Press ups are a staple body weight training exercise and are excellent for martial arts conditioning, however are you performing them correctly for the best gains?!
Take a look at the attached video, the guys a bit "chatty" but gives an excellent run down of common mistakes.
As with anything in life, you can cheat and do substandard or do correctly and gain all the benefits.
The Mark Scriven Memorial Champs will be held at Stratford upon Avon Leisure Centre on the 16th July.
It is now 2 years since Mark passed away on April 10th 2015. The event is normally run every April to commemorate his passing however, due to Easter Holidays & busy calendars this was not possible this year. The championships will consist of:
This video is the 2nd in the series explaining the scientific principles of sine wave motion. GM Nardizzi explains how Taekwon-Do sine wave motion relates to the natural springing action of the joints.
Only a small team of 4 from Warwick went to the Scottish Championships this weekend but what a team as it was an awesome performance by all of them!
Well done to all of you for keeping the up the high standards of Warwick-TKD and a big thank you to Alex Cameron, Team Manager, for an excellent job looking after everyone and coaching the team to success.
The Valsalva maneuver is performed by forceful attempted exhalation against a closed airway, usually done by closing one's mouth, pinching one's nose shut while pressing out as if blowing up a balloon. This is also present under exertion during severe coughing, straining on the toilet, blowing musical instruments (trumpet), bodybuilding, giving birth and exercise! The exercise element is the part I want to concentrate on, but first we need to understand the mechanics of what is going on!
This is going help a great many martial artists. The psoas muscle with its complex joint actions and influences can cause a lot of issues from hip pain, back pain, biomechanics dysfunction, if there is an imbalance it will seriously affect your training and performance. Watch this video for an effective stretch to hopefully assist with your problem.
This is the first video of the Taekwon-Do Science series which explains the scientific principles of Taekwon-Do.
In this video GM Nardizzi explains what a sine wave is and how Taekwon-Do sine wave motion is similar to a sine wave because it shares the important attribute of being smooth motion.
Yesterday saw the first of the new regional black belt training sessions in the Central area bringing the 2 black belt clubs, Warwick and Stratford, together. Mr Archer, Mr Noddings and Mr Dhillon delivering instruction in patterns, technical kicking and sparring. A good turn out considering it was still the Easter holidays, a great platform to work from and great to see the effort and enthusiasm from the participants.
The next session is planned for the 4th June in Warwick, get the date into your diaries.
As we get older we start to slow down, get less fit, become less flexible, balance is affected and we start forgetting things. However having a pastime such as Taekwon Do is an excellent way to slow this natural degenarative process down. TKD will achieve the following:
Although this video clip involves defence with a gun it has some very important lessons and is relevant for a non-weapon threat environments:
