1 Stretch Yourself: Your Potential to Do a Side Split
Misconceptions on Stretching and Flexibility and the Method of Testing Your Potential to Do a Side Split
This is the first installment of my column...
Exercises in Martial Arts
So Many Exercise, So Little Time
One reader wrote me an e-mail with questions about exercises:
I have owned your books Science of Sports Training and...
The Pilates Martial Arts Connection
Mind, body, spirit, focus, concentration, diaphragmatic breathing, precision, and fluidity these are some of the terms commonly used in the martial arts. But did...
4 Stretch Yourself: Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing
Stretch Yourself: Kinds of Flexibility and the Right Role of Splits in Taekwondo, Karate, and Kickboxing
This is the fourth installment of my column on...
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...
CrossFit Training Abuse
CrossFit training abuse runs rampant and here is what has been discovered about the program's unsafe practices.
Any exercise program is open to abuse by...
Why the Front Squat is the Real Judoka’s Best Friend
I have seen more than one article on the web, heralding the Squat as the best exercise for a judoka. While I can’t argue...
7 Stretch Yourself: High Kicks with No Warm Up – Roundhouse Kicks
High Kicks with No Warm-Up: The Right Body Alignment for Great Height and Power in the Roundhouse Kicks
This is the seventh installment of my...
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...
The Link Between Martial Arts and Fitness
Many martial arts schools claim that studying their art is a great way to get fit, lose weight, and improve health. In reality, however,...
3 Stretch Yourself: Your Potential to Do a Front Split
Stretch Yourself: Testing Your Potential to Do a Front Split
This is the third installment of my column on training that appeared in May 1999...
The Japanese Samurai Fountain of Youth
Your Fountain of Youth is well within your grasp...let me help you see it more clearly.
My 60 plus years on this planet includes two...
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: The Fighter’s Repose
Downtime Training: The Fighter's repose is about training your body to repair. For the true fighter, there is never any real off-time. When a fighter...
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...
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...