Periodization aka The Growth Formula Isolate the muscle, skill or capability you want to grow. Stress it Rest and recover allowing for adaptation to occur Repeat. This time stressing the muscle, skill or capability a little bit more than you did the last time. World Class Athletes are masters at this cycle. You, too, can …
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When you first start training, you have an initial goal. It could be to lose weight, get fit or learn how to defend yourself. Whatever it is, once you attain that goal, a new one takes its place. How does that happen? It originates from the higher level understanding you have for the skill you …
Finding the Spot Just for You So you typed into the almighty search engine How to Choose a Martial Arts School. There are so many reasons why you want to train. Maybe you want to learn self defense. Perhaps its to get in shape. Want to lose weight? How about to learn something new? Martial …
Special notes Avoid the tempatation of high intellect substituting the development of the feeling required for “real” skill. Martial arts is a sensory art. Intellect is an attribute once all sensory has been installed. Story comes first. The beginning, middle and end. Training with me will concentrate on its parts separately while the constant will …
This article is a placeholder list of information but serves as the initial help all students need to train smarter, better, easier, etc. So here’s some questions. As a student, where is it that we learn how to learn? Interesting question. I think that when we become a student that has the understanding of how-to-learn, …