by Tibi Moravcik Is it actually possible for someone to stand absolutely still? No. Even if you try to stand still, you are still moving, the human body is constantly juggling to maintain balance. True stillness is not achievable. The small movements which keep us balanced flow in continuous waves from the ground up through the whole body to the top of the head. It is much easier to juggle solid objects than a human body which has joints, and is made from 50-75% water! Juggling within the body is so complex that it takes us years to master it. Try it yourself...

by Tibi Moravcik I still remember how my grandma used to push me in the swing. She used to swing me for hours.. She was tireless; now I understand why: because she had a feeling for when to push me at the right moment – in harmony with kinetic energy – efficiently – with a tiny amount of energy.. Her touch was so soft.. yet energy built, and I would swing higher and higher. Finally, I freed myself – I learned to use my kinetic energy (shifting weight at the right time) to harmonise with the pendulum. The pendulum is a really interesting energy which deserves our focus.. Kinetic energy,...

Let your Inner Fire lift you up  How to have a relaxed liquid posture created by Inner Fire?   Gravitational power pulls you down. Vital energy - Inner Fire lift you up. We tend to hang down on the skeleton passively. A collapsed position causes deformation of our posture and is often a cause of a backache. In a collapsed position, the flow of the Inner Fire is restricted – we have less vital energy – Inner Fire, we trust ourselves less, we are 'down'.     In a hanging position, via a screwed body, we are like a fireplace with a blocked chimney....

There are two kinds of self-defence: 1) First teaches you to be more aggressive & violent – it feeds your dark side, 2) The other makes you calm & teaches you to control your anger, ability to harmonise – they support your humanity. Which one is more effective? Somebody says: anger & ‘seeing red’ gives you unbelievable power, tenses up your body & makes you ready to fight. That’s true. However: 1) Aggressive behaviour usually makes conflict worse. The opponent could take it like a challenge to fight, or even worse: he could feel in danger (he could...

More specifically, Short Work is the result of the opponents’ tension and your relaxation. In a confrontation, your attacker is either tense and you need to see where or you can force him to tense up wherever you need him to. Then you bounce your strikes and movements off his tension. This allows you to deliver multiple strikes all in one movement. For example, you deliver a punch and your arm does not stop or pause upon contact, it does not return back towards your body but continues to travel and deliver more strikes in various directions. There is great benefit in learning Short Work, for it allows...

Life today is riddled with fear. We`re being scared by everyone. Turn on the TV and you are surrounded by horrors. Go online and get a load of new nightmares. Visit your local bank or store and you hear the same topics on everyone’s lips: the financial crisis, rising crime, inflation, taxes, social instability, skyrocketing prices, high unemployment, etc. Even the most optimistic person would have difficulty remaining untouched by these seeds of unrest and worries which can’t help but taint our mood and create negative thoughts. Yet, it wasn’t always like this! Just a century ago, it was not uncommon...

Tibi is learning from master Vladimir Vasiliev 1. Relax The best breathing is relaxed. Tension restricts your breathing and other movements. To feel the force you should be relaxed. The force flows better through a relaxed body. Unnecessary tension is wasting your energy – relax makes you more effective. Being relaxed and breathing properly helps you to cope with stress, fear, panic, pain. You feel happier when relaxed! 2. Inhale through the nose & exhale through the mouth Your body has better control of the volume & speed of intake air. The nose also performs important...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="517" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]The body knows what to do to survive. The mind is much slower than the body’s instincts and the mind makes a lot of mistakes. It’s not good if the mind overrides the instinct. However, you need the mind to defend, because instincts knows just to survive. Therefore, the instinct* is leading the movement, use the mind to modify the instinct, according to the situation**. * Bruce Lee said: ‘Empty your mind’. ** it maybe necessary to strike, it maybe necessary just to control somebody,...

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The centre of gravity vs the centre of buoyancy in martial arts by Jacob D. Biamonte I’m about to explain the ‘principle of uniform pressure’. But first, I need to talk about something else first. The centre of buoyancy (CoB) is the average mass of an object. Whereas the centre of gravity (CoG) is the average effect gravity has on the object. So if I were to attach a bunch of styrofoam to my chest, my CoG would change very little but my CoB would change considerably more. The opposite would ring true if I replaced the styrofoam with a lead weight. Why is this relevant? Well, your CoG is the thing...