Building the body for effective martial arts?

What is a good online (free) training system that encompasses diet as well as exercise that is optimal for martial arts?

depends on what kind of MA

wrestlers do lots of body weight training and sprawls
boxers punch while holding small dumbbells to utilize the muscles needed.

You should ask your coach for whatever you are learning on what is the best training methods to build strength, but whatever it is, it shouldnt involve lots of isolation training (such as bicep curls or barbells where you isolate your whole body from moving except that 1 muscle to build its size)

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2 Responses to “Building the body for effective martial arts?”

  1. March 01, 2010

    Daniel R

    depends on what kind of MA

    wrestlers do lots of body weight training and sprawls
    boxers punch while holding small dumbbells to utilize the muscles needed.

    You should ask your coach for whatever you are learning on what is the best training methods to build strength, but whatever it is, it shouldnt involve lots of isolation training (such as bicep curls or barbells where you isolate your whole body from moving except that 1 muscle to build its size)
    References :

  2. March 01, 2010

    Ichigo

    ah yes i have searched for the answer long and hard & i think i have finally found it; i recently discovered the bruce lee training program. I’m sure you know bruce lee, one of the greatest martial artists ever to live. His diet and training program are below:

    Diet + Training: http://www.motleyhealth.com/bruce-lee-diet.html
    More training: http://www.bruce-lee.ws/training.html

    If you don’t know the meaning of some exercises just search em up online. To tell ya the truth i didn’t know many.
    To train speed Bruce lee used paper target hitting and shadow sparring(also good for cardio). Simply get a piece of paper and hang it from a string or something. Then hit the paper as fast but as light as you can. You should get a noise like ‘crack’. This exercise is mostly good for punching but works for kicking too. It has helped me a lot. Shadow sparring is when you pretend there’s an opponent in front of you and then just go all out and spar. This has also helped me a lot.
    References :

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