Oct 1, 2011

The 7 Keys to Martial Arts Speed

Regardless of your martial arts style or method...speed is critical for success in competition and self-defense. Razor-sharp reflexes are often the sole difference between winning and losing a physical confrontation.

By accessing the seven keys to martial arts speed, you can maximize the benefits of your training and improve your skills for competition and self-defense. The absolute best vehicle for accessing the seven keys to martial arts speed is the Speed Loop(TM) training system.

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The Speed Loop is comprised of the seven components of speed and their relationship to each other when applied in competition or self-defense. The Speed Loop training system is designed to isolate, transform, maximize, and integrate the seven attributes of martial arts speed, including:

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Sep 30, 2011

Kumdo, The Martial Art of Swordsmanship

I recently had a couple of students in my Wing Chun class ask for training in swordsmanship. Now, Kung Fu has a lot of weapons forms, but they tend to be stylized, rather than sparring formats. I originally thought of teaching them Kendo, on the Japanese forms, but having just taken some Tae Kwon Do classes of my own, I decided to look a little further afield. I found the Korean cognate of Kendo, called kumdo.

While there are a lot of practitioners of kumdo who claim that their techniques are passed down over the centuries in secret rituals, a little bit of digging showed that it's incredibly unlikely that this is the case. When the Imperial Army of Japan occupied Chosun (now Korea) in the early 20th century, they brought kendo with them. Prior to that, because of the Confucian influences from China, and a Korean superstition about sharp objects, the art of the sword in Korea had been withering on the vine for going on three hundred years. The Koreans, like any culture that adopts guns, had relegated the sword to a secondary, and eventually tertiary weapon for military training, and Confucianism put a stronger emphasis on scholarship than martial arts.

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So, kumdo sort of grew from Kendo, and it has a lot of obvious similarities. You use a split bamboo practice sword (called a shinai in Kendo, and a jukdo in kumdo), and wear rigid practice armor (called a bogu in kendo and a hogu in kumdo.) The two arts have been diverging slowly since 1945, though the basic forms are nearly identical from what I've been looking up. The Korean protective gear is a bit more modern and practical in design, being a bit less tied to tradition than the kendo gear. It is kind of nice to be able to use kendo gear for it, or mix and match. (We have some gear left over from when a prior instructor at the school tried to teach Kendo. It didn't go over well, but the gear is still here at the school.)

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Sep 28, 2011

3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Cardio For Mixed Martial Arts

In Mixed Martial Arts, cardio is everything. You need to have the energy to fight for a total of 15 minutes, and in the case of a championship fight you need to be able to last 25. In this brief article we are going to discuss 3 easy tips you can use to improve your cardio for this type if extreme athletic competition.

These three tips and strategies are not for someone just looking to get into shape, these 3 cardio techniques are designed for the elite athlete who needs to be able to perform at 100% in a combat / fight situation. So do not attempt these exercises if you are not in premium physical condition.

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1. 100 yard Wind Sprints followed by bicycling. This is done by sprinting 100 yards and exerting maximum effort in each sprint. There is a 5 second rest time between sprints. You want to sprint a total of 5000 yards before jumping on the exercise bike and riding at 70% speed for 30 minutes.

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Sep 26, 2011

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Sep 25, 2011

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