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Re: Pain
Don:
I would actually say soft it out. When a person relaxes, they experience less pain (pain is biochemically linked to anxiety and depression). If a person relaxes the neck muscles, it actually becomes harder to be choked out. For example, a good systema person is like trying to hold onto a greased rope. It is very hard to choke someone out when they are always slipping through. Ushiro Sensei teaches an interesting form of expansive tension rather than contractual tension, which allows you to absorb and disperse the force of a strike.
just my 2 cents
Marc Abrams
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