Martial Arts Workout

The chop has long been the staple image in Hollywood for the martial arts. Austin Powers called it a “Judo Chop” and Jethro Bodine thought it was like a pork chop that he could eat. In truth, as silly as it has been portrayed, the chop is indeed a powerful blow. Whether you are doing kung fu, karate, tae kwon do, kickboxing, maa, kenpo, ninjitsu, or wing chun, the chop is a powerful strike.

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Master Teacher John Graden
Rank: 8th Dan

Instructor: Joe Lewis
Founder — Martial Arts Teachers’ Association (2004)
Founder — National Association of Professional Martial Artists (1994)
Founder — Martial Arts Professional Magazine (1995)
Founder — American Council on Martial Arts (1997)
Author –
“Black Belt Management” (1993)
“How to Open and Operate a Successful Martial Arts School” (1997)
“The Truth About the Martial Arts Business” (2006)
“The Impostor Syndrome” (2009)

Author, athlete, world champion and pioneering martial arts visionary, John Graden, is widely recognized as the most important martial arts leader to emerge in the past decade.

Famous as the martial arts “teacher of teachers” his efforts have had a profound impact on the manner in which thousands of martial arts schools are operated worldwide.

A former member of many world champion U.S. kickboxing teams, Mr. Graden’s top selling books are considered the quintessential references for martial arts school owners.

In late 1994, Mr. Graden founded the National Association of Professional Martial Artists. Dedicated specifically to strengthening the professional skills of martial arts school owners, NAPMA mushroomed to over 2,000 members worldwide making it the largest martial arts professional association in the world.

In 1995, he strengthened his position as a martial arts teacher of teachers by launching Martial Arts Professional magazine, the martial arts trade journal.

In an effort to present universal instructor education to the martial arts industry, Graden created the American Council on Martial Arts in 1997. The ACMA is the first widely supported instructor certification program and is administered by the world renowned Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas. The manual, co-authored by Graden, for the ACMA has been adapted as a textbook in colleges and universities.

Graden is a 8th degree black belt under Joe Lewis and is the youngest man ever named to the Joe Lewis Honor Roll, the highest honor in the Joe Lewis Fighting System.

Graden’s focus now is on his Martial Arts Teachers’ Association (MATA).

The MATA has grown into the largest online professional association for martial arts instructors worldwide. The global headquarters of MATA is at http:www.MartialArtsSchoolOwners.com and offers a massive library of articles, information, reports, videos, audios, ads, newsletters, forms, letters and networking to martial arts instructors worldwide.

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“Hi, everybody. I’m John Graden for the Martial Arts Teachers Association. Boy, I tell you what, when it comes to martial arts, there is an area of a lot of misinformation that has to do with stretching. Number one, first off, this is the twenty-first century. Regardless if you are doing tae kwon do, karate, kickboxing, mma, kenpo or any other striking art, a lot of the stretches we inherited go back decades and we know a lot better now about how to stretch. Number one, martial arts stretching is part of the workout and cool down. It’s not part of the warm up. The warm up is meant to get the big muscles warm, blood flowing so then when we do stretch and kick, we don’t pull a muscle and damage ourselves. So, stretching typically, is most effective at the end of class when the muscles are really tired and not resisting. Second thing, here’s some of the stretches that I was raised with, and I certainly hope you’re not doing it at your school. We would do things like the high foreleg raise and you’d swing your leg up and it was very easy to blow out a hamstring. We did the high side leg raise and we’d raise our legs this way and it was just archaic, ancient stretching. So, we’ve done a lot of research and here are some stretches that we know work for martial arts. This is a simple routine that I like to do with my students. I start in a horse stance and I’m going to take my forearms, push them against my knee. I’m trying to get my hips just to open up and relax right now. I might do some dynamic stretching, which is not bouncing like ballistic. That would be real hard. Very simple motions. Then from here, my hands go to the ground and I’m going to go and turn sideways for this, so I don’t lean on the microphone, into a mini split. I’m just going to rock back and forth. Again, I’m opening my hips. I want a straight line between my knee, my rear end and my other knee. I’m not sitting back. I’m not sitting forward, but I can kind of rock a little bit. Next, from this position, I extend a side kick and then I roll into the side kick. Again, keeping a straight line from the knee, over the hips into the leg. I’m rolling into my side kick. Then, I go back to my mini split. And then, I’ll do the other leg. And then, with my advanced students, we would push into a full split, using the arms for support. And the key here is that you will — I’m going to come up now — you will naturally guard against the stretch. What does that mean? When you feel the discomfort of the stretch, your body instinctively tightens up a little bit. You’ve got to mentally override that and relax. You have to mentally override that and, what I call, receive the stretch. So, those are some great ideas for martial arts stretching. I’m John Graden for the Martial Arts Teachers Association. Thanks.”

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In martial arts warrior training, conditioning drills include the walking lunge. Do conditioning drills in warrior training with tips from a martial arts instructor in this free video on training techniques.

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Bio: Jason Warren is a martial arts instructor at Chi Martial Arts in Miami Shores, Fla.

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Discover the two primary types of martial arts styles. Martial arts training, martial arts fitness and martial arts school owners.

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