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Jason Brightwell: March 01 2005
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Punching solid objects to harden your knuckles - does it work?
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I've heard about people punching hard objects (like iron blocks) in order to harden their knuckles and to aid in prevention of them breaking. Does this work / is it safe?
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Steve Cotter: March 02 2005
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productive training is relative to the conditioning level and the understanding of what is being done.
One would not go from no punching to punching steel.
Step one would be knuckle pushups and a moderate density bag (such as a canvas or vinyl Everlast bag)
Step two might be a denser bag, such as sand, along with the introduction of appropriate herbal liniment to encourage expedient healing of the blood vessels in the hands, which will be tramautized by the increased pounding.
An advanced striker may later switch to mung beans, which are extremely dense at the bottom of the bag.
At this point one of several methods of iron palm or 'trained heavy hands' can be introduced. There are hard methods and soft methods. The soft methods develop all the density of the hard methods (such as hitting steel), but none of the abnormaliies of the hand found in advanced hard style iron palm practitioners. Among high level martial artists in certain traditions, healing ability is considered the pinnacle of energy mastery, and a deformed hand serves no purpose in this regard.
Do not punch steel without training and appropriate supplementary liniments, and there are almost no credible teachers of this art to learn from. Best to take up standing meditation and resistance training if hard bones are what you are after.
Steve Cotter
http://www.fullkontact.com
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bk53kb: March 03 2005
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Steve Cotter's KB workshop in Columbus Oh. March5th
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Does anyone know the details of this workshop?
like what time it starts and if there is a charge
to get in...all that good stuff?
I know where it is just cant find any other info
thanks
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Steve Cotter: March 03 2005
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Hi bk53kb,
Please send me an email for the detailed curriculum. Below is general information:
The workshop takes place at the Columbus Weightlifting Club on Saturday from
2-5 pm.
Fee is $99
Columbus Weightlifting Club
6663 Huntley Rd Unit L
Columbus OH 43229
(614) 985-4949
For complete info send me an email: steve@fullkontact.com
Steve Cotter
http://www.fullkontact.com
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John Du Cane: March 09 2005
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Level Two RKC cert set for first weekend in June
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Watch out for upcoming announcements/details of our first Level Two RKC training, open only to RKCs in good standing.
The initial Level Two will give you a specialty in kettlebells for combat-sports/combat applications and will be instructed by Pavel, Steve Cotter, Steve Maxwell, Jeff Martone, Mike Mahler and possibly also Nate Morrison.
Should be incredible!
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Steve Cotter: March 09 2005
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Dylan,
You have years of grappling training. You will make the perfect dummy for the joint lock and throwing sections that I will be teaching.
I will personally guarantee you a large helping of pain! :-)
Hope to see you there.
Steve
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Huw Thomas: March 10 2005
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Alternating semi-anchored snatch(?) - a new exercise?
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I've got an exercise I've been doing a little bit, and was wondering if anyone else had come across it:
Take 2 bells and start as if for an anchored snatch. Then, as you bring one down, snatch the other up. This is like the anchored snatch, but the kbs don't meet down the bottom - there is no pause at all.
I've got to bend your legs at the beginning/end of each rep to get the rythym right.
If you can't imagine it, there is one up, one down at all times - or moving towards that. Neither is in the same place at any time.
I've done this with 2x24s, and my technique was hopeless - it felt like I was chucking them about. However, it felt really good - I had to maintain a lot of tension.
Also, along the same lines, I've tried cleans with the same action - no rest down the bottom. Much easier than snatches, but again a great tension builder
Anyway, is this an established exercise? If so, can anyone give me some hints for technique to do it with 2 x 32s?
Huw.
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Steve Cotter: March 10 2005
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Hi Huw,
In my new Full KOntact Kettlebells DVD, volume 2: Applied Strength, I show the alternating snatches you describe with 2x32kg. In addition I show you how to apply the mechanics of the technique as a martial application against an attacker. There are tremendous open hand methods that can be applied using these mechanics.
That and dozens of other KB techniques are demonstrated in detail on the new DVD that will be available here on Dragon Door at the end of this month.
As you already know from working this exercise with the 243kg KBs, you must develop a cadence with the stance and bring your attention to the pulling hand.
Steve Cotter
http://www.fullkontact.com
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BillRipley: March 12 2005
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Cotter................
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..not sure if you happened to see the "serving tea cups" thead from a day or so ago. Any chance these drills will be on your newest DVDs ? If not is there a better source than Patterson?
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Steve Cotter: March 13 2005
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the blade is part of Tom's game. All useful training is adaptable, at least from a MA-usability perspective.
The skills taught in Serving Tea: centering, dissolving, sticking, spiraling, evasion, control, opening & closing, etc, are fundamental to advanced skill with open hand or with a blade, stick ,etc.
The Baguazhang 'deer horn' or 'crescent' swords are shaped to take full advantage of the tea cup movement style, but any blade (short blade) work performed in the same patterns could only help to develop greater control and ROM with the blade.
I think Tom is very smart to see the blade application in the Serving Tea exercises---this is how training concepts are shared and adapted to promote the functional innovations. Then again, the best training ideas have most likely been done before, but it is great to re-discover them on our own.
BTW Tom, next time I see you, I will show some ways that the Tea Cups are combined with the bagua stepping. It will fit very nicely with your Silat and blade work.
Steve
http://www.fullkontact.com
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BillRipley: March 12 2005
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Cotter................
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..not sure if you happened to see the "serving tea cups" thead from a day or so ago. Any chance these drills will be on your newest DVDs ? If not is there a better source than Patterson?
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Steve Cotter: March 12 2005
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I looked at the thread.
Volume 2 will be out later this month. There is a lot of training material on this DVD, but Serving Tea is not one of them.
Alas, those will be on volume 3, which won't be released until the end of summer.
Regretably, I have not seen those exercises elsewhere on video, so I have no other sources to refer you to.
Steve
http://www.fullkontact.com
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