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Simple Steps for Creating Your Own Martial Arts Workout

Looking for a new workout to lose those few extra pounds? The latest craze is working out through martial arts. Not only is it a high energy exercise program that keeps you constantly moving and burning calories but you'll also learn how to defend yourself in the process as well.

One of the secrets to the power behind martial arts is knowing how to perform the basic workout training. It's in knowing how to properly train your muscles to give you that boost in power within a short range of motion. Here are some tips for finding and beginning a martial arts workout:

• The first thing you want to do is to set your goals. Are you doing this to lose weight, get stronger, become more flexible or just to increase your overall stamina? There are plenty of reasons why to start a martial arts workout. You need to find yours.



• Once you've decided on the style of martial arts you will be working out with, start off with some of the most basic moves. You want to see if you can properly do them first. Let's say you decided that you chose karate. See if you can do straight punches, mid blocks and front kicks. Try out slapping blocks, chain punches and snap kicks if you went with kung fu. You can try as many styles as you want. The trick is to have fun with the one you choose.



• It's time to get your workout gear on and get your body into a basic fighting stance. The trick is to remain bouncy. This means you should always be on the balls of your feet with your legs kept a distance apart allowing you to bounce your body on your legs. Remember your guard should be up at all times and keep all your muscles tight. The strength in a martial arts workout is in its constant motion. Stay moving!



• Now you'll start performing the basic motions of the style. Once you've made a striking motion return to the first stance and do it again. You'll keep doing these motions until you begin to get tired and that's when you switch sides. For example, if you were striking with your left fist of foot, you would switch to your right. You'll continues to do this routine with both sides for an extended period of time. The basic length of one of these workouts is two sets for each side of your body as you alternate between the two.



• Once you've become comfortable with the basic motion of these moves, slowly advance your routine in difficulty. A good workout relies heavily on the amount of effort you put into it and the greater the difficulty the greater your workout progress. Try to consistently add new movies into your workout so that it never becomes easy or boring.

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Martial Arts Summer Camp - A Success Story for Children

Do you ever get the feeling that your child is losing ground in the battle for a decent education? Do you dread the high cost of summer camp? Do you feel that your child is learning courtesy and respect in school or summer camp?

None of us can afford to let the years go by and "hope for the best." Each child must go through a re-programming process every September to regain his or her previous academic level. The child who did great in June may have to settle and adjust to school all over again in the Fall.

The common problems for children, when going back to school, are attention span, motivation, and goal setting skills. We have many choices to enhance the success rates of our children, but if money is a factor, our choices seem to be limited, and every parent wants the best for his or her child.

Therefore, let's look at our options. You could do it all yourself, and some parents choose this path. You would need to tutor your child, reinforce respect, supervise each activity, and gently guide him or her toward constructive friendships. If you have a career, you might as well put it on hold for the summer.

You could place your child in an affordable summer camp and pray he or she will survive the season. You could also find a good skills camp for a minimum of $300 per week. Between summer camp, back to school, gasoline, and Christmas, we'll all be working a second job.

However, martial arts summer camps are very affordable in comparison to most summer camps. All of them are run with maximum supervision and kids are eager to belong to a structured society. Children know what is expected of them; it is just a matter of reinforcing the structure and making it fun for kids.

Does it sound like a military school? In some ways it is - but each child who enters a martial arts summer camp, will be a model student in an academic school setting, during the next school year.

How is this possible? The foundation of martial arts is courtesy and respect. This is how a martial arts school maintains structure and integrity. All of the extra life skills such as: goal setting, anger management, stress management, motivation, self defense, and having a positive attitude, are "icing on the cake."

Every child who enters a martial arts summer camp learns the taste of success, the feeling of achievement - and no child is left behind. In turn, this will prepare him or her for the next school year.

© Copyright 2006 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul Jerard, is a retired martial arts teacher. He has written many books on the subject of Yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of Yoga Teacher Training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. He has been a certified Master Yoga Teacher since 1995. To receive a Free Yoga e-Book: "Yoga in Practice," and a Free Yoga Newsletter, please visit: http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html

MMA Training Work Outs - What You Need to Know to Kick Butt in the Ring!

MMA training workouts are now being offered in gyms as this new sport has invaded almost all fighting rings around the world. The birth of this quite controversial sport has opened the eyes of the many that human fighting capacity and survival skills do evolve and improve over time.

There are already a lot of fighting sports that have earned a strong reputation, including different martial arts, boxing and wrestling and each discipline has its own rules and norms to follow.

However, creative people got together and formed a new sport named MMA or mixed martial arts. The name itself gives us an idea of what this activity is. It is a combination of all fighting skills and techniques ever to be created since time has started.

Initially, MMA involved only a few rules and protective gears for the reason of searching the best martial arts that can sustain real, unarmed combat. But, producers and creators started to get critics of its brutality. To gain acceptance from the crowd, rules and protective measures are now being implemented.

MMA is not just any ordinary game or hobby. It requires skill, speed and training to pursue.

MMA training workouts are only among the many preparations for the game. Since you have to train to become a fighter, not only do you need to stay fit and built, you have to train to learn how to fight and survive an actual combat.

MMA training workouts are focused on enhancing your innate skills; which means that before deciding to train for MMA, you should have at least exposed yourself to any martial arts. From there, you would now improve your strengths and eliminate your weaknesses.

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Martial Arts Technique - Why The Pull-Down Is Too Risky

There is a martial arts technique from Wing Chun involves pulling down the opponent's protecting guard (fists raised) just a bit before coming in. The is one detail of this technique that is oh so important. Try the move without this limitation, and it will be too risky.

First, let's see how you might get into and use this martial arts technique:

1. You notice your opponent guarding high with the fists, like a boxer.

2. You come in for the clinch, but just lay your hands on the outside of your opponent's forearms above the wrists.

3. Your hands pull his down ever-so-slightly -- one hand checks over the top of your opponent's arms, while your other hand hits.

It's important to only pull down slightly, and not more than an inch or two. Do you know why? This is the focus of this article.

Make it A Short Martial Arts Technique

So, why pull down just an inch or two? Why not REALLY move your opponent's arms out of the way? Why shouldn't you pull down with a major amount of force?

Heavy force could cause the opponent's body to roll making it easy to evade the hit. Also, this puts your opponent in the perfect position to come back with a hit to the kidneys. On the flip side, if "you" felt the heavy force of your opponent's pull-down move on you could definitely be to your advantage.

Another point -- if the hands in the front are pulled too far down, then you are inviting a strike with the head. In fact, pulling the hands down, invites a head response from both parties. Let's add the elements of resistance and redirection of force to this technique discussion. If you pull down your opponent's arms with a lot of force, your opponent can either resist or go with the pull and 'slip it.'

With a resister, you have a struggle of force against force. Not efficient for either of you. Not desirable. And if your opponent allows the force of the martial arts technique to redirect his (or her) energy, then your opponent could slip an arm around and up into a solid punch from the outside. With this type of technique you are in very close -- close enough for an elbow strike from either party...

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