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Creating "Rock Solid" Stances in Martial Arts

Author: Tony Mendoza
Date Posted: January 13, 2007

Have you found it hard to get the leg strength and balance you need to create "Rock Solid" Stances in your Art?

Your stances are, by far, the base of power in any technique in martial arts. Strong stances ensure good balance and power. They allow you to shift your body into a strike to drive-through your opponent.

Conversely, a weak stance will cause a loss of power and decreased balance. The success or failure of any technique is based upon proper positioning of the feet as well as leg strength.

In a fight no one wants to lose his balance. Fighting becomes difficult because the brain puts higher priority on regaining your balance. So, when you try to "strike through "an opponent, resistance will be great, unless you have cause enough pain or damage to make self-preservation the top priority in your opponents brain.

I use a very simple, yet very effective, exercise that can be used anywhere to dramatically increase leg strength, balance and power. Follow the link below to see a 7.9 megabyte instructional video that will show this simple exercise technique.

http://www.goldenwolfe.com/kungfu/secrets/video/example1.html

Start out with 1 set of 10 repetitions for each leg daily and gradually increase this to 4 to 6 sets of 20 to 30 repetitions for each leg. Doing 4 to 6 sets should not take more than 15 minutes of your time each day and the improvement in your leg strength, balance and power will be dramatic! Try it! You'll immediately notice how much stronger you have become in your lower body just by doing this simple exercise!

About The Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tony Mendoza Jr. is a Kung Fu San Soo Black Belt Instructor as well as a Certified Fitness Trainer with 27 years of experience helping people become better Martial Arts through fitness. Visit his site at http://www.kungfutrainingsecrets.com

Article Source: JKD Street Combat - online collection of speed and power training articles.

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