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So you are agreeing with what im saying then?

cos Chief fox seems to think that strength training and conditioning your body is bad for your martial art.

I know being stronger is not gonna help...

Im not defending body building.
Im saying that weight training is benificial to martial arts.

Check out "the science of martial arts training"

and answer my question... If boxers and UFC guys...

I would advise IRONMONK to see a pro about deadlifting and the clean and press. There not exersises you can learn from a forum. If pos join a gym, even if its only for a month, so that some one can...

Sorry I forgot to add.

Chief fox asked how many pull ups body builder can do and other things. You made your point about body builders. But im not a bodybuilder and I dont think a bodybuilder...

Boxers weight train. Of course the punch come from the hip. in a perfect world we would all have a perfect punch and split the bag everytime from our iron fist. But I've only been training for 12 yrs...

Bodhitree - I was the same.
Best thing is to have a massive massive leg workout, it loosens up the musscle and gets it really warm, then go right in for your massage and ask her (him if your...

Thats pretty funny! How is a bench press useful in MA!!!! Whats the most basic thing you could do??? and the 1st thing ppl think of in martial arts? what do you do 1000 times a day?

are you...

Whats "sig material"?

I'm just waiting for Mutant to reply to my last post, or any other meat head compo fighter thats gonna be brain dead at 60.

Thats a fairly good.

cardio is really important after weight training cos you need a the blood to surge round your muscles to wash away the lactic acid witch is a bi-product of ATP energy. If you...

Thats great, your big and you worked hard for that, But following a better program it would have taken you much less time.




Yes something is working, 50% of your muscle.

The reason it...

I dont think going slow would help too much, if at all. And even if it did, your time would be much better spent actually lifting weights, or training and streching.

I just explane something about...

The problem is that your metabolism can't prosses enough protien to cope with you doing a full dody workout. It can only heal 30% of your muscles, so If you do a full body workout 3times a week, your...

Well said Fu-Pow.

Mutant - Your really dont have a clue. Your so called "compeating" is not a martial art, its a sport.

A martial art is an art form, used to kill or hurt an oponent in any...

That is absolute Cr*p. I train 2 in 3 days Using mainly isolation exersises, working each muscle once every 6-8 days.

Its not just for body building, this is the fastest way to build strength. I...

Thats great. Thank you SPJ, Just what I was looking for.

hey would someone mind posting how to make DDJ here please. The one I buy is really expensive and its got a thousand weird and wonderfull things in it that I can never get hold of.

I trained with a guy last year who was teaching us Bagua. Im not sure if this is the correct name. But as far as I am aware, These are the 8 motions that Da Mo taught when he went to shaolin. I've...

I think that if a martial artist was 100% cut off and would never see another human again, there art form would turn in to "park our" or "free running".

Personaly I feel that I wouldnt train to...

I think, Like art (as in crafts) your martial art is something that can only be improved by removing the bad bits.

Once you hav learned to punch you then spend the rest of you life making it...

Nobody can say a sure time for you. Cos no body other than you can tell when your, muscles are ready and healed from your last workout.

I dont know how hard you work out or what hurts the next...

OK then, Does any think that a TKD Guy could win against a Karate guy, if they both had the same training, Very simular martial arts but TKD is a sport and so they dont use any deadly strikes, where...

No wonder you hurt your back!!!!!

I train with weights for 45mins, 3-4days a week. Any more than that and its pointless doing anything at all.



You can develop better ROM (range of motion)...

Your not supposed to just answer the question right off!!!

Any way the reason I wanted to bring up the subject is because my karate Sensei is very interested in kung fu and tai chi, and has spent...

I dont know if there are any but you should try serching the net for athsma related forums and ask some Q's there.

Why do you think that weight training doesn't give you tendon strenght???

Ive been weight training for 12months and have read every book ive come across, it also helps that my girlfriend is a gym...