Martial Arts thread

[allyourki]

Here I'll be posting all those little things to succeed in martial arts, be it classes or training.

[allyourki]

www.all-karate.com/m/how_to_tie_karate_belt.mp4
An easy to follow video on the most widely accepted way to tie a belt, good to stop those first time embarressments

[sirblackwolf]

i did some martial arts when i was younger, about 4-5 years old, i did lots of Tae Kwon Do, aww the memories.. lol, i wish there was a dojo for it here..

[Kendamu]

Man, I need to get back into training harder. I'm starting to look like my age.

Allyourki, do you have any good conditioning methods (for fitness) for martial artists?

[allyourki]

Damn, I completely forgot about this forum.
A fitness excercise I've always enjoyed was fartleck training (or something similar, my personal coach has a very strong accent). You should find a 400m track with some markings or lamps or something around it at 50-100m intervals. You start sprinting from one such mark to the other. Once tou reach the second mark start to jog. Once you read the third start to walk. I like to do this until I've been through 4 cycles or so.
You should also try working 30 second constant combinations on your heavy bag if you can. Be sure to accompany this with training of proper form though or you might just find that you get into some bad habits.
Also, you probably already know this, swimming. Swimming is possibly one of the best work outs you could ever do! It works both your lungs and the muscles in your abdomen and arms and legs and incorrect punctuation.
Need any more just tell me, I got a bunch.

[Kendamu]

Well, I have a heavy bag in my apartment and there's an indoor pool on campus. I don't know about a running track, though. We have a couple of outdoor ones but when it gets snowy out I don't think I'll be using them,

Any fighting related conditioning (like unusual pushup or situp methods) you can do in your front room?

[allyourki]

Yeah I have a few.
Diamond pushups, where your index and thumb of each hand form a triangle and you do a regular push up. Very difficult but it works the chest and arms aswell as augments any respiratory training you do.
For any serious martial artist skipping is an absolute must! (well not really but it's still really usefull).
Also, if you havd something to hang onto you should try doing as many kicks as you can in a row without your foot touching the ground. This trains balance, control and it conditions the muscles in the leg. It's very good

[Kendamu]

Cool. Thanks. Ever heard of divebombers?

Also, what's your opinion of the Superman Punch?

[allyourki]

Divebombers? No never.

I LOVE the superman punch. It's really usefull when you can't get inside someones guard because of their reach. Easy and devastating. It's a good combination.

[Kendamu]

Well, here's a corny montage video depicting a Diverbomber Pushup.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw0jcorcRvY

I've been trying to get the hang of the Superman Punch recently especially after I (somehow) pulled off what I call the "Flying Haymaker" over the summer when I was sparring someone.

[allyourki]

Yeah, that divebomer looks pretty usefull. Might incorporate into my workout. You reckon it qualifies as a stretch?

[Kendamu]

Maybe it qualifies as some sort of really odd cobra stretch. If you want it to double as a stretch, I'd say do divebombers after situps because they'll stretch your abdomen.