Here is a summery of the first 3 days. I'm making retrospective notes according to themes (more or less) and not days... I wrote everything that I remembered and/or was significant to mention.
The Zen Tissue: (we all know...)
Relax-Concentrate-Visualize!
Works in different speeds, good for checking state of self
Walks: Walking fast, with long steps, walking on different parts of the feet (inside-outside-heels-toes), changing foot postions after 8-4-2 steps, and the confusing inside-toes, outside-heels combination.
"Idiot Says Hi": Bringing the knees slightly up to the side, with the feet pointing down, then shifting the wait to the leg in the air, rolling through the whole foot starting from toenails, grabbing the floor with the toes and ending with the whole foot down while the other comes up on the other side. (Speeding up in the process) The chest follows the lifted foot side to side, with the arms and hands locked in 'awkward waving position'
Impulse excercises:
Forward-Backward Windmill:
Arms swing and rotate opposite directions (spiders on the wall), movement comes from impulse of knees and hips, eyes looking forward, shoulders relaxed.
Forward-Backward Wobbly Knees:
One knee up, lower leg hanging relaxed, standing leg rock solid, oppoiste arm streched forward, not-opposite (?) stretched back. Arms and leg swings back and forth. (Do both sides)
Sidewards Wobbly Knees:
One knee up to side , standing leg solid. Hanging leg relaxed, swings side to side, around the standing leg and back to the side. Impulse comes from hips. (Do both sides)
Sideway stretches:
1. riding stance, hands on knees, arms straight, shoulders in ears, body hangs on arms, rotate body to both sides
2. sitting with legs spread, turn to one side, hand on same side goes under lower leg, opposite hand presses thigh, while the other arm pulls the body to the leg, and the body roteates and stretches to the side (do both sides)
Arm lengthening:
Laying on back, one arm points up, a) shoulder goes gently up and down fast b)reach up as far as possible, rotate body (repeat, and do both arms)
Back Streetch-Bend Sequences:
1. Sitting in butterfly, holding ankles:
flat forward - bend back - flat forward - straight up flat (x2) and 8 counts of arching back , opening chest. (Also with voice)
2. Butterfly, arms crossed under knees, stretch-bend while arms push crossed sideways.
3.Sitting, legs straight: a) stretch-bend holding legs b) s.-b., toes pointing backwards, reaching out with arms over them
4.Sitting, legs spread, s.-b. reaching out forward, "head to ground"
5. Sitting, crossed legs a) s.-b. reaching forward, "head to ground" (switch legs) b)s.-.b. sideways, upper body flat (not bended forward)
6.Sitting, legs crossed, 'foot by knee', s.-b. sideways towards the leg that has the knee up, switch legs
+ release: sit legs straight, let body fall in front, elbows to the ground
MIME:
Wrist up and down: "Flat hand! Flat! Flat! Flat!"
Sadistic wrist stretch: hand backwards against bended leg, we all remember this one :)
Staff Spin: just a short reminder... release - relax -pose -grasp! Movement comes from wrist not arms or shoulders. Release goes with palms forward otherwise it looks like dropping sth. Remember stick is a rigid object, dont 'break' it.
Movement with hands on fixed points: "if you touch my hand you die" :)
With partner (closedand opend eyes) and alone, moving in all directions but hands don't move.
Undulations: The wave thing (it's too f***ing late, so I'll keep it short...)
a) forward: knee-hips-chest-head
b)backward: head-chest-hips-knee
arms and shoulders relaxed!
c) on the floor, moving in worm motion (looks easy when breakdancers do it...)
movement starts from toes pressing the butt up, then chest goes forward and up with the help of arms...
The rest tomorrow cause I'm falling asleep now... Buona Notte!
Imre
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