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How
to Perform a Devastating One Inch Punch Using a Makiwara
This article will explain how to perform a one inch punch and train
with it to develop some serious, devastating power. Read on to find
out the secret to this mystical punch...
Author: Joshua Black
Date Posted: May 31, 2009
Punching
Power - How to Use Knuckle Push-ups to Create Fists of Steel
This article will give you a quick tip for turning your wimpy fists
into slabs of concrete with a simple push-up technique. Knuckle
push-ups are a great way to not only train your upper body, but
your fists will thank you for it as well...
Author: Joshua Black
Date Posted: May 16, 2009
Punching
Power - Makiwara Conditioning For the MMA Fighter
Traditionally, the makiwara board is a training tool for the karate
practitioner. Most fighting sports that involve gloves of some kind
tend to use a traditional punching bag. This article will explain
how makiwara training can benefit the MMA fighter...
Author: Joshua Black
Date Posted: May 14, 2009
Four
Drills For Superior MMA Core Strength
We still don't have any precise answers despite twenty years of
the "core wars." Core training has absolutely divided the strength
and conditioning industry. Anyone you talk to definitely...
Author: Luke Schollmeyer
Date Posted: May 12, 2009
Improving Hand
and Leg Speed
First of all it's important that the weights be light, not over
a kilogram (about 2 pounds) per hand, and not over 2 kilograms per
leg...
Author: Juv Silver
Date Posted: May 08, 2009
Makiwara
Training - The Theory Behind Fists of Steel For Serious Punching
Power
The theory of training for punching power using a makiwara board
is that you are using your fists in such a way that you would naturally
fight with them on the street. There are no bag gloves in dark alleys
and there are no pads when your personal space is invaded by an
attacker...
Author: Joshua Black
Date Posted: May 03, 2009
Power
Generation Tips - Standing and Ground Striking
I'm going to get right to the point. When you are standing up,
I think it is best to keep your elbows down and allow your body
to draw power from the ground. If you lift your elbows, you are
relying solely on your arm and shoulder for power. Drawing power
from the ground and through your hips is much more...
Author: Joshua Peacock
Date Posted: April 16, 2009
How
to Punch High Without Hurting Your Knuckles
Do you hurt your hand when you punch? Are there certain positions
where you just aren't able to perform a horizontal punch with those
key front knuckles making contact first? Beginning and intermediate
martial artists sometimes have problems punching when the horizontal
punch hits above the level of your own shoulder...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: January 13, 2009
Punching
Harder - Punch Through Like a Hot Knife Into Butter
Are you a heavier martial artist? Other martial artists may think
of us as "slower," but we have several advantages. One of the advantages
has to do with our punch possibilities. How would you like your
punching to be so hard, that the punch melts through any resistance
like a hot knife going into butter...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: January 01, 2009
Better Kicking
Balance - 3 Exercises
You are new enough to the martial arts that you haven't yet mastered
kicking balance. Every time you throw out a kick, whether it's a
front kick, side kick, or even back kick, you feel yourself falling.
Immediately, you drop your kicking leg to the floor, to keep from
falling on your face. What follows are three ways to improve your
kicking balance...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: December 22, 2008
4 Drills
That Increase Kicking Power
One of the best ways to create kicking power in martial arts students
is to have them train on a heavy bag like the Wavemaster XXL. Some
of the more basic drills with heavy bags are done by having the
student repeatedly kick/punch the bag for a specific amount of time,
for beginners using the same kick/punch while more advanced can
mix it up...
Author: Mukesh Kr
Date Posted: November 18, 2008
Faster Kicks and Punches
Beginning, Intermediate, and even advanced martial artists write
to me asking how to make their defensive hits and kicks faster.
They want to add speed when they have to respond to the situation.
Here are two tips, to improve your martial-arts speed, which means
faster kicks and punches...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: October 25, 2008
Speed
- Getting Faster in the Martial Arts
In martial arts schools, most students practice the same martial-arts
techniques for getting faster and developing raw speed. Unfortunately,
they really are practicing the same exercises and drills. What if
it were possible to significantly affect your speed...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: October 02, 2008
Self
Defense and Martial Arts Techniques, The Role of Tools and Targets
in Maximizing Striking Power
In a self defense/self protection situation, once conflict becomes
physical, you need to get the job done very quickly (within 30 to
60 seconds). The objective of every strike is to incapacitate the
opponent. To produce an injury that fundamentally changes the normal
functioning of the body...
Author: Michael Harkess
Date Posted: September 23, 2008
Power
Striking - Efficient Tool Development
Granted the movie is no "Yojimbo," and let's be honest: with arms
that would make "Olive Oil" blush, given the techniques championed
in the movie, I highly doubt that Ralph Macchio...
Author: Al Ridenhour
Date Posted: April 19, 2008
Develop
Speed Punches - Muscle Fatigue Training
There are many reasons why martial artists have problems hitting
their opponents. One reason is the lack of punch speed. Muscle fatiguing
is one way to improve your punch speed. Here's how...
Author: Keith Pascal
Date Posted: February 24, 2008
Strength,
Flexibility and Power in Martial Arts
Were I to state three major attributes possessed by an exponent
of any martial art, they would be these three: strength, flexibility
and power. These, combined with the extreme fitness and rapid reflexes
of any athlete, are essential components in one who would profess
to possess the skills required of a master of any martial art...
Author: Pete Nisbit
Date Posted: March 19, 2007
Fighting
Postures to Create Power, Flexibility and Movement
I remember what it was like learning Karate. I had a sensei who
barked orders, and had us stand in stances for what felt like eternities,
until our legs ached, our knees cramped and we walked funny. Now
that I’m teaching beginning Karate at the dojo, I’m finding that
I’m falling back on the way I was taught, and in some ways, that’s
not good. My sensei wasn’t real big on explaining the “whys” behind
the four stances, and how they worked from a kinematics perspective;
it was all...
Author: Yoshi Kundagawa
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Flexibility
and Strength in Martial Arts
Flexibility is the range of movement that you have in your joints.
Some say that this definition should only apply if there is no exterior
help to move the joint, but this is not correct. If your joints
have a greater degree of movement when aided by an external force,
then that degree of movement defines the flexibility...
Author: Peter Nisbet
Date Posted: February 17, 2007
Power of
Breathing in Martial Arts
The power of breathing has been emphasized by many arts for many
centuries. The energy that comes from proper breathing is truly
remarkable. Proper breathing can be used in so many ways for so
many things...
Author: Tony Mendoza
Date Posted: January 15, 2007
Creating
"Rock Solid" Stances in Martial Arts
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...
Author: Tony Mendoza
Date Posted: January 13, 2007
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