A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

This time Im faster than last time. Below is Anna W's fight at the international polish taekwondo championships on March 13th 2016 in Wieliczka, Poland.   I'll be uploading the other fights one after the other (there's 22 of them), so stay tuned.  So long, Don't get hurt

Ok, I guess that if you've been following my blog lately, you know what's going to happen now. This is Mareike's fights from our trip to the [TaekwonDo Open Polish Cup last year] . Enjoy! This was Mareike's Semi-Contact fight: Now here we go with light contact: I guess I've uploaded all fights now (might be wrong, though, so I'll check again). Next, I'll collect, edit and upload all the stuff we filmed at the [International Polish TaekwonDo Championships in Wieliczka] this month. Bear with me, that'll take me some time. Make sure to check in often, though, as there's always new content. So long, don't get hurt

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail  -Benjamin Franklin Everybody has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth -Mike Tyson The above cites nicely illustrate a dilemma when it comes to S&C training (and Probably just about anything in life, but I'll try and stay on-topic here): On the one hand, you simply need a plan. Not having one will inevitably result in chaos.in the best case, your progress will stall. In the worst case, you get hurt. That's why there's a plethora of books on proper periodization and exercise programing.  On the other hand, nobody operates in lab conditions. Factors like sleep, nutrition, stress at work and concurrent sport specific training need to be taken into consideration. Trying to PR int he deadlift  the day after a hard sparring session or an spontaneous party night isn't a good idea. Now there's always an argument to be made here that while the latter case (the party) can be attributed to a weak wi...

Ronny and I are onto something big right now. Can't spoil anything ATM, but I'll have a meeting tonight and we should be good to start in the beginning of April. Details soon, so stay tuned. So long, Don't get hurt

Just like [Anna] , Anton had four fights in Opole, three semi-contact fights and one light-contact fight. Here we go: Here we go with Anton's first fight: The win in the first fight took Anton to the semi-finals: After losing in the semi-finals, Anton fought for the bronze medal: As mentioned, after the semi-contact fights, there was a light contact bout as well: I'll be uploading Mareike's fights next, so stay tuned. So long, don't get hurt

Before I start uploading [the most recent] fights, I'll finish the series on the Opole Open last november. This time, here's Anna's fights. Here goes Anna's first Semi-Contact Fight: After the first fight, Anna advanced to the Semi-Finals: Having lost the Semi-Finals, Anna went on to fight for bronze: After the three Semi-Contact Fights, Anna entered the Light-Contact event, here we go: Considering the fact that this was only her second tournament, I'd say Anna did great. I'm definitely waiting for things to come here. Next, I'll be convering Anton's fights. So long, don't get hurt

Just returned from the open polish taekwondo championships in Wieliczka. In a nutshell : Manuel took gold in the flying high kick, silver in semi - contact and silver in light contact.   Hanna took bronze in both semi-contact and light contact.   Anna took bronze in light contact.   Valentin was the marathon fighter of the day, going through a whopping six fights (5 semi contact, 1 light contact). Despite that high number of fights, he didn't score a medal. This should make the level and sheer amount of competition obvious.  Everyone did their best and improved greatly since our trip to Opole last November and I'm damn proud of every single one of them. More to come, so stay tuned.  So long, Don't get hurt

As mentioned in an [earlier post] , I'll be posting video footage of our trip to Opole last year. Took me a while, but hey, better late than never, right? After watching [Valentin's fights] , now it's time for Manuel. Note that I won't be analysing anything here - I'll cover that in a later post, when I have time. For now, it's just the video footage. Manuel didn't do any semi-contact fighting, instead focusing on the light-contact side of things. Enjoy! Here we go with Manuel's first fight: And here's the finals: Next I'll be posting Anna's fights, so get ready for some lightweight-action! So long, don't get hurt

As mentioned in an [earlier post] , I'll be posting video footage of our [trip to Opole] last year. Took me a while, but hey, better late than never, right? After going through [Chris' fights] , here's Valentin. Note that I won't be analysing anything here - I'll cover that in a later post, when I have time. For now, it's just the video footage. The only thing I will add here is that this was Valentin's debut in tournament fighting. Considering that and the fact that his opponent in the light contact bout is the vice-world-champion, I think Valentin did pretty well. Here's Valentin's first fight of that day, under Semi-Contact rules: And here we go with his light contact fight: Next up: Manuel. Watch out. So long, don't get hurt

Today, I got a gem for you. Well, maybe it's more of a raw diamond, as it's still in beta stage, but still, today you might take away something. This is an idea that came to my head after quite a couple of ends met. I won't pretend that I had any revelation on that one, so first, I'd like to summarize of of the sources and inspirations that led me to come up with this one. In [this] episode of the [Industrial Strength Podcast] Joe DeFranco said something along the lines of "the one thing you have to know about hypertrophy training is that variety is key". He also went on to talk about how muscles don't have emotions, so the term "muscle confusion" isn't all that smart, but still, the workout you get most swole from is the one you never did before. That's part of the secret behind beginner gains and the whole "everything works for about six weeks" thing. Still, it's imperative to have a plan and a structure to training. Y...

As mentioned in an [earlier post] , I'll be posting video footage of our [trip to Opole] last year. Took me a while, but hey, better late than never, right? After going through [Hanna's fights] , here's Chris. Note that I won't be analysing anything here - I'll cover that in a later post, when I have time. For now, it's just the video footage. Here's Chris' first fight of that day. Winning that fight took Chris to the Semi-Finals. Finally, the third fight was for bronze: Next, I'll be posting Valentin's fights, so stay tuned. So long, don't get hurt

As mentioned in an [earlier post] , I'll be posting video footage of our [trip to Opole] last year. Took me a while, but hey, better late than never, right? Since Hanna had the most fights out of all our fighters, I'll start with her. Note that I won't be analysing anything here - I'll cover that in a later post, when I have time. For now, it's just the video footage. The first Semi-Contact fight was over relatively fast, with the technical KO (10 point difference) coming down just two or three seconds into the second round. Here goes Semi-Contact #2: After winning that fight, Hanna went on to the Semi-Finals: The fourth fight was the finals: Finally, Hanna did a light contact fight - after all those fights, there unfortunately wasn't all that much gas left in the tank. So much for Hanna's fights, next up will be Chris, so stay tuned. So long, don't get hurt