- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (May 30 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0736002502
- ISBN-13: 978-0736002509
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.5 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #83 in Books > Nonfiction > Education > Education Theory > Physical Education
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Product Description
Every martial artist knows the importance of strength, flexibility, endurance, balance, speed, and agility. Each aspect affects the performance of the fundamental skills involved in all forms of martial arts. Improving these fitness components requires a wide range of specific exercises, which have never been compiled into one easy-to-use resource—until now.
Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts is the most comprehensive resource for preparing the body to excel in karate, taekwondo, judo, aikido, jujitsu, kempo, and other martial arts forms. Loaded with exercises designed specifically to improve the execution of martial arts techniques, this book provides the aspiring artist with a wealth of workout prescriptions. Inside you will find exercises for
- optimal flexibility,
- joint stabilization,
- strengthening the torso or “Power Zone,”
- power development, and
- aerobic and anaerobic training.
Written by certified strength and conditioning specialist and black belt holder Sean Cochran, this book combines his expertise in both disciplines into one outstanding and widely applicable resource. You will find 80 cross-specific training exercises that are designed specifically to improve technique and execution by targeting muscle groups most involved in key maneuvers.
Develop the fundamental fitness and art-specific conditioning needed to master your discipline. With Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts, you'll always be in peak form.
About the Author
Sean M. Cochran, a second-degree black belt in taekwondo and NSCA-certified strength and conditioning specialist, has served as a consultant for many professional baseball clubs, collegiate athletic organizations, and professional athletes from a wide variety of sports. He currently serves as the strength and conditioning coach for the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Cochran is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Chiropractic Rehabilitation Association. He is the conditioning coordinator for Functional Fitness Paradigms, which develops conditioning programs for both the public and for athletes. Cochran is also a member of the USA Weightlifting Federation and he coaches on the club level. He has been involved in three fitness videos and co-authored Stronger Arms and Upper Body with Tom House (Human Kinetics, 2000). Cochran lives in San Diego, California.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read for rapid progress and injury prevention,
By Rob Ryley "Robert" (Northeast NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts (Paperback)
Regardless of system, progress in the martial arts requires not only proper instruction, but a high level of general fitness. Many martial arts instructors neglect to tell this to their students, probably because they stick to "traditional" training techniques that were developed before the discoveries of sports science. It is not enough to go to class 3 times a week and expect your body to perform at a high level when you need it to. The masters of old trained every day, and with the exercises in this book, you can too, and get even better results. Read this and you will have the basic, scientific principles of athletic training at your fingertips. You will learn about the basic components of fitness (flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, muscular power, muscle balance, speed, agility, aerobic and anerobic capacity), and how various systems emphasize different aspects of fitness. Especially important--the joint stabilization exercises. You won't find very many instructors teaching these. I wish I knew these, as I dislocated my shoulder a few times doing judo and kung fu. They will improve your muscle balance and prevent dislocations. I've incorporated them into my workout routine.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Warnings of health hazards and art-specific advice,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts (Paperback)
Complete Conditioning For Martial Arts by certified strength and conditioning specialist and black belt holder Sean Cochrane is a solid, "user friendly" guide to stretching exercises and training techniques to build the strength, flexibility, endurance, balance, speed, and agility that, in turn, can be applied to improve one's command of martial arts. Black-and-white photographs along with helpful text, warnings of health hazards and art-specific advice characterize this highly recommended addition to personal and professional Martial Arts reference collections and supplemental reading lists.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good for Beginners and Professionals,
By A Customer
This review is from: Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts (Paperback)
Excellent exercises with photos and descriptions that can be used by anyone.
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