Posts Tagged ‘Tom Kurz’
Apart from the internal focus in this demo, I also don’t like the short grip–which is great for twirling but not for power with accuracy at a long distance.
Filed under: Sports Psychology/Mental Toughness, Sports Technique, Teaching Movement Skills for Sports and Martial Arts | 1 Comment
Tags: combat sports, external focus, fighting, internal focus, martial arts, mental training, nunchaku, sports psychology, Sports Technique, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
Think, if a method works for an old man, then for someone younger it will work double-quick . . . or much better. Would you like to know what to expect of your flexibility as you get near 60? Perhaps my experience will give you an idea, so here it is: Now, that I am […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching | 7 Comments
Tags: age and stretching, Flexibility, splits, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
Resistance and Technique
To make myself stronger, I use resistance between the minimum that forces the correct technique and the maximal training resistance (MTR)—the greatest resistance that can be overcome without a strong effort of will and emotional stress. Exceeding the MTR, except for a well-justified test, is about vanity, showing off—it doesn’t perfect technique (it leads to […]
Filed under: Sports Technique, Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 5 Comments
Tags: correct technique, maximal training resistance, optimal training resistance, Science of Sports Training, strength training, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
It has been a long while since I produced any instructional material on training for sports and martial arts. The reason is a severe shoulder injury I had a few years ago. I totally dislocated and nearly destroyed my shoulder. (Full info on the injury is at http://atomic-temporary-4752433.wpcomstaging.com/2010/06/30/back-bridge-twist-seminar-excerpt and http://atomic-temporary-4752433.wpcomstaging.com/2009/10/22/no-sweat-workout/#comment-133.) Of course, I was not […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching, Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 19 Comments
Tags: back bridge, exercises, Flexibility, Flexibility Express, martial arts, shoulder injury, shoulder rehab, shoulder surgery, splits, sports, strength, stretching, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
This post was written as my contribution to a series of posts on training young athletes, published in coach James Marshall’s blog. I will begin with tips not for the young athletes themselves but for those who train them. I begin by commenting on a concept from the post by Frank Dick, “before you get […]
Filed under: Sports Injuries, Sports Technique | 3 Comments
Tags: Denis Betts, external load, external resistance, Frank Dick, general exercises, Gil Stevenson, gymnast, internal load, James Marshall, judo wrestler, judoka, Kelvin Giles, Paul Gamble, Roy Headey, Simon Worsnop, sport-specific exercises, sports techniques, sprained ACL, sprint, sprinter, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz, track-and-field, Vern Gambetta, young athletes
I just learned of existence of Bacon Salt. It is made for people who can’t eat bacon because it isn’t halal or kosher, for those who believe saturated fat is bad for them, and perhaps for those who can’t get good bacon. So it is not for me. Fat, and a lot of it saturated, […]
Filed under: Sports Nutrition | 9 Comments
Tags: Bacon Salt, fat, golonka, pork hocks, pork shanks, saturated fat, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
In this post I will use two quotes from a recent blog post by James Steele II. Here is the first quote: “Unless you allow recovery to happen supercompensation will never occur and eventually the body will decompensate.” And my comment on it: It is worse than that—muscles frequently not allowed to recover between workouts […]
Filed under: Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 6 Comments
Tags: fast twitch muscle fiber, High-Intensity Training, HIT, Insufficient Recovery, slow twitch muscle fiber, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
It occurred to me that a majority of people suffer various afflictions because they disregard signs given to them by their bodies. First they don’t take hints that something doesn’t agree with them, then they pretend not to notice obvious signs, then take medicines to cover up the bothersome symptoms of dysfunction. Eventually they develop […]
Filed under: Sports Nutrition | 6 Comments
Tags: diet, disease, Don Matesz, exercise, J. Stanton, Paleo diet, sports nutrition, The Gnoll Credo, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
Not All CrossFits Are Equal
I got the following questions from a reader of Stretching Scientifically. > I received your book, Stretching Scientifically, and have been very excitedly > attempting to develop side and front splits. I’ve recently begun taekwondo, > but I come from a background of CrossFit, where I’ve been doing deep squats and > other movements with […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching, Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 10 Comments
Tags: crossfit, deep squat, front splits, horse-riding stance, side splits, taekwondo, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
First, Fix Faults—in Nutrition
I begin by quoting from my post First, Fix Faults (March 23, 2011): “I think that this principle of fixing faults first applies to all aspects of health and fitness. For example, ceasing to eat bad stuff (sweets, bread and most grain products, too many carbs, too much protein, wrong fats, medicated meat, eggs from […]
Filed under: Sports Nutrition | 8 Comments
Tags: carbs, diet, exercise, Flexibility, hyperglycemia, inflammation, magnesium deficiency, martial arts, nutrition, soreness, supplements, Thomas Kurz, Tom Kurz
