On Kettlebells and Tire Flips: Or When Good Things Go Fad
A good idea can be turned into a fad by mindless followers. Mindful people use whatever tools they come across to their best advantage...
6 Stretch Yourself: High Kicks with No Warm Up – Side Kicks
High Kicks with No Warm-Up: The Right Body Alignment for Side Kicks
Stretch Yourself: High Kicks with no Warm up, The Right Body Alignment for Side...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Hips, Shoulders, Legs and Neck
All fighters like economy of movement. Make something complicated and there goes your reaction time. It's the same thing with foundational training. As a...
Fitness For Martial Artists
Many readers have written me in response to "The Link Between Martial Arts and Fitness," and not all of you were complimentary. In particular,...
2 Stretch Yourself: Difficulties Doing a Side Split
Stretch Yourself: Difficulties With Doing a Side Split
This is the second installment of my column on training that appeared in May 1999 issue of...
An In-Depth Look at Combat Conditioning for Self-Defense
A surprising paradox in martial arts is that practitioners are typically in good shape - yet they fight in safe and protected competitive environments?
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing
Last weekend I watched a great little movie called: From Mexico With Love. I was happy because it had a very happy ending, but...
Why You Should Be Cycling To Help Your Martial Arts Training
Nearly 3.6 million Americans regularly participate in some form of martial arts. While for some the sport is just a past time, for the...
Warrior Training with Traditional Martial Arts Part 2
Physical Development and Training
I like to approach training as a concept with stages which I think in a detailed and outlined fashion, can be...
Martial Arts Strength Training
People involve themselves in the martial arts for any number of reasons. I would like to think that the arts have something for everybody....
Training For Bradal Serey: Kun Khmer Boran
"If you want to train for fighting number one, you must be fit." Says Paddy Carson, a professional trainer for Bradal Serey, Khmer Kickboxing,...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Shoulders: Rotator Cuff Strengthening and Injury Prevention
Writing to you straight off the mat every week is wonderful. Each week, my fighters come in with a new problem for me to...
NFL Stars Train Tae Kwon Do at Young Brothers Institute
NFL stars train Tae Kwon Do with Young Brothers Institute in Pittsburgh that could resemble an NFL training camp. Some of the most famous...
Instructional Video – Athlon Rub Thai Oil Massage for Muay Thai
Athlon Rub Thai Oil: Instructional Athlon Rub Thai Oil Massage for Muay Thai
Kru Yai Jenypher Lanthier of York Muay Thai in Toronto, Canada demonstrates...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Focused Breathing 2
You know that awful feeling you get when you start to get winded and your second wind hasn't happened yet? That's when you're really...
Weight Training for Martial Artists
I expect to get two responses to my discussion of weight training for martial artists. One will probably cry, “Perish the thought. Martial arts...
