do yourself a favour do not read anything by waterbury, that guys programs are useless if you are training for martial arts, and he is a massive fraud too.
oh and on a side note i too have seen old footage of brue lee using those machines
do yourself a favour do not read anything by waterbury, that guys programs are useless if you are training for martial arts, and he is a massive fraud too.
I heard him talk once, about 9 months ago, and he seemed pretty legit. I don’t think that he would have been speaking at that clinic had he been a fraud. However, I don’t read too much of him anyways myself.
I will have to look for video on Bruce using those tinge units. I wonder how well they work…
[QUOTE=Fa Xing;973843]I heard him talk once, about 9 months ago, and he seemed pretty legit. I don’t think that he would have been speaking at that clinic had he been a fraud. However, I don’t read too much of him anyways myself.
I will have to look for video on Bruce using those tinge units. I wonder how well they work…[/QUOTE]
There were a few threads over on MMA.tv about him stealing programs and articles from other people and putting his name on it.
when he started doing his MMA programs he called himself Rickson Gracie’s academies official S and C coach, until someone pointed out that all he had done was hold a free clinic at the academy that only a few people attended
all you have to do is look at his original MMA workout to know he had never trained any real fighters the volume would have killed even an amateur fighter, Adam Singer pretty much destroyed the program over at MMA.tv in a few sentences. Adam Singer is the head coach at the gym that gave us Rory Singer and Forrest Griffin and a very well read S and C guy.
I don’t think Chad came up with anything new, his 5x5 was not new or any other of his ST programs.
[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;973858]I don’t think Chad came up with anything new, his 5x5 was not new or any other of his ST programs.[/QUOTE]
I honestly haven’t really made any effort to look up Waterbury myself. When I heard him speak, his topic was How the Nervous System Controls Your Muscles: Applications to Training. It was quite fascinating, but I admit that I am a science geek.
Honestly, I love reading work done by my mentor, Robert dos Remedios, and his friend and colleague Alwyn Cosgrove. Both of whom I highly respect for their years of experience in the S&C field.
[QUOTE=hulkout;967606]This may not apply to what you’re asking about heavy bag work, but I used wrist weights early on when I was learning the Sil Lim Tao form of Wing Chun. It’s important to imagine downward pressure on your arms when your extending them out for the first part of the form. This prevents you from raising your shoulders and also helps keep everything centered. It was a big help since I didn’t have to imagine downward pressure. I had real downward pressure. I know back in the day, Bruce Lee and some other guys used iron rings for the same purpose. But I found wrist weights to be just as effective. I just put them up higher on my forearms so I could move my wrists and hands freely. As far as punching goes, I don’t think it’s a good idea. I’ve never tried it, but I’d imagine that it would be pretty hard on your joints if you’re using fast motions like punching. Using weights for forms like Wing Chun or Hung Gar that are slower and more controlled can help, but punching seems risky.[/QUOTE]
For Wing Chun, I would have put the weights around my elbow area, not on the wrist as this would kick in the shoulders as you extended your tan/fok in SNT. The with the weights around the elbow area you would get that downward sinking feeling for the elbow, but it wouldn’t kick in the shoulders which is a no no in WC. Also, imagining downward pressure in WC is incorrect as well (now you are chasing hands, or going away from your opponent), as you should be thinking forward pressure with a heavy elbow attached to it. http://www.thechinaboxer.com/2009/09/05/strong-elbow-soft-arm/ , good explaination here.
RE: Ankle weights, back in my early years I experimented with them, as like others have said I didn’t do any ballistic movements, rather I just walked around with them on, and did slow extensions with my side kicks or round kicks, using the wall as balance. To a 4 count, raise up, extended and hold, bring back, then down, then repeat. Raise up only to the point of comfort for your flexibility level, otherwise you might hurt your flexors and lower back. Stretch/warmup without the weights before. They say the only way to work the muscles for kicking is to kick, slow extensions helped in that manner, but they are not for everyone.
James