Every martial artist knows the importance of strength, flexibility, endurance, balance, speed, and agility. Each aspect affects the performance of the fundamental skills involved in all forms of martial arts. Improving these fitness components requires a wide range of specific exercises, which have never been compiled into one easy-to-use resource--until now. Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts is the most comprehensive resource for preparing the...
I should say I don't study martial arts. I use this book just for it's good strengthening exercises (although it has good stretches in it, too.) This is a great book for strengthening, especially the torso. I like it because first, the things necessary to do the exercises are inexpensive, second it gives sets of exercises in 4s and 5s, so you can do 2 sets of exercises (I do one upper, one lower body) in about 20-25 minutes...
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Regardless of system, progress in the martial arts requires not only proper instruction, but a high level of general fitness. Many martial arts instructors neglect to tell this to their students, probably because they stick to "traditional" training techniques that were developed before the discoveries of sports science. It is not enough to go to class 3 times a week and expect your body to perform at a high level when...
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Complete Conditioning For Martial Arts by certified strength and conditioning specialist and black belt holder Sean Cochrane is a solid, "user friendly" guide to stretching exercises and training techniques to build the strength, flexibility, endurance, balance, speed, and agility that, in turn, can be applied to improve one's command of martial arts. Black-and-white photographs along with helpful text, warnings of health...
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In Complete Conditioning For Martial Arts, Taekwondo second-degree black belt and NSCA-certified Sean Cochran presents an indispensable reference for the aspiring martial arts students for developing and maintaining the physical conditioning necessary to all martial arts forms including karate, taekwondo, judo, aikido, jujitsu, and kempo. The exercises are specifically designed for practitioners of martial arts techniques...
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If you are new to the world of strength and conditioning then this book is for you. It is very basic and easy to understand. The introductions to each chapter are very comprehensive and provide a good rationale for the exercises to follow. The pictures would also be very helpful for beginners. I would have liked to have seen some more creative and advanced strength and conditioning exercises that were less general and...
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