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On Saturday I showed a young kid and a young lady how to strike with an open hand. The explanation was simple to relax the arm and shoulder like a noodle and swing it through the partner. If you are held by the hair or ears you place your elbow or hand over the grab…
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A very simple note about working with a partner. Place both hands at your back and evade as your partner works with his fists on you. Look at all the open air around his fists and all the open ground around his feet. Change places and as you work with your fists look at all…
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Start on the ground and have a friend place a foot on your ankle facing up or make a motions detector (a bell cased in a ball on a string or something to that effect) and put some mass or pressure on it. Now move all your body to find out what you can do…
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Give a friend of yours a long stick and ask him to push you with the end of the stick. Ask him or her to push high and low and at first you will tense up the place you are pushed at and than relax and move while aligned with the push. After you feel…
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Take your whip or make one from a few strands of rope and hold it down in your hand. Move with only the wrist and start to whip yourself lightly all over the body. Relax your eyes and look around you as you do this or walk to keep your eyes forward and feel rather…
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We work and do many things on one leg or even less. Work with a wall while on one foot and turn your body around a fist resting on a wall in both directions. On the elbow shoulder and head. Notice how you create tension in your body to keep your alignment and remember to…
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Start by standing in a comfortable distance from a wall or your partner and place your fist on him/it. Now as your body is aligned and comfortable do a one arm push up on the support and place your other hand on the support. Do push ups as you go around the support and work…
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Go through your regular drill or practice time and immediately afterwards douse. Notice if there are areas where the feeling is different. A colder or sharper feeling and move those areas more on your next practice. It can be an area like your shoulder blades or a feeling as your balance or alignment. There will…
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Take a stick a whip or anything withing reach and start to strike your partner. He will evade and you will work to navigate him toward a target known only to you. It can be a tree, your car or anything else. Notice if your goal is visible and change roles from time to time.…
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Take several knives from small to large and hold one in your hand. Place the other hand on your wrist and check where can you reach with the knife when held. Change your position and height of the hand (overhead, shoulder height, at the back, fully extended etcetera) and change the way and height of…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 