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Take a knife you use like a kitchen or garden knife or your vest knife and hold it in a comfortable position where your shoulder and arm are relaxed. rotate the knife in your hand without looking at it and note how you can tell where the blade is pointing. Roll it around in your…
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Take a training knife with a dull edge and throw it in the air and catch it while avoiding the blade. Do this while the eyes are relaxed and not focused on the knife and continue to do this as you walk and sit up and down. Throw the knife to a friend and back…
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To become aware of your whole movement with the legs lift both arms over your head and start to swing your legs. Look at the shadow of your arms and see how they move as a result of your moving legs. The opposite to this drill is to have a friend swing and hit your…
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There are many shapes in nature but the sharp ones grab at our attention and for good reason. A thorn in the brush or under our bare feet can mean an infection or a loud noise that can mean our end. It is also a great power generator if you want to cut or break…
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Take a used newspaper and roll it tightly to a stick. Place it against the wall or the ground if there is no wall around and check where it is strong and where it is weak. Work so you can balance yourself on it (push up position) and if possible do a few push ups.…
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Work with the chain to learn to do more with less movement and to relax what is not working at the moment. Learn to move as a whole and do the work while avoiding extra tension from growing in you
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A fun learning method to learning your balance is to stand on one leg and look around with your eyes. Bend this way and that way, twist and go up and down and counter the mass shift using your tension and your free limbs and head. For example if you are looking down to pick…
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The shoulders and the hips form a rectangle with their four points of movement and support. You can often find a way out or to a bind (small place like a tunnel to rescue a fallen traveler or out or a choke and knife held to your stomach) using your awareness to these points. For…
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Take a pencil and hold it with the sharp end forward and press it into a wall up to the point you feel it is starting to break. Check the angles so you are aware how it handles and use different grips and speed to see how you can move without breaking the pencil. Now…
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Pushing and pulling are usually things we do after we make contact. A push without previous contact is often regarded and treated as a strike by the mind although it is pretty much the same. Work to clean yourself of this clarification by playing with the speed angle and introduction of the push/pull. Start by…
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Sharon Friedman - Vigilance and Tranquility 