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Daily Tae Kwon Do routine to improve kicks
First I just want to say that at age 44, you shouldn't expect your body to perform the same as an 18 year old's body. It's just not realistic. So resist the temptation to compare yourself to them, or ...
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Can a trained 60 year-old outfight an untrained 20 year-old?
I have had the occasion to spar with a national senior champion in karate (the guy is a little over 60). I am 30 years old and reasonnably fit as well, and I have 10+ years of practice of light ...
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Do you take supplements like protein when you train in Martial Arts?
While it is essential that you get enough protein (and calories by the way) in your daily diet if you want to build muscle, it turns out that the timing of it is not important at all. Studies show ...
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Daily Tae Kwon Do routine to improve kicks
I took it quite literally by perform 50 of each kick daily. I saw improvements pretty quickly. Concentrate on the technique first. The flexibility will come with time.
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How can I build striking power?
From a physics perspective, one way to think about striking is impulse:
To have an effective strike, you want to:
Maximize mass. The normal advice is use your whole body to strike. This means that ...
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How can I build striking power?
First, let's cover some basic context.
Coordination of muscle is key
It helps to have muscle, but... the real key is coordinating your muscles to work together to generate power. It's the same ...
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What is the best way to improve my conditioning for martial arts
The best way to train for martial arts is to do basic strength and conditioning alongside your chosen art. Basic conditioning means a mix of slower/longer runs with sprints. Basic strength training ...
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Judo and bodybuilding
Yes, you can do amateur judo and bodybuilding together. The only major potential conflict that comes to mind is nutrition, and if you are not planning on cutting weight for amateur judo competitions (...
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Can a trained 60 year-old outfight an untrained 20 year-old?
Yes, a trained 60 year-old can outfight an untrained 20 year-old, provided they maintain a healthy body. The average 60 year-old has already lost joint flexibility and mobility, which causes the body ...
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Activate a car's airbag with a kick
No, at least not modern airbags.
Since the activation depends on several sensors switching at the same time, and they typically need that the whole car is accelerated with 3-5g including the ...
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Activate a car's airbag with a kick
Possibly in an older car.
If you are driving an early 1980’s car with airbags, then the little metal ball in the little tube behind the grill was forced to push the spring all the way back to the ...
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Are physical attributes important in a fight?
Yes.
It's pretty obvious, isn't it? It's why there are weight classes in all competitive fighting sports.
The Gracie family says that for every 20 pounds heavier, you need to be one belt higher ranked ...
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What are the best techniques to fight with a heavier and stronger rival
The trick is to move inside their range. Then it's a case of the bigger opponent having to fend off the smaller one because you're no longer in their striking range. Bruce Lee was a short fellow, and ...
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Are Judoka generally taught yanking and pounding the uke into the ground, as opposed to technique and flow?
It's not clear what you mean by yank, pound, and plant, so I will try to illustrate what is expected.
This is video of Kosei Inoue, a world and Olympic champion and the current Japan national team ...
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Is accuracy less important in street and Krav Maga?
"Can I get a good shot in at the right range?"
Accuracy matters... but maybe not in the way you're thinking of.
First, you got to be able to hit a target that is moving. Range matters a lot here....
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What are the best techniques to fight with a heavier and stronger rival
Your size and strength is relative. Skill level matters more, or the ability to acquire the skill and the skill of the opponent. Check out this you tube channel here , this guy is really good at ...
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Gymming and Martial arts at the same time
Im in the same situation. For the past 6 months I've been hitting the gym for 5-6 days a week. My schedule looks like this:
Mo: chest/shoulders
Tu: arms/back
We: legs/cardio
Tu: same as Mo
Fr: same ...
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Is weight training useful in martial arts?
Weight training can be beneficial, and some martial arts have a set of supplementary exercises (in Okinawa Goju Ryu we call it Hojo Undo) where you use tools like Chi'ishi (stone on a stick), Ishi-...
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Developing arm strength and stamina for boxing. Dumbbells or wrist weights?
I think wrist weights if light enough doing shadowboxing is a fine idea.. These guys sound like bodybuilders and not boxers.
The benefit of shadowboxing with wrist weights is that you'll be able to ...
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What is the best way to improve my conditioning for martial arts
My martial art is boxing so my answer is from that perspective.
Generally speaking you will want to do interval training to improve your cardiovascular stamina, and relatively light weights to build ...
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Do you take supplements like protein when you train in Martial Arts?
After a judo class I'm more concerned with getting carbohydrate for glycogen depletion than I am with protein for muscle growth. A mix of both after class is fine.
However, it's good to be skeptical ...
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Is there a rigorous exploration of the relationship between core strength and kick power?
Ok, so the concept to keep in mind is the bigger the muscle the more potential for power. Think of a horse and how those incredible strong legs can move so much more than that of a human. Then think ...
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How can one effectively use their hips to generate strength for any given technique that requires it?
Force and efficiency are different
There are two separate issues: how to generate strength (force) and how to use it efficiently. I think the scissor sweep is not a great example of how to generate ...
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How to defend a shoulder charge?
Shoulder charging someone is a very basic way to attack. The attacker is committing their weight forward, and simply not being there is probably sufficient for them to put themselves on the ground. ...
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Strength standards for elite Judo
Judo Australia has published the following strength and fitness guidelines for its cadet judoka (lifts in terms of 3 rep max):
In this document are a series of tests you can use to check your ...
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Is weight training useful in martial arts?
I have found that strength training once a week and power endurance once a week alongside BJJ, Thai boxing, boxing and JKD concepts helps a lot in my fitness and strength; however, if I do strength or ...
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Is weight training useful in martial arts?
Strength training alongside of doing your martial art of choice is key. I've pumped my training from 1 hour to 2 hours every day and over 1 month I've increased 10 fold in my technique and power. This ...
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What are the best techniques to fight with a heavier and stronger rival
Your equalizers are to fight unfair: attack by surprise, use weapons that the other side doesn't have, attack with methods that harm a person in such a way the injuries impair response regardless of ...
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What are the best techniques to fight with a heavier and stronger rival
If weapons are available, these quickly equalize situations, but I suspect you are interested in unarmed situations.
There are no best techniques that always work. Any decent martial arts system will ...
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