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January 2010 Newsletter January 2010 – Volume 2, Issue 1 THE DRAGON’S LAIR NEWSLETTER OF THE IRON DRAGON KUNG FU AND KICKBOXING CLUB 91 STATION STREET, UNIT 8, AJAX, ONTARIO L1S 3H2 JANUARY 2010 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 (905) 427-7370 / [email protected] / www.iron-dragon.ca COMMENTARY HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2010 here we come! Those of you who have heeded Ol’ Sifu’s advice have burst out of the starting blocks to start 2010 up and running. For those brethren who did not and are now horizontal on the couch, recovering from their New Years Eve hangover…..IT IS STILL NOT TOO LATE! LOL! Get ye’ over to yonder Iron Dragon Kung Fu and Kickboxing Club as soon as you can so that you will be ahead of the pack for 2010! CHANGES IN CLASS FORMATS FOR 2010! I am tinkering with the format for Saturdays Circuit Training and MMA class. From now on the new Chinese Wrestling Moves will be introduced on Thursday nights and then the reinforcement of those moves will be done on Saturday along with Open Grappling and also at the end of every Kung Fu Kickboxing Class till the following Thursday. We will use the Ontario Jiu Jitsu Point System to score Saturdays Open Grappling so we can get used to the point system before 2010 grappling competitions. Chinese Wrestling techniques that are not legal in Jiu Jitsu and Grappling will still be taught because they are effective self defense - we just have to remember what is legal in competition! LOL! The Wednesday classes at 12:00 pm and 8:00 pm have been designated as full equipment training classes. All participants should gear up with footpads, shin pads, groin protection and mouth guards before the start of the class. Boxing gloves should be kept ready for use (close to the participant). January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 1 2 In these classes we will do our regular training warm up followed by partner drills with some light contact. I have found these workouts to be a nice change of pace and the participants of some of these early classes have truly enjoyed the classes! So I say……”give the people what they want!” MODERN MARTIAL ARTS THE INABILITY TO CHANGE AND PROGRESS Iron Dragon will continue to change and improve its curriculum on a regular basis. We do not adhere to the age old paradigm where martial arts practice the same old tired techniques and training methods simply because they have always been done that particular way. LOL! In the early 1970’s my Kung Fu Kickboxing Sifu’s Mick and Martin McNamara became dissatisfied with the Point Karate sparring style. They felt that full contact kicks and punches would more accurately simulate real fighting conditions. The style of fighting evolved at Twin Dragon and became known as Kung Fu Kickboxing as they combined Western Boxing with the Oriental kicking methods. The rest of the Ontario Martial Arts community, bound by tradition did not change. As a result, Twin Dragon Fighters were feared on the tournament circuit. They frequently lost by disqualification due to excess contact. The Twins knew they were on the right track. Their fighting style evolved while the Traditionalists did not. When Full Contact Karate and Kickboxing made its debut in North America the traditional martial artists were light years behind Twin Dragon as they dominated Ontario Kickboxing for some 20 years! It was not till the early 90’s that other martial artists changed and became competitive with the Twin Dragon fighters! Witness Karateka Fred Ettish in his March 11, 1994 UFC II destruction at the hands of a mediocre Kickboxer. Ettish was a martial artist that refused to adjust and as a result of his stubbornness, was beaten senseless at UFC II. Prior to UFC II, Ettish had only competed in traditional non-contact point Karate tournaments. He had never encountered full contact of any kind! The man had no business in a full contact ring! The bad 70’s porn star moustache and traditional Karate technique were a recipe for disaster! LOL! Have a look at Fred’s performance at UFC 2 and tell me if you agree whether or not this stubborn clinging to Traditional Karate is truly a “march to folly”! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwKPMEiiobk After his pathetic performance at UFC II Ettish was asked whether he would consider cross training in kickboxing and grappling in answer to the hard lessons he learned at UFC II. His response was, “No, our Karate already has those techniques”. LOL! January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 1 3 Now fast forward to UFC 107. Where are the Gracie’s now? They have stubbornly refused to adapt their game to account for the improvements by the strikers in the sport. Now, just 15 years since Royce Gracie completely dominated the UFC, the Gracie’s are no longer a factor! That is evidence enough for me! A martial artist must continually adapt his techniques in order to stay relevant in this day and age! Iron Dragon will not remain stagnant. We will continue to develop and refine our techniques and training methodology indefinitely. I look forward to receiving your feedback as our program continues to evolve! STRETCHING EXERCISE FOREARM / ELBOW PAIN RELIEF Weight Training combined with Martial Arts training can be very stressful to the delicate connective tissue of the elbow. This month we look at several ways to eradicate elbow and forearm pain. Forearm Stretch – focus outer upper elbowfocus lower inner elbow Extend your arms straight out in front of your body with your palms down, Now lift your finger tips towards the ceiling while keeping your arms outstretched. You will feel the stretch mostly in the upper forearm just below the elbow joint. To a lesser extent you will feel a light stretch on the inner side of the elbow just below the joint itself. Forearm Stretch – Extend your arms straight out in front of your body with your palms up, Now bend your wrists downwards so that your finger tips extend towards the floor while keeping your arms outstretched. You will feel the stretch mostly on the inner side of the forearm just below the joint itself. To a lesser extent you will feel a light stretch in the outside of the forearm just below the elbow joint. Pushing your outstretched hands against a wall will increase the stretch. Maximus – Mad Scientist of Workout Methodology My friend and former student Max Oikle aka Maximus is truly the mad scientist of Workout technique! He is the creator of the Chin-Up contraption at the back of the (Iron Dragon) gym labeled “Max’s Rack Attack from Hell”! LOL! Max has provided me with many useful tips and insights along with a complement of others that I found completely useless “doozies”! LOL! That statement is in no way meant to be a criticism. Every idea that Max has come up with regarding exercise technique or equipment, came from his own personal workout experience. In fact, according to Max the reason why some of his ideas were useless to me was that I performed them incorrectly! LOL! The man is passionate about the fitness lifestyle! His thoughts hold far more credence to me than some “pointy headed” exercise guru’s ranting and raving (based on book learning and rote memory). Max “talks the talk and walks the January 2010, Volume 2, Issue 1 4 walk”. Today at over 60 years of age he is in amazing shape with a heart rate of just 57 beats per minute - equivalent to some of our 23 year old fighters! Maximus has shown the remarkable ability to approach age old problems from a fresh perspective. For that I am forever grateful! Sure some of his ideas have been a bit offside yet some of his ideas have been absolute gems! Here is one of those gems! Forearm Muscle Imbalance – method to correct – Maximus Method Max reasoned that elbow pain is caused by an imbalance between the muscles used to tighten ones grip and the opposing muscles that open ones grip. Think about it. You use your hands to grip things all day long. How often do you OPEN your grip against resistance? Never! So intuitively it does make sense that there could be an imbalance in the forearm muscles that is contributing to the pain in the elbow. To perform the exercise simply put 2 elastic bands over the fingertips of one hand. Now open the hand under tension from the bands and then slowly close them. Repeat this for at least 15 repetitions on one hand and then alternate with the other. Do 3-5 sets of this exercise and you will feel your forearms starting to spasm. Clearly you are working the forearms muscles in a way that is unaccustomed to. Intuitively, I believe Ol’ Maximus is onto something here! Max has told me that he used this method to clear up the sore elbows he was experiencing and so far my personal experience has been that it does indeed work! If you are experiencing elbow pain give this exercise a try and let me know your results! SIT-UPS – OUTDATED EXERCISE OR EXERCISE GEM? When I began training with my Hung Gar and Chinese Wrestling Sifu David Lee around 1978 I was struck by his remarkable conditioning. He was in phenomenal shape. At about 5’3” tall and 125 lbs, the man was “ripped”! In fact, I believe he was the first person that I knew to possess the proverbial “6 pack” abdominals that are so sought after today! LOL! David’s abdominals were better developed than Bruce Lee’s! I asked him his secret, expecting to hear about some exotic exercise from the Far East that could account for his amazing abs! His secret?…..Hundreds of sit ups.
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