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This is a great way to teach children to move and defend themselves in a game way. Give two kids a jump rope or a long belt and each one holds one end. Now they try to loop it around the others neck (without giving it too much pull) as the other moves first with…
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Take a stick and a partner and have him lie flat on the ground. Now go to the push up position on him as you hold the stick so it rests on your partner. Move the stick up and down his body and this will teach you to move without too much tension and to…
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Take a knife you use daily like a kitchen knife or your belt knife and hold it in your hand. Keep the arm in one line (while relaxed) and start to move it in circles around your body. Use your fingers and wrist to keep the blade facing along the movement and do this without…
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Place your fist against the wall or in the static push up and push one finger at a time into the wall and than into the fist. Breathe and relax all the other fingers as you do this and gain more density in the fist along with a better way to deal with the impact…
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Do a five minute static push up and make sure you are not locking your joints and relaxing through breathing all the time. Spend sixty breaths in each of the ninety degree of the fist to the body and do one where the arms are not on the same alignment to the body. This will…
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Walk down a street and try to notice if a person is right handed or left handed. Some are ambidextrous so take note of that too. You can check from time to time by asking a question and offering a map for orientation. Remember another person can do the same for you and put you…
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to learn to be aware of the distance you move during a roll and to control it roll without walking. This means you take a few minutes (10) to roll without walking. You stand and roll and come back to a standing position without any steps. Move like this from spot to spot and relax…
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Have a partner take a heavy stick and have him move it in hitting moves very close to your body. Tense up and hold your breath as he does this to become aware of the natural fear reaction in the body. After you do this for him as well keep tensing up but breathe normally…
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Place your fist in front of you and try to relax it as much as you can without changing form. Now tense it all the way slowly with breathing and keep it like this for a few breaths. Do this a few times and than change the position of the arm and repeat. Now take…