I’m curious on the subject. Anyone have any links, descriptions, etc?
Ryu
www.bjj.org/images/royce-delucia.jpg
I think this pic is very related to the topic of discussion. Notice the finely tuned physique of the red sash kung fu representative. The product of years of dedicated kung fu strength training exercises.
Anyone else?
Ryu
Yeah!
Look at the fine physique of this dedicated internet troll after years of having no life and training with video games.
stop putting my pictures on the net, Jong…
Oups!..Sorry Ryu!
Some good exercices are: Work in a meat factory and use the carcass as punching bag.After work,you can always run after chicken (Not chicks!) Wrestling with a greasy pig will make you very strong!..
Bingo!..You have striking,cardio and wrestling!
Dynamic tension in sets is very beneficial expecially of the tiger variety.
I don’t have any links for you but what you should do is pursue your choice of kung fu and instead of doing anything additional, just practice your kung fu. Considering that most people will never be a master and even then it will take forty or fifty years just to become adept; you might as well start training hard now.
Originally posted by Ralek
[B]www.bjj.org/images/royce-delucia.jpg
I think this pic is very related to the topic of discussion. Notice the finely tuned physique of the red sash kung fu representative. The product of years of dedicated kung fu strength training exercises. [/B]
The only stuff I know is pretty mundane. Wrist and ankle weights, like KL pointed out. Weighted vests are another variation on this theme. Body weight exercises and typical variations thereon (a good one is demonstrated in “Mad Monkey Kungfu” where Hsiou Hou does a kind of pushup where he’s suspended by ropes looped around his hands and feet, and goes from a very wide spread eagle with his limbs behind him to a carefully balanced position where both feet and hands are together underneath him.) Or do like Gordon Liu in “36th Chamber” and carry buckets of water around with your arms straight out to the sides. Not too different from freeweight training, when you get down to it.
Regular pushups too easy? Put weight on your back, or lift your feet higher and higher so more of your bodyweight is on your arms and you have to be more careful about balance. The culmination of this is the one-handed handstand pushup.
None of this is likely to be a surprise to a knowlegable cat like Ryu, though.
Just like Genital Herpes
he just keeps coming back…
Somebody get us a prescription of Valtrex… :rolleyes:
There are really lots of them, but since you do mma you dont need any of those :rolleyes:
j/k really are you looking for something especific?
Genital Herpes is bad but i think Genital Fungus looks worse.
Some of the stuff I’ve done in CMA:
- stance work
- dynamic tension
- tui sao (push hands) - not the tai ji variety, basically two-person dynamic tension exercises
I guess you could call it all traditional.
Besides what I might presume as legitamit from movies there are things that I might could see as along the lines of traditional Kung-Fu strength exercises.
drying a wet towel by squeezing it with bare hands, or wringing it out until you are tired and doing some more, stopping on;y because no more water drips or you’d rather or have to do something else.
Doing a handstand against a wall or door frame. do pushups with the side of the wall as support when you cannot actually push-up. Supporting yourself when you have begun to fatigue the muscles might increase one’s strength.
Kicking on one leg until you Cannot. Then standing on it while you kick with the other leg.
I’d read that making a ring of rope putting the hands in the ring. Perform a splitting (two hand block until you can’t/ have to go or the rope is broken. This increases seperating strength, theoretically.
Walk around with your legs (around ankles), in a rope ring (I use twine as a start). This trength can increase stepping dexterity/speed…leg/abdominal strength.
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Originally posted by Xebsball
[B]There are really lots of them, but since you do mma you dont need any of those :rolleyes:
j/k really are you looking for something especific? [/B]
Hey I’m an open minded MMArtist… I’ll use whatever works… that includes body conditioning. Much of the post was curiosity I suppose. 
I’ve noticed that I’m getting a little more cut with bodyweight excercises then I was with free weights…
So I figured since I do a lot of that type of stuff anyway, I might stumble across something I didn’t know about or something I might try. Etc.
Ryu
Originally posted by Ryu
[B]
I’ve noticed that I’m getting a little more cut with bodyweight excercises then I was with free weights…
So I figured since I do a lot of that type of stuff anyway, I might stumble across something I didn’t know about or something I might try. Etc.
Ryu [/B]
it’s intresting cus i hav seen Six packs in MAist but not much ppl who do body building…
-TkdWarrior-
three star and sevenstar conditioning
stance training
iron buffalos (hindu pushups)
panther leaps
dynamic tension
weapons training
various gripping exercises
rock pole
pulley throws
Originally posted by TkdWarrior
it’s intresting cus i hav seen Six packs in MAist but not much ppl who do body building…
-TkdWarrior-
body builders have 6 packs. it’s not from weightlifting though - it’s from diet and cardio. the same reason you may see an MA with them. anybody who watches their diet and does cardio work can have one.
Hard qigongs are also a way of “working” strength.
These type of kungs are taught alongside a style to enhance the style.
In Shaolin kungfu, there are many 2 man drills that increase strength as well. Push hands for instance, not so much of the sensitivity variety but of the applied pressure and constant resistance variety.
star blocking drills and dynamic star blocking drills, mook jong work, nei gong and standards such as pushups, situps etc, these are all methods that can be wrapped into kungfu training for the purpose of strength development.
also, repetitive form work will do a lot for you. provided that the form is designed correctly and that you are performing it correctly.
no “style” of kung fu will give you anything more than what you put into it. that’s a key for you
peace