Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Building Up Your Core
One of the things that I've noticed in working with my up and coming fighters is that although many of them are strong; they...
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...
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...
Combat Triage: General Conditioning: Hamstrings, Hips, Shoulders
Application 2
Category: General Conditioning: Hips-Shoulders-Neck
Three target areas of stress that I am often asked about are the Hamstrings, Hips and Shoulders. It is by...
Khadi Ba Karim – Combat Triage
Khadi Ba Karim is "Combat Triage" and she shares real defense conditioning for cage fighters, boxers and more.
For the better part of a year, I've had the...
Basic Weightlifting For Martial Arts
In the not-so-distant past weightlifting was discouraged for martial artists. "It will make you slow", "it will make you muscle-bound", and "all you need...
Fighting Fit at K-1 Fight Factory
On day six of training, with two K-1 Fight Factory instructors pushing me, I broke my personal record, 10 sets of Randy Couture speed...
Developing Muscle Tissue For High Intensity Performance
It is essential that you follow a scientifically developed training program that aids in developing explosive muscle tissue to perform at high intensity levels...
Isn’t It Time To Get Fit Again?
After spending nine months in the most physiologically loving, friendly environment - your mother’s womb - most of us are born healthy, happy and...
Weight Gain Season On The Horizon
It's here, just look at the seasonal shelves in your favorite store. Retailers refer to this time as the holiday season, but I like...
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,...
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...
Asanas for the Airborne and the Work Worn
If you're like most people these days, there are times when your body aches from overwork, your head throbs from daily pressures, you're tense,...
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...