Sharon's Systema blog

On Saturday I showed a young kid and a young lady how to strike with an open hand. The explanation was simple to relax the arm and shoulder like a noodle and swing it through the partner. If you are held by the hair or ears you place your elbow or hand over the grab to avoid damage and than use the form to again slap the face and neck of the person holding you. I put an emphasis on moving and continuing to move and although it is not enogh to go through the idea once, I showed it from different situations and positions of the spine through movement so I hope it will stay with them.

It is important to make learning fun especially for children. They remember more and have less resistance from within if you see them as equals.

Start on the ground and have a friend place a foot on your ankle facing up or make a motions detector (a bell cased in a ball on a string or something to that effect) and put some mass or pressure on it. Now move all your body to find out what you can do without or before you move the pressed bit of you and what can you see or feel if your eyes are closed or you are working in the dark (injury or collapsed structure) move to the other side and do the same and than move a bit up to the shin, knee,thigh,hip sides and center, lower back,stomach,sides of chest, upper back,throat (no jumping),shoulder pits,arms,forearms,wrists,hands and head. Once you do this, do the same for your partner if you have one and feel with your foot or feet as you can press on many points at the same time and travel between them as you wish how you can level using the ground.

work on this in a flat surface first and than on the stairs or anything else you have around.