We break weather we overload our spine or if we completely avoid loading it. Being smart about it will keep us both able and mobile. Let’s start. Make your breath the regulator of beginning and end. The tempo setter. Stand a step away from the wall and place the top of your head on it… Read More Notes from Class: Save your back
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
Here are ten suggestion to increase the pressure we place on ourselves while working on our health and ability. Principle – example: Height – raise your legs to differnet heights as you do push ups. Stability – Do push ups on two hanging ropes. Surface – Walk on your fists and feet outside and choose your placing… Read More Move under pressure – wisely
Be frugal: Check your home and surrounding for supplies that already reside in the area. Existing water tanks. That water filter from the trip down under and so on. Be friendly: People become savages the moment they are hungry and a moment before their children become hungry. Make friends that matter so you can become… Read More Ten simple steps to take before disaster
Boom Boom Boom is what we expect from a fight scene in a movie or even a knife fight. There is a reason historical swords and harness (plate and shield) are lighter than what we use today. In a fight it is about letting yourself in without letting yourself get hammered. Begin with giving permission… Read More Notes from Class: Letting yourself in
Give your children the edge of attention. We all have it to some degree. Give the young ones the way to hone their awareness to their own gifts and enjoy the process too 🙂 The tickle game – Tell your kids that from now on. You will be coming to tickle them by surprise. They… Read More Give your children the edge
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
Don’t be the best dressed man on the bus. Touch each door before you open it. Look up the time on your wristwatch only when you have to. Relax your arms when you jump. Learn sixteen different knots. Always give credit when it is due. The way is much more familiar when you look behind… Read More Ten odd tips on being in the army
Drawing the blade can be a martial art like Japanese 居合 or a simple task we perform while preparing a meal for the family. Lets play with drawing in particular so we can better integrate it into the work. Place the knife in front of you and close your eyes. Take it in one hand… Read More The draw
