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Meditation, Diet and Rest for a Martial Artist

Nowadays either people are too cautious with their diet or just don't care, very few strike a true balance between diet, rest, meditation and workout. Most people due to lack of knowledge think diet control is the key to losing weight or getting the curves they want. So as soon as people sign up at a gym, fitness class, sports club or martial arts club or class they often ask the trainer "What diet should I follow? " before even sweating it out a single session. For most people who workout or train for 1 hour to 1.5 hours a day their normal diet is usually good enough may be just a bit changes here and there is fine. Sadly these are the people who think they are doing too much workout and end up trying all sorts of diets which they hear from friends or trainers or read in some book. Every individual needs a diet differently designed according to their goals, body structure, workout routine and fitness levels. My sincere request to such people is that please do not just fo...

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Sparring Combination Practice Drill

Sparring is an important part of training and so training for it is equally important. The above video is a simple combination practice drill. Such drills improve reflexes and prepare the practitioners for the real sparring. Repetition of such combination drills again and again makes it a part of the reflexes.