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
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
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
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
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
Posture today seems to be a silly word. We expect Captain America to stand tall but fail to recognize that it is a significant part we can improve in our health, movement and even self-worth. The way we hold ourselves transmits our image back to the nervous system and it is a free healthy way… Read More Steps to have a better moving vessel
Patterns of movement are everywhere. Do this and get the outcome you want. We get this everywhere but what stands behind the Kata and drills ? Focus on the full body motion and freedom that lies behind the pattern. Step one: Move as one piece Step two: Move yourself instead of pushing and pulling … Read More Quality movement
Relaxation is but a direction of activation. Try saying that really fast 🙂 In these series of drills, I present you with learning to balance and tense in the best alignment for the particular movement. Aim to move yourself and the rest will follow or not. Freedom stands beyond. Squat down a step away from… Read More Notes from class: partner power lines
4 video segments from class: 1. Awareness to the blade 2. Continuous movement using the sewing machine drill 3. Natural movement with the knife under tension 4. Moving within the tension The playlist:
Complicated things are made of simpler and simpler things ? Let’s assume they are all the same and see how this works. Avoid learning how to open all keys and instead learn how a house is made. Let us take a push to the back of the head and play with it and see if… Read More One simple push
