by Thomas Kurz In this article I will discuss examples of good and bad martial arts workouts. I start with the example of a good workout. This description is based on a typical workout of East European athletes of the combat sports (boxers, fencers, karateka, judoka, wrestlers). At the opening of the workout the assembled
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by Thomas Kurz This article is based on a section titled “Cool-Down” from Science of Sports Training: How to Plan and Control Training for Peak Performance (Kurz 2001). In this article you will learn about the final part of a workout—the cool-down. When the main part of a workout is over, it is then time
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by Thomas Kurz In this article you will learn about the main part of a workout—its exercises and their intensity. The content of the main part determines the selection of exercises in the warm-up, the duration of the warm-up, and the content and duration of the cool-down. Tasks and Workouts Workouts are divided into types
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by Thomas Kurz In this article you will learn about selecting exercises for the warm-up. (The general principles of arranging exercises in a warm-up were explained in the article “A Well-Run Workout: The Warm-Up.”) First, ease into exercise and start warming up your joints by various ways of walking (normal, on toes, on outside edges
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by Thomas Kurz In this article you will learn about properly warming up for a workout so as to reduce the likelihood of injuries and to increase the effectiveness of your workout. A properly designed workout includes the following parts: 1. The introduction, where the coach briefly explains the task 2. The general warm-up, including
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by Thomas Kurz In this article I will discuss good and bad exercises because there is much nonsense circulating about this topic and because just recently someone asked me a question on this. So, here is the question, and then my answer (the question is in italics). I have been discussing with different martial artists
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