Martial Arts Workout

Unlike in Aikido and other martial arts many of us take walking for granted. Learn tips on exactly how one should stand in a martial art form.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.

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Duration : 0:1:16

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Stretching is very important in all martial arts including Aikido. Learn how to do the twisting wrist stretch from an Aikido expert in this free martial arts video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.

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Duration : 0:1:19

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Stretching is very important in all martial arts including Aikido. Learn how to stretch back muscles from an Aikido expert in this free martial arts video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.

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Duration : 0:1:37

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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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Unlike in Aikido and other martial arts many of us take breathing for granted. Learn tips on exactly how one should breathe in a martial art form.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.
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Duration : 0:1:47

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Learn how to do advanced stretches kick boxing with expert martial arts and fitness tips in this free exercising video clip.

Expert: Chemin Alldredge
Bio: Chemin Alldredge is 24, and she has just recently earned her 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is a certified instructor, and she owns her own Martial Arts Studio.

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Hatha yoga abdominal exercises incorporate both strengthening and stretching the core muscles while being gently on the spine and neck. See a few yogic ab exercises with helpful advice from a Hatha yoga instructor in this free video on yoga techniques.

Expert: Marcelle Lee
Bio: Marcelle Lee, a certified Hatha yoga instructor for more than 20 years, has given workshops, classes and private instruction to people of all walks of life.

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Walking in the world of martial arts is different than in everyday life. Heel to toe is the norm but it is just the opposite in Aikido. Learn a great walking exercise from a martial arts expert in this free video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.
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Duration : 0:1:59

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Martial arts movements are centered around eight directions. Learn about these directional pattern movements including a turning exercise from an Aikido expert in this free video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.
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Duration : 0:2:16

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Stretching is very important in all martial arts including Aikido. Learn how to do the cobra stretch from an Aikido expert in this free martial arts video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.
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Duration : 0:1:39

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