Too often seniors argue over things that only focuses attention on the mundane and insignificant areas of what we are supposed to be teaching. Faulting the Uechi-Ryu majority because they don't breath the way others do is silly, especially since fit athletes spend so little time worry how they brea...

http://www.explosivelyfit.com/coach.htm http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/articles/scni21a1.htm While under the heavy bar it is easy to get into the habit of holding your breath during the execution of the lift. Holding your breath does help in moving the heavy iron as it stabilizes your core but it c...

Exertional Migraines and Breath Holding: Why People Die on the Toilet And What You Could be Doing in Your Martial Art Practice Although it doesn't get much press (for obvious reasons), a disproportionately high number of people (usually older men who are in high risk categories for heart disease) d...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5334116.stm Weightlifting 'link to eye risk' Weightlifting can stress the body Regular weightlifting may increase the risk of the eyesight-threatening condition glaucoma, research suggests. Brazilian researchers found lifting heavy weights was linked to a temporary ...

Mayo Clinic Debunks Heavy Weight-lifting and Power-breathing! "Weightlifting doesn't cause persistent high blood pressure. But it can cause a temporary increase in blood pressure. This increase can be dramatic — depending on how much weight you lift. Strength training exercises, such as weight...

Folks, if I may be so bold as to contribute a concept from 'intentional community' building (see a great book named Rules for Radicals by SAUL ALINSKY)? 1. Don't presume to know what the other is intending to say. Assume you do not understand clearly, accurately. Assume that you may have a filter (c...

No harm, no foul. Hopefully productive, rational discussion can continue in Van's forum in the relevant or new threads. I'm not implying this 'tagline' discussion is not productive or rational. It's just that since it's an internecine issue that it's not of any interest to me as an "outsider&qu...

Van and George, If I disagree with either of you, I will state directly and blatantly, though always with respect. Respect is a given; it is disrespect which is earned. If I call an act that of a curmedgeon, I shall refer to it specifically. I did not, and as such, I am not insinuating anything. If ...

During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, sportscasters amused by the "screaming" observed during various competitive events, presented a mini-special on "Olympic Screamers." Power Breathing, a phrase coined by Dr. Ray Mulry in his book In the Zone, explains this phenomenon ...

Dear friends, Dr. Frolov and I met a philosophical impasse when he published that athletic exercise, including all sports (such as Clubbell® swinging and martial arts), by his definition decreased health and diminished longevity with each participation. As my institutional credo ( Proportio Divina A...

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I couldn't get your Spiderman video to load. I got the following message when my Windows Media Player 9 went online to Microsoft to get a missing file. Sorry about the software problems... The primary exercise in the "complex" is the "Quad Hop" (or "Frog hop"): http://...

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An example of a plyometric exercise I created called Spiderman from my Maximology course. It demonstrates the loading eccentric action phase releasing the stored elastic energy in an explosive concentric action phase.

Yes, I had a blonde phase.

Yes. But there is a cross-over "grey area" called SPP - Specific Physical Preparedness.

How to train SPP has been a MAJOR focus of my work.