rate: you can start by sitting and placing a finger on your neck where a big exposed vain is and relaxing. Slowly extend the area where you feel the pulse and connect the points where you feel the pulse until you can feel the pulse throughout the body even while doing…

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  • Stand in a comfortable distance from your partner and place one fist on him and lean on the fist. Your partner will move in place to remove the pressure and both learn how to move so the strike slides off you if you cannot move away or have to stop the hit. Next do the…

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  • Close your eyes and start walking. Have your friend touch you lightly using one finger and leave and you have to work with eyes closed to place your hands on the front of his neck and lower back. Do this a few times and switch roles. Keep breathing and change the target location of the…

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  • Have your partner walk using a regular pace and you walk around him as he walks. First pay attention to your alignment and make sure you are choosing your steps instead of following or dragging your body in orbit. Now place the knife in it’s sheath or in your pocket and keep walking. Draw the…

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  • Use a hard floor and place a bag or a partner on the floor in your path. Close your eyes and walk toward it and when you make contact keep moving and if you must roll. Do this a few times and tense and relax your legs to make sure you don’t stress the work.…

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  • Take a knife and draw in the air the numbers from 1-20. Pause and relax and do the same drill starting each number from the end point of the previous work. Find a way to move the least and to move without uneasy turns. If you have a partner to watch and guess the numbers…

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  • The field of medicine is quickly becoming that of either generalization or specificity. When the knowledge base becomes very broad and there is so much to go through to become good at everything people tend to prefer a specific skill and avoid general knowledge which takes away from their skill building time. In Systema and…

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