More Striking Variations

Moving on from Boxing, in other martial arts, there are more strikes such a wrist strikes and more well-thought techniques than just punching, for example my favorite, is a feint where you punch at the face as a distraction, then you spin and use an elbow strike to their face. Another great one is a Karate technique where you punch at your opponent's face as a distraction and simultaniously attack their stomach. So go ahead and practice these techniques and tomorrow I'll post some more techniques that really focus on the arms.

Punch variations

First off, in Boxing, there are 4 basic punches, the Jab, which is just a quick low power punch that is usually used to feint an opponent or just to attack. There is also the Straight, which is a high power punch usually to the opponent's face, which is also referred to as a cross. Then, there is the uppercut which attacks an opponent's Stomach or Jaw, and lastly, there is the hook, which is when your punch moves in a hook motion and attacks the opponent either in the face or in the oblique muscles. Next time we go over more variations, and the BEST ways to increase your punch power and speed.

This week's Topic

This week is going to be entirely about punching, how to get faster and harder punches, and different variations of punches, and some really effective but simple feints that only use punches.

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Jujitsu Training

Sorry for the delay on new posts, I've been really busy with school lately. but anyways, Jujitsu training is mainly just ridiculous amounts of practice of techniques, however my twist on the subject is also adding alot of repetitions to a workout (only body weight exercises) Now some people might think this leads to a plateu, but when your workout starts to get easier, just add new exercises or add more reps, because the exercise itself has nothing to do with a plateu. So, since explaining individual techniques would be really difficult, here's a link to a great website for finding Jujitsu techniques, history, ETC. http://www.ultimatejujitsu.com/learn-jujitsu-techniques/traditional-jujitsu-techniques.shtml

This week is gonna be about JuJitsu

So, to start off the week simply, I'm just going to explain some concepts and benefits.

Jujitsu is a Japanese martial art, which was developed  more than five hundred years ago and was used in war but it has evolved into a very widespread method of self defense and self discipline that has some of the most effective methods of training, and some of the most effective hand to hand combat techniques such as throws and locks. Next time I'll explain traditional Jujitsu training and my twist on it + some great Techniques to practice and train with.

Fast Twitch muscle in Martial Arts

Fast twitch muscle is critical in martial arts, it gives speed and power to your techniques, but it also adds the ability to use better techniques, for example in Wing Chun speed is critical for it's fast paced chain strikes and prarries. and in Boxing, Punches get the "snap"  they need to really deliver a shock to an opponent.

Also, personally, after almost a year of working out with "fast twitch" excercises my bench press has gone up by 40 lbs, I can do 5 times as many pullups and pushups than i used to do, and my curl has gone up 10 lbs, but my arm circumference has gone up by 1 inch, which is just telling you how dense your muscles should become, so if your not noticing results at first, start to track your workouts, trust me you'll realize how much stronger your becoming.

Fast twitch muscle workouts

A lot of fast twitch muscle excercises are just doing the same excerscises but with extra umph. For example to do a pushup like this you would go down normally and then instead of just pushing up enough to get yourself up, push as hard as you can and make sure your arms are completely straight, same with pullups, dips, jump squats, deadlifts (after enough practice) and many other excersises. So anyways here's my workout for begging this type of training.  start off stretching, then do 25 pushups, crunches (not situps) and 25 jumping squats, rest, and repeat 5-10 times. and also for my biceps i like to do pullups best (remember pull yourself up as fast as you can) I do
3 regular, 3 hammer grip, 3 reverse grip, then 1 wide grip pullup. repeat 5 times. and thats a pretty good full body workout

P.S. you can always modify the reps or number of sets just as long as you keep good form.

Muscle

Okay, so there are two types of muscle utilized in most workouts; Slow twitch and Fast twitch fibers. Slow twitch fibers are big, and they let you crank out endless reps (these muscles are usually used in superset workouts, whereas fast twitch fibers are small and dense, and they create devestating speed and explosive strength (usually used in Plyometric workouts) And also technically there is a third muscle fiber which is a cross between the other two, it has explosiveness and endless endurance, however there is little to none found in humans but commonly in fish and other animals. Its impossible to change your muscle fibers, but you can find workouts that isolate either slow twitch or quick twitch fibers. Next posts will be on workouts for either of these types of muscle.