Welcome to my Fitness Conditioning Page
SOME OF THE TOPICS WE COVER IN THIS WORKSHOP ARE: *PROPRIOCEPTIVE DEMAND *CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING *ANAEROBIC CONDITIONING *BALANCE AND AGILITY *DEVELOPING EXPLOSIVE POWER *"CORE" TRAINING & PLYOMETRIC DRILLS *NUTRITION FOR MARTIAL ARTISTS OBJECTIVE: The Objective of this workshop is simply to teach the body to
perform better! Every professional athlete has a conditioning program in addition
to his/her sport--if he/she wants to be successful that is! What I have done here is to draw from my expertise in the martial
arts, and my knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and excerise physiology
to develop the best conditioning program for any martial arts
discipline. A FITNESS CONDITIONING FOR MARTIAL ARTS Workshop could be a great
additional source of revenue for your school! TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN ORGANIZE A WORKSHOP AT YOUR SCHOOL AND
WHAT IT WOULD COST, PLEASE CONTACT DEL MILLERS DIRECTLY:
SPORT SPECIFIC FITNESS FOR MARTIAL ARTS
BY Del Millers, Ph.D.
"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
--Aristotle
We are all athletes. The only difference is, some of us are actively
training to perform better at our sports and others are not. Like
any other sport, martial arts also requires a high degree of fitness
for optimal performance. Most martial artists however, tend to
spend all their time practicing their art to the exclusion of
other conditioning activities. This is a mistake. A conditioning
program specific to your particular martial arts discipline offers
many benefits. These include: increased fitness level beyond what
could be achieved only with your art, decreased injury, improved
balance, quickness and overall performance.
It should be no surprise that the best athletes make their sports
look easy; almost effortless. Such efficiency however, takes a
lot of practice to train the body to memorize subtle movements
that use minimal effort and energy. Performance in the martial
arts is influenced by the body's reactive abilities, balance and
movement efficiency.
The central nervous system is responsible for every function in
the body. Therefore, the primary goal of any "sport-specific "
conditioning program for martial arts should be to enhance the
transmission of nervous reactions from the brain to the muscles.
This is accomplished by decreasing the amount of time the martial
artist takes to respond from the moment of stimulus (e.g. an attack),
through the reaction to the actual movement ( e.g. getting out
of the way of the attack or neutralizing it). Conditioning exercises
for the nervous system include: static balancing exercises, plyometrics,
dynamic balancing exercises, agility drills, etc.
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