Diary of a Martial Artist

Diary of a Martial Artist

All about martial arts training and how it affects the way I lead my life: martial arts as personal development. You'll find tips on all aspects of martial arts training such as techniques, fitness, philosophy and history. Shorinji Kempo | Tang Soo Do | Iaido

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Focus on your goal. But not too hard.

The WBC World Middleweight championship was by no means a given result but Taylor, the American, was talking it up big: he wanted to put Fro...

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Hard breathing.

It was a rough, hard session tonight and I'm partly to blame. I took the warm-ups and my obsession with burpees seems to have set the t...

Monday, 27 April 2009

I love burpees

Yup. I love 'em. And Phil (thanks PMY ) knows it which is why he sent me this link:- http://100burpees.blogspot.com/ This is a fun site ...

Sunday, 26 April 2009

An introduction to Japanese armour and swords

I spent the day in town looking for martial arts books and came away with an armful! I'll post a review when I've finished them but ...

Friday, 24 April 2009

Sunny run and jumping kicks

I went for the lake run on Friday and as I was jogging round I tried spicing it up with some knee raises to prepare for a jumping front kick...

Stay on target!

Thought of this while doing some work: I was flitting around all over the place. Needed to stay on target... Gold Two: [the Y-wings are runn...

Kiai in the zone

Check out this crazy kendoka who seems to be in the zone emitting some strange kiais and delivering one-handed cuts. I don't know how co...

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