What Is the Best Fighting Art?
Do you do martial arts or combat sports? Do you have an answer to the eternal question: What is the best fighting art?
If you do, read my new self-defense tip and post your answer as a comment to it at
real-self-defense.com/self-defense-tip-124-what-is-the-best-fighting-art/
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Check out my latest video at https://youtu.be/gdYCG1gsqzE and comment on it to let me know what you think about such things. Would you like to know more about this system? Just post your comment to the video.
Public Service Announcement
Lock-downs, social distancing, etc. are necessary to stop spreading of covid-19 WHERE GOVERNMENTS FAILED to follow standard epidemic prevention procedures in time, without stupid delays.
Taiwan’s government didn’t dilly dally. The result in a population of over 23 million:
558 coronavirus cases, 7 deaths.
See for yourself here:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/taiwan/
and here:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/taiwan-marks-200-days-domestic-covid-19-infection-73896769
Why do you think your government did dilly dally? Is it because it is run by turds? Or is it because it is run by traitors?
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching, Teaching Movement Skills for Sports and Martial Arts | 1 Comment
Tags: Han Ho Un, hand-to-hand combat system, high kicks, Kyoksul, North Korean People's Army
Can you tell a well-schooled sports instructor or a martial arts instructor from an unschooled one? Then watch the video in my latest article and point out the single teaching error that keeps a student practice a simple grappling throw for over ten minutes and still not get it–even though his instructor shows him the technique perfectly. The video is at https://www.stadion.com/a-bit-of-know-how-for-teaching-and-learning-techniques-faster/
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Tags: martial arts instructor, sports instructor, teaching athletic skills, teaching error
Power High Kicks With No Warm-Up! DVD trailer
Power High Kicks With No Warm-Up! DVD is now available as a pay-per-view streaming video for $39.95 ($10.00 less than the DVD). You may view it from anywhere, for an unlimited number of times.
The first and the second chapters of Power High Kicks With No Warm-Up! are free to view.
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Stretch for splits and bridges with Flexibility Express: Flexibility and Functional Strength in No Time DVD trailer
Flexibility Express DVD is now available as a pay-per-view streaming video. You may view it from anywhere, for an unlimited number of times.
The first chapter of Flexibility Express, on testing your flexibility potential for splits and back bridges, is free to view.
You may view the streaming version for $59.95 ($20.00 less than the DVD).
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Too Old to Get Better?
I get questions like, “I am 40. Am I too old to improve my [insert here some athletic ability, for example, flexibility, or strength, or endurance] following your training programs?” An email from a 71-year old user of Flexibility Express answers such questions. Read it and see instructional videos at stadion.com/too-old-to-get-better/
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See a video showing an easy, mechanically sound way of achieving the side split. It is at https://www.stadion.com/an-easy-way-to-a-side-split/
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Tags: Box Split, Chinese Split, exercise, Flexibility, hip joint, martial arts, side splits, sports, sports training, straddle splits, stretching, Thomas Kurz
Running Technique
Running is the most commonly used form of movement for developing general aerobic endurance. It is a simple, natural movement, yet people can do it wrong. For a description of the correct running technique plus info on the influence of footwear on gait and posture, which affects athletic performance in every sport and martial art, visit https://www.stadion.com/training-tips-for-running-technique/
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Tags: endurance training, exercise, gait, martial arts, posture, running technique, sports training, Thomas Kurz
Experiments done on athletes long ago (Nawrocka 1967) determined the optimal sequence for teaching a new sports technique:
1. Name the technique and give a brief description, including the key whys (yes, before a demonstration).
2. Demonstrate the whole technique at full speed.
3. Ask the athlete to give a verbal description of the technique.
4. The athlete attempts to perform the technique.
To find out why the above teaching sequence is the optimal one, see “How to Learn Skills Faster and Better—Through Verbalization.”
Filed under: Teaching Movement Skills for Sports and Martial Arts | 1 Comment
Tags: learning, movement skill, Sports Technique, sports training, teaching, Thomas Kurz, verbalization
Recently I was asked, “How much strength training is necessary to become a proficient fighter?” I answered with a list of five most important concepts and principles one should keep in mind when designing and conducting strength training for any sport, not just fighting. The list is split into three articles, the first of which is posted at stadion.com/strength-training-for-martial-arts-what-to-keep-in-mind-part-i/
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