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Old 07-30-2012, 12:44 PM   #117
Mary Eastland
 
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Re: hips and shoulders

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Nathan Mishler wrote: View Post
But not so much hips! Recently when training with Gleason Sensei in DC, he said

That was almost an aside in a one hour training session, so I've been trying to figure out what that means. However, by moving my center of thought from my hips to this point above them, and moving that (with a tightening of the abs, too) I seem to be getting some interesting movements happening.

Now as to weather or not those are correct movements or not, time and training will tell.
Last time I checked my center was in the area between my hips. No tightening is necessary... any tightening means you are using muscle....relax, relax and then relax some more.

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