GENERAL INSTRUCTION: Each movement starts with the breath. Breath dictate tempo. Avoid locking your joints. Move smoothly. Noise is for performance. Tension is a tool. Use the right amount. Less is more. Technical: perform each workout three times a week. Preferably with a day in between. WEEK 1 WALK ON YOUR FISTS 30 double steps… Read More 21 DAY RESILIENCE CHALLENGE
It may be nice to be Superman but for mortals it may be wise to sometime move out of the way. Let us explore how to best do that. Have a few friends attempt to walk through you at walking speed. Avoid being bumped into by moving out of the way. Repeat the drill and… Read More Notes from class: Don’t be there
The direction and focus of the eyes holds your own movement, balance and thoughts but it also a transmission between yourself and your contact. Here are a few games to play to bring this into your daily awareness. Stand in front of your partner and focus on them. Change focus from them to the… Read More Notes from class: Eye communication
Your leg is caught by your opponent and you try to pull it back. Your arms are caught by two tall smelly guys in an alley and you try to squirm free. You are caught first in your mind. Let us reverse engineer this paradigm into something that works a shorter route with less derailment… Read More Captured in your mind
Here are ten movements that will ease you into greater mobility and health. They require a little bit of time and not extra equipment. The turning turtle – Place yourself on your back and raise all limbs in the air including your head. Breathe and move all your limbs and body to turn back… Read More Ten movements for a healthy mobile back
We are raised with a set of beliefs we are supposed to operate by and thus succeed in being a part of current society and maintain the status qua. Let’s ask a few questions and see where that leads us as people instead of cogs in the grand machine. There is a beginning and an… Read More Choose wisely
Your mind is a machine that works for you. It evolves and devolves according to demand and use just like anything else in nature. There is no waste. Here are partner work suggestions for development of awareness and from awareness we will get smarter faster choice making. You can also reference the OODA loop for… Read More Make smart fast choices
Take a sturdy stick and ten paces of clear ground. Crawl back and forth using these variations to clear tension and build good movement all over. Guidelines: Keep breathing. Let the breath make the pace of movement Relax your eyes. Let yourself see what your body is showing you. Avoid making noise. Noise is garbage… Read More The stick crawl
One of the constants in life is our shape. We hold it as a given with tension and angles and our perception of horizon. Let’s dismantle this chain over us and relearn through awareness and honesty to join in battle instead of clash. Stand and with your inhale, tense the outside line of your frame.… Read More Notes from class: Removing the Frame
The humanist movement is named so as it puts the person in the center of all things. I agree with them on this particular choice. You matter most. Divide the choice into three smaller choices and find what is right for you right now: Find the right teacher for you. It does not have to… Read More How to start with Russian martial art
