FORCE COMES FROM YOUR HIPS.

Force = Mass times Acceleration is the rule of Physics. This sounds simple, but biomechanically, it becomes complex.

Touching something with your body does not automatically transfer your whole mass into it. Think of a weightlifter isolating their muscles: when they do an exercise, they are only using the muscles in their chest, or legs, or biceps, and so on do execute an action. This is a small fraction of their total force.

As fighters, we want to do the opposite, and use our whole body as much as possible in every action. This effectively increases the “mass” aspect of the equation. Doing so correctly, while weighing in other factors such as balance, is the origin of technique.

The second factor is relaxing. This makes our energy flow together, increasing the mass recruited, and transfers it through the body faster, increasing the acceleration.

The hinge through which all this happens is your Hips, and secondarily, your shoulders. So, while training, focus significantly on relaxing, and visualize all techniques originating in your hip movement.

As if your limbs are all on strings attached to your hips.

Hávamál 38:

"Away from his arms in the open field, A man should fare not a foot, For he never knows when the need for a spear Shall arise on the distant road." -Óðinn (Odin)

The one Weapon you always have is your Body.

All Combative styles depend on biomechanics. This is the science of the structure, movement, and functions of the body. There is no secrets or magic to martial arts. Only mastering these traits and applying them through techniques that make the most of it.

Because of this, the first step to Glíma mastery is building a healthy body. This is your weapon in combat and in life. As you develop, focus on understanding how and why things work the way they do, so you can develop an understanding of body mechanics, and develop your own style and creativity.