Sharp mindset
While speed and power are crucial in confrontation. They are useless without a sharp mind.
Tag: natural movement
Games are the best teachers
Fun games to strengthen and bring more movement awareness to kids and adults with heart 1. The broken cement truck – one person starts transitioning between being on all four limbs facing the ground and facing the skies as one or more use their feet and legs to try to keep him in one of… Read More Games are the best teachers
A breath in between
Time is going by us all the time 🙂 To make ourselves more resilient and mobile at the same time, we can choose to take a simple breath in between to make things last longer. Examples: Start doing pushups. Pause for one breath on the top position between each push up and gain more awareness… Read More A breath in between
rope strong
Strength makes life easier. We choose paths and follow them. Choose one that makes you strong in all your faculties and take your friends and loved ones with you. The cost of being weak is heavier… 1. Tie the rope to a tree trunk. Climb the rope from laying down prone and see who can… Read More rope strong
How to learn and improve from injury/illness
We are sick and injured from time to time and it is a hidden gift in reminding us of our mortality and we learn to move with and around those areas and come out of the tunnel even stronger and in better neural and mental shape. Examples: The cement mixer: torso Sit on your behind… Read More How to learn and improve from injury/illness
Podcast 2 – Learning from other branches of movement
Topics –using the theme of healing from an injury or encounter shock Learning from other fields of study: Gymnastics, coordination and force, understanding leverage Climbing – strength and structure awareness in hanging and moving,economy of motion Dance – balance, lightness on feet, coordination, reading people and tempo Circus – juggling, rope walking, riding on animals… Read More Podcast 2 – Learning from other branches of movement
Podcast 1 – Questions and Answers
Here are the topics What is falling down and why we need never practice it Training around injuries Remaining calm under pressure – why should we How to build a training program – imbalance creates balance Should we cross train – give example of a joint class with sifu (teacher) Jonathan Bluestein What physical tools… Read More Podcast 1 – Questions and Answers
Teach your child to pay attention
Games and stories are the best way to teach the young and non walking dead. Here are a few ways to bring your child more into the moment and show that paying attention pays. VISUAL One more cat – Choose an animal like a cat or an object and see who calls it out faster… Read More Teach your child to pay attention
Softness cuts through everything
Many fights and endeavors in life are determined before the actual visible contact begins. Our awareness and focus Our knowledge of self Our ability to know what is important These can put us in a place where we already won or in a place where we need to dig dip to simply survive. Here are… Read More Softness cuts through everything
The obstacles are the learning
Any movement and any activity can bring on new lessons and learning. Here is a simple movement exercise and obstacles on the way to further the learning gained from them. One can repeat a movement ten thousand times and learn nothing. One can hone a movement ten thousand times and learn everything. The smart gorilla… Read More The obstacles are the learning
