Fundamentals of High Performance Wushu

Author: Raymond Wu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781430318200
Category : Martial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Visit www.HighPerformanceWushu.com for more info! This comprehensive book starts from the basics, discussing the fundamental concepts and mechanics behind jumping and spinning. It then applies these concepts to individual techniques, guiding the reader through the mechanics of the movements. Finally, the book shows how to increase the difficulty rating for the various moves. Each technique is described in exquisite detail, with sections dedicated to: Key Aspects, Approaches, Step-by-Step Instructions, Common Errors and Training Exercises. This book is ideal for athletes of any skill level. The Step-by-Step Instructions describe the movements in a frame-by-frame manner that is easy for beginners to follow. Experienced athletes will find this book an indispensable reference for troubleshooting and improving their technique so that they can master the next level of difficulty. Train with this book and leave the competition behind in your dust!

High-Performance Training for Sports

Author: David Joyce
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492584622
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
High-Performance Training for Sports changes the landscape of athletic conditioning and sports performance. This groundbreaking work presents the latest and most effective philosophies, protocols and programmes for developing today’s athletes. High-Performance Training for Sports features contributions from global leaders in athletic performance training, coaching and rehabilitation. Experts share the cutting-edge knowledge and techniques they’ve used with Olympians as well as top athletes and teams from the NBA, NFL, MLB, English Premier League, Tour de France and International Rugby. Combining the latest science and research with proven training protocols, High-Performance Training for Sports will guide you in these areas: • Optimise the effectiveness of cross-training. • Translate strength into speed. • Increase aerobic capacity and generate anaerobic power. • Maintain peak conditioning throughout the season. • Minimise the interference effect. • Design energy-specific performance programmes. Whether you are working with high-performance athletes of all ages or with those recovering from injury, High-Performance Training for Sports is the definitive guide for developing all aspects of athletic performance. It is a must-own guide for any serious strength and conditioning coach, trainer, rehabilitator or athlete.

Qigong Empowerment

Author: Shou-Yu Liang
Publisher: Way of the Dragon Publishing
ISBN: 9781889659022
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 358

Book Description
Qigong Empowerment is the most unique and complete volume ever written in the English language on qigong (Chi Kung). This volume can be used for attaining better health, for healing, for gaining extraordinary power, and for spiritual development. This volume consists of five books which covers: - Traditional Chinese Medical theories and qi cultivation methods. - Taoist methods to foster Essence, Qi, and Spirit. - Buddhist Esoteric Abilities of the Body, Speech, and Mind. - Emitting, Absorbing, and Healing Qigong. - Wushu (martial arts) Iron Shirt training. Qigong (Chi Kung) has been an integral part of Chinese culture since ancient China. High level qigong masters have always been respected and held in high esteem in Chinese society. Qi is a Chinese term used to refer to all types of energy. It is the intrinsic substance or the vital force behind all things in the universe. It is the medium between and within all material substances. We are all immersed in it. The term gong refers to the power to produce an effect, an attainment of, or an accomplishment that is achieved with steady practice. Loosely, qigong can be translated as the attainment of qi. Healers and the medical society use qigong for healing and preventing illness. Martial artists use qigong for developing incredible strength and abilities. Others use qigong to attain a greater consciousness.

The One Minute Workout

Author: Raymond Wu
Publisher: E2 Press
ISBN: 9781941388006
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
A workout in just one minute a day?! That's right! This effective fitness program was designed by doctors for virtually everyone. Whether you are out of shape, a high-performance athlete, or somewhere in between, there is something in the One Minute Workout for you! Using this tried and tested system, you can build lean toned muscles and develop tremendous strength in just one minute a day. There's no need to go to a gym and no need to sweat. Use the One Minute Workout to improve your physique, boost your athletic performance, or help reduce chronic back and joint pain. With over 100 exercises in this book to help you get the results you want, it's quick and easy for anyone to get started. The One Minute Workout will forever change the way you think about exercise. Think it's too good to be true? Just take a look at the author's results on the front cover. Give it a try and be surprised by how much you can achieve in just a minute a day!

The One-Minute Workout

Author: Martin Gibala
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399183663
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Finally, the solution to the #1 reason we don’t exercise: time. Everyone has one minute. A decade ago, Martin Gibala was a young researcher in the field of exercise physiology—with little time to exercise. That critical point in his career launched a passion for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), allowing him to stay in shape with just a few minutes of hard effort. It also prompted Gibala to conduct experiments that helped launch the exploding science of ultralow-volume exercise. Now that he’s the worldwide guru of the science of time-efficient workouts, Gibala’s first book answers the ultimate question: How low can you go? Gibala’s fascinating quest for the answer makes exercise experts of us all. His work demonstrates that very short, intense bursts of exercise may be the most potent form of workout available. Gibala busts myths (“it’s only for really fit people”), explains astonishing science (“intensity trumps duration”), lays out time-saving life hacks (“exercise snacking”), and describes the fascinating health-promoting value of HIIT (for preventing and reversing disease). Gibala’s latest study found that sedentary people derived the fitness benefits of 150 minutes of traditional endurance training with an interval protocol that involved 80 percent less time and just three minutes of hard exercise per week. Including the eight best basic interval workouts as well as four microworkouts customized for individual needs and preferences (you may not quite want to go all out every time), The One-Minute Workout solves the number-one reason we don’t exercise: lack of time. Because everyone has one minute.

Beginning Kung-fu

Author: Kam Yuen
Publisher: Black Belt Communications Incorporated
ISBN: 9780897500425
Category : Kung fu
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description

Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu

Author: Jwing-Ming Yang
Publisher: Action Pursuit Group
ISBN: 9780865680203
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
This book is a comprehensive study guide to the fundamental and intermediate levels of Shaolin long fist kung-fu. In terms of showing and preserving knowledge for the students and instructors of long fist, this volume provides an invaluable aid for teaching sequences and explaining other aspects of the style. This book lays a foundation for beginning and advanced stages of long fist in terms of giving the student of kung-fu a grounding in fundamental and intermediate knowledge and skill.

Wushu Skills

Author: Kenny Perez
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492734734
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
Master Perez has competed in many major martial arts tournaments since the 70s he was a three-time member of the U.S. Wushu team. His highlight was competing against Zhao Changjun and Yang Siwen. He has even sponsored exchanges with Chinese teams, athletes and Masters. His skills have given him opportunities to work in the movie industry as an actor, stuntman and fight choreographer. He has worked with legendary director Yuen Wo Ping and actors Donnie Yen and Jet Li. He has also worked in the German television industry in a series titled “Der Puma”. In the entertainment industry he has portrayed a boxer, a police officer, a gymnast, and a break dancer, the red Power Ranger and a gangster. On stage he has worked with opera, ballet, symphony, drama and dance companies. He was a model for the Xbox game “Too Human”. From magazines to stage productions to television, motion pictures to video gaming to security, Master Perez has had the opportunity to use his skills in a wide variety of venues. Master Perez continues to learn, teach and promote Wushu to this day through performances, seminars, articles for magazines, books, television appearances and a video training series. His goal is to make Wushu as accepted and as popular here in the U.S. and the Western world as Karate and Tae Kwon Do.

Shadows of the Prophet

Author: Douglas S. Farrer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140209356X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice, the author provides a major contribution to the study of Malay culture.

Authentic Shaolin Heritage

Author: Jin Jing Zhong
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 184728406X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
Devoted to the most enigmatic and little-known aspect of training of Shaolin monks. Training methods allow supernatural abilites to develop, far beyond abilities of an ordinary man. The book was writen with the blessing and direct participation of the Head of the Shaolin Monastery Reverend Miao Xing, nicknamed "The Golden Arhat," one of the best Shaolin fighters of all times. These secret practices traditionally called "72 arts of Shaolin" or the essence of the Shaolin Combat Training.