I was watching a documentary about martial arts and the physics behind them. They dealt with reflex speed and proved that a punch (Wushu martial arts) was 4x the speed of snake strike. They also said that the speed of the signal running from the brain to the fists was 225m/s. Other than Gatorade (electroltyes), can you take a drug to increase reflex speed?|||Reflex moves are controlled by the ganglia in the spine. The nerve impulses move much faster than having to go to the brain. The impulses travel by what is called saltatory conduction, that is they jump along the nerve, seemingly skipping large lengths at a time. Unfortunately, reflex actions tend to be simple and defensive in nature, as in touching something hot, or raising your arm to block a blow. Attacking blows, by definition, require some judgement as to placement and timing, so the brain is unavoidably involved.
Gatorade will only make sure you are correctly hydrated and your electrolytes are normal, something that should be taken care of by adequate diet and fluid intake anyway, it will not make you faster.
Drugs will not make you faster, they will give you the delusion of being faster, quite useless in a tournament, when you need to judge your real speed.|||I too saw this documentary and I do not believe their figures. This was very biased and contained no safeguards to ensure that there was no %26quot;false start%26quot; to the punch.
No drug can increase reflex speed (as far as I know) but you can increase your response time to a stimulus slightly by practise (yes, that deliberately has an %26quot;s%26quot; in it!) - thought to be due to an increased growth in the neural connections.
btw - from what I%26#039;ve read, the fastest reflex in the human body is the blinking of the eye!|||nerve impulses are made of chemicals not electricty, so it is electrical in nature but not like a current in a computer, it is a cascading depolarisation. the fastest nerves are ones with large diameters found in squids. in humans the fastest nerves are the motor neurons which are myleinated, covered in a fatty substance.
You cannot change the nerves, but you can increase the effeincy of your brain by practicing the move you want to make fast, but you have to practice it fast, so you don%26#039;t practice the move until it slows down, you stop when you think it will be slower, that way your brain only does it at the top speed, will get better and faster.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Would you give the name&the location of the best kung fu, taiji, wushu school in egypt prefer chinese masters?
it seems hours have passed and no has been able to assist you. In the meantime, you could do your own legwork as I have outlined for others with this same inquiry.
First thing you have to do is check your local yellow pages or phone book, look for the all the available schools your area has to offer.
The reason I always suggest to look in the phone book first is due to the fact you%26#039;re pretty looking for a school in your local area. This makes your inquiry a lot faster and easier because all the information is available for you right there.
Secondly, if you are not having any success with this type search, try contacting an organization of that particular style on the internet and ask if they can refer schools or instructors available in your local area.
Please note that there are good number of good instructors that do not advertise or teach for commercial purpose thus you won%26#039;t see them advertise anywhere. They are mostly located in private gyms or community centers.
Hope this helps and good luck with your search.
First thing you have to do is check your local yellow pages or phone book, look for the all the available schools your area has to offer.
The reason I always suggest to look in the phone book first is due to the fact you%26#039;re pretty looking for a school in your local area. This makes your inquiry a lot faster and easier because all the information is available for you right there.
Secondly, if you are not having any success with this type search, try contacting an organization of that particular style on the internet and ask if they can refer schools or instructors available in your local area.
Please note that there are good number of good instructors that do not advertise or teach for commercial purpose thus you won%26#039;t see them advertise anywhere. They are mostly located in private gyms or community centers.
Hope this helps and good luck with your search.
Wushu; Chinese Martial Arts?
I used to learn wushu but about quitted a year ago, due to stress and family problems. Now I want to pick it up again. If I pick it up again, should I start from the basics or should I continue from where I left? Thanks!|||i guess you need to start from scratch again. i mean, you left for a year and it wouldn%26#039;t be possible if you still bear in mind all the things you%26#039;ve learned the past few years. and at least, you can perfect the basics.|||You need to take a look at your self and be honest. If you lost all that you gained, well, you know already. Some take classes and practice what they have learnt for the rest of their lives, making them very much so better than when they first learnt a year ago. Wu Shu is a life science, you learn more never forgetting your roots or beginnings as it all matters and is important. The first lesson to the last.
Wu Shu can be lessons as is a style I know. These lessons are meant to be learnt as a series of combinations. This combination group only grows in time, and so you have more to work with, study on, and get better at. All the time gaining in endurance and all the skills associated with it.
I nice thing about Wu Shu life skills is that even if you only go 1 year, that 1 year can equate to a life of good physical shape. Just take what you have learnt and keep the knowledge and skills active even if you quit gaining more knowledge.
Look at yourself, and be honest as to who you are and what your goals are. Don%26#039;t ask of a teacher what you don%26#039;t feel to ask of yourself honestly. Wu Shu is a life skill, and is meant to last a lifetime. It is a way to follow this road in life and have a benefit you can share with others.|||start over so you don%26#039;t end up killin your self besides it would show to your master that you really want to learn it and he will help out a little maybe you might get a little respect from the top guys.|||Go to a class and start where your sifu tells you to start.|||start where u left but also give half an hour to the basics so u can open ur body parts and u r not heart
Wu Shu can be lessons as is a style I know. These lessons are meant to be learnt as a series of combinations. This combination group only grows in time, and so you have more to work with, study on, and get better at. All the time gaining in endurance and all the skills associated with it.
I nice thing about Wu Shu life skills is that even if you only go 1 year, that 1 year can equate to a life of good physical shape. Just take what you have learnt and keep the knowledge and skills active even if you quit gaining more knowledge.
Look at yourself, and be honest as to who you are and what your goals are. Don%26#039;t ask of a teacher what you don%26#039;t feel to ask of yourself honestly. Wu Shu is a life skill, and is meant to last a lifetime. It is a way to follow this road in life and have a benefit you can share with others.|||start over so you don%26#039;t end up killin your self besides it would show to your master that you really want to learn it and he will help out a little maybe you might get a little respect from the top guys.|||Go to a class and start where your sifu tells you to start.|||start where u left but also give half an hour to the basics so u can open ur body parts and u r not heart
Wushu and Kung Fu?
What%26#039;s the difference between Kung Fu and Wushu? I mean the martial arts Kung Fu, not the meaning of it.
On Wikipedia they are listed under the same article, so are they pretty much or almost the same thing?|||wushu is a type of kung fu, they have the same origins. wushu is very reliant of its speed and the use of momentum to maintain swift movements and use them towards very strong strikes with full body weight behind them. kung fu uses a much more traditional strike and counterstrike style, many of the techniques that are used in one, are used in both, but wushu is more of a specialized style. the downside to wushu is that if the techniques are effectively blocked, or redirected, the attacker is almost entirely thrown off his axis and typically loses control of his movements and is greatly opened up to attack.
the further back you trace the histories of most individual styles, you%26#039;ll find that they all have their origins in the same 5 or 6 families.|||hey guys! first time on this lol nyways
i practice wushu, but not only that i had training in 7 different martial arts (karate, taekwondo, kendo, hapkido, wushu) But right now, i only practice wushu and kendo
nyways kung fu means wushu. but aside from that wushu is a type of kung fu. Report Abuse
|||kung fu is a very broad term. its like saying i play sports, which could be soccer, basketball and etcsame with kung fu! kung fu has many styles. SOO MANY, like over 400. wushu is the most popular one though. Report Abuse
|||its like the national sport.today as wushu is turning into performance than combat (also knwon as modern wushu) is still popular and all over the world. Report Abuse
|||wushu still teaches combat also known as sanda, which in a tournament u can grapple, joint locks, and so on. but there are many types of tournaments. Report Abuse
|||well guys u get the point, but if u guys are planning to learn martial arts, learn either one. no martial art is best, but its how well u use it. but to be a good martial artist, learn many as you can.
good luck guys Report Abuse
|||and yahoo is gay. u can%26#039;t put detail answers in one box Report Abuse
|||David Lim has given very good advice here. Bravo! Report Abuse
|||wushu is da kind of modern kung fu...while kung fu is de original|||Wushu is not a very familiar term to most people in foreign countries. It has been translated in different ways, such as %26quot;martial arts%26quot;, %26quot;combat arts%26quot;, %26quot;fighting skills%26quot;, %26quot;offence and defence arts%26quot;, %26quot;free fighting%26quot;, and so on. What is more familiar to foreigners is the term %26quot;kung fu,%26quot; so that people practising the Chinese style of boxing are usually described as practising kung fu, and Chinese wushu films are called kung fu films. To say that a person is good at kung fu means that he is well versed in wushu (martial arts). From this we see that kung fu has become a synonym or a term used as a substitute for wushu in some countries, though the connotations may slightly differ in some cases.
The term kung fu, of course, originated in China. In the old days, itinerant entertainers who wandered from place to place to make a living often performed feats of strength by the roadside or in a square to attract passers-by and win their applause before asking for meagre donations. They would, for instance, smash a stone slab to pieces with their palms, or let someone among the watching crowd hit hard at their bodies so as to show their invulnerability. Such feats of prowess were described as kung fu, and these performers were said to excel in kung fu. It was probably because of this that in later years, with more and more Chinese going abroad and taking up residence there, the term kung fu gradually came to be used in foreign countries.
Actually, the term kung fu has a much wider meaning and does not refer only to proficiency in wushu. One of its basic meanings is capability or accomplishment in a certain field of endeavour. For instance, a person is said to be possess of kung fu in calligraphy, meaning that he has attained a high standard in calligraphy. When we praise an actor for his superb performance, we often say he has real kung fu. In commenting on an article, we may say that its writer has put kung fu into it, meaning that the article is well written and that the writer has extensive knowledge of the subject he is dealing with.
The term kung fu also refers to the amount of time and energy involved in doing a piece of work. For instance, when we say that a person has spent three hours%26#039; kung fu in repairing a car, we mean both the time and the amount of energy expended in doing the job.
Wushu is a branch of knowledge dealing with offence and defence techniques. Of course it doesn%26#039;t include the use of firearms. The basic movements of wushu include kicks and blows, grapples and thrusts, parries and chops, and so forth. These movements, which vary in speed and power, are arranged in set patterns according to the objective laws of offence and defence to meet the requirements of combat; or they may be employed flexibly according to actual circumstances in order to gain the upper hand in a combat requiring resourcefulness, strength and techniques.|||im not sure but i think kung fu is more for fighting. while wushu isnt. wushu is more of an art|||Wushu is under Kung Fu. Kung Fu mean Chinese martial arts. WuShu is a chinese martial arts.
Wushu is good if you like to get your *** kick and fvcked.
Kung Fu is good if you like to get your *** kick.
Neither is very effective due to their very backward way of thinking and looking at things. They really believe that by dancing around enough, they actually can learn how to fight even if they have never felt a real punch before.|||Wushu is kung-fu. the kung fu sword fighting you see on T.V. is wushu where as the fist fighting style falls under a few categoried, mainly wing chun. Thats what Bruce Lee Chow Yun Fat and all the big martial arists use mainly because its flashy and looks great. Not statignthat its less effective just looks good to. Wushu has a few fist fighitng levels in it but, are based on holding two handed weapons although confusing constructive and devistating. Where as wing chun is the style were you see them practicing it on the wooden dummy jsut because the pegs are places on there principle pressure points of where you would want to strike on there person to stop them faster and more effiecient assuming they are as tall as the dummy, but most skilled Kung-Fu weilders can cahnge the height on sheer eye contact.
they re considered the same art in fact there are many more traditional forms of kung fu, but these are the main ones that come to mind. and only teachign Wing Chun style i have some one closed my mind as it is my task on hand maybe one day i will start some other branch. Hope that helped you understand the difference good luck on finding your answer!|||well, i think that the practice of wushu nowadays is more of an entertainment and exhibitions while kung fu is still practiced as a self defense... although both may be of the same origin.|||kung fuu is a hand form of fighting and washoo is all about throwing people|||Wushu is the correct term for Chinese martial arts, It%26#039;s just referred to as Kung-Fu as that is the term Westerners happen to be familiar with.
On Wikipedia they are listed under the same article, so are they pretty much or almost the same thing?|||wushu is a type of kung fu, they have the same origins. wushu is very reliant of its speed and the use of momentum to maintain swift movements and use them towards very strong strikes with full body weight behind them. kung fu uses a much more traditional strike and counterstrike style, many of the techniques that are used in one, are used in both, but wushu is more of a specialized style. the downside to wushu is that if the techniques are effectively blocked, or redirected, the attacker is almost entirely thrown off his axis and typically loses control of his movements and is greatly opened up to attack.
the further back you trace the histories of most individual styles, you%26#039;ll find that they all have their origins in the same 5 or 6 families.|||hey guys! first time on this lol nyways
i practice wushu, but not only that i had training in 7 different martial arts (karate, taekwondo, kendo, hapkido, wushu) But right now, i only practice wushu and kendo
nyways kung fu means wushu. but aside from that wushu is a type of kung fu. Report Abuse
|||kung fu is a very broad term. its like saying i play sports, which could be soccer, basketball and etcsame with kung fu! kung fu has many styles. SOO MANY, like over 400. wushu is the most popular one though. Report Abuse
|||its like the national sport.today as wushu is turning into performance than combat (also knwon as modern wushu) is still popular and all over the world. Report Abuse
|||wushu still teaches combat also known as sanda, which in a tournament u can grapple, joint locks, and so on. but there are many types of tournaments. Report Abuse
|||well guys u get the point, but if u guys are planning to learn martial arts, learn either one. no martial art is best, but its how well u use it. but to be a good martial artist, learn many as you can.
good luck guys Report Abuse
|||and yahoo is gay. u can%26#039;t put detail answers in one box Report Abuse
|||David Lim has given very good advice here. Bravo! Report Abuse
|||wushu is da kind of modern kung fu...while kung fu is de original|||Wushu is not a very familiar term to most people in foreign countries. It has been translated in different ways, such as %26quot;martial arts%26quot;, %26quot;combat arts%26quot;, %26quot;fighting skills%26quot;, %26quot;offence and defence arts%26quot;, %26quot;free fighting%26quot;, and so on. What is more familiar to foreigners is the term %26quot;kung fu,%26quot; so that people practising the Chinese style of boxing are usually described as practising kung fu, and Chinese wushu films are called kung fu films. To say that a person is good at kung fu means that he is well versed in wushu (martial arts). From this we see that kung fu has become a synonym or a term used as a substitute for wushu in some countries, though the connotations may slightly differ in some cases.
The term kung fu, of course, originated in China. In the old days, itinerant entertainers who wandered from place to place to make a living often performed feats of strength by the roadside or in a square to attract passers-by and win their applause before asking for meagre donations. They would, for instance, smash a stone slab to pieces with their palms, or let someone among the watching crowd hit hard at their bodies so as to show their invulnerability. Such feats of prowess were described as kung fu, and these performers were said to excel in kung fu. It was probably because of this that in later years, with more and more Chinese going abroad and taking up residence there, the term kung fu gradually came to be used in foreign countries.
Actually, the term kung fu has a much wider meaning and does not refer only to proficiency in wushu. One of its basic meanings is capability or accomplishment in a certain field of endeavour. For instance, a person is said to be possess of kung fu in calligraphy, meaning that he has attained a high standard in calligraphy. When we praise an actor for his superb performance, we often say he has real kung fu. In commenting on an article, we may say that its writer has put kung fu into it, meaning that the article is well written and that the writer has extensive knowledge of the subject he is dealing with.
The term kung fu also refers to the amount of time and energy involved in doing a piece of work. For instance, when we say that a person has spent three hours%26#039; kung fu in repairing a car, we mean both the time and the amount of energy expended in doing the job.
Wushu is a branch of knowledge dealing with offence and defence techniques. Of course it doesn%26#039;t include the use of firearms. The basic movements of wushu include kicks and blows, grapples and thrusts, parries and chops, and so forth. These movements, which vary in speed and power, are arranged in set patterns according to the objective laws of offence and defence to meet the requirements of combat; or they may be employed flexibly according to actual circumstances in order to gain the upper hand in a combat requiring resourcefulness, strength and techniques.|||im not sure but i think kung fu is more for fighting. while wushu isnt. wushu is more of an art|||Wushu is under Kung Fu. Kung Fu mean Chinese martial arts. WuShu is a chinese martial arts.
Wushu is good if you like to get your *** kick and fvcked.
Kung Fu is good if you like to get your *** kick.
Neither is very effective due to their very backward way of thinking and looking at things. They really believe that by dancing around enough, they actually can learn how to fight even if they have never felt a real punch before.|||Wushu is kung-fu. the kung fu sword fighting you see on T.V. is wushu where as the fist fighting style falls under a few categoried, mainly wing chun. Thats what Bruce Lee Chow Yun Fat and all the big martial arists use mainly because its flashy and looks great. Not statignthat its less effective just looks good to. Wushu has a few fist fighitng levels in it but, are based on holding two handed weapons although confusing constructive and devistating. Where as wing chun is the style were you see them practicing it on the wooden dummy jsut because the pegs are places on there principle pressure points of where you would want to strike on there person to stop them faster and more effiecient assuming they are as tall as the dummy, but most skilled Kung-Fu weilders can cahnge the height on sheer eye contact.
they re considered the same art in fact there are many more traditional forms of kung fu, but these are the main ones that come to mind. and only teachign Wing Chun style i have some one closed my mind as it is my task on hand maybe one day i will start some other branch. Hope that helped you understand the difference good luck on finding your answer!|||well, i think that the practice of wushu nowadays is more of an entertainment and exhibitions while kung fu is still practiced as a self defense... although both may be of the same origin.|||kung fuu is a hand form of fighting and washoo is all about throwing people|||Wushu is the correct term for Chinese martial arts, It%26#039;s just referred to as Kung-Fu as that is the term Westerners happen to be familiar with.
Which karate style would be better to take wushu or isshinryu?
which karate style would be better to take wushu or isshinryu|||Usually the traditional Wushu classes go under the name, Kung Fu, so it%26#039;s a more modern Wushu. I don%26#039;t particularly like Modern Wushu, and am rather fond of Isshinryu. So, I say Isshinryu. It%26#039;s effective, simple, yet traditional.
ps. Where is your class and who will be your Isshinryu sensei?|||Er...Wushu is chinese martial art, Karate is japanese martial art and Isshin Ryu is a japanese karate style, so how could Wushu be classified as a karate style?? My advice, If you want to do acrobatic moves and weapons handling, then go for Wushu. If you wanna do empty hand katas and lots of shouting and yelling, then do Isshin Ryu Karate.|||GAHHH! Wushu isn%26#039;t karate, its a kung fu style. lol
Anyway, Isshinryu is a %26quot;hard%26quot; style and Wushu is a more agile style while still being hard.
Depends on yourself really, do you like to be more agile and hard, or steady and hard? Water to Rock.....Water is wushu and Rock is isshinryu.|||strangely enuff wu shu has got f**k all to do with karate...does that answer ur question? :D|||Watch a few classes and see what is being taught and how it is taught. Talk with the instructors and learn the focus of the school and see if it matches what you are looking for. Learn and research the lineage of the instructors to verify they studied with the people they said they did. All martial arts have something to offer.
As for the %26quot;wrestler%26quot;, they tend to be just a kiss away from a relationship. They like to snuggle a little too much and they have too many rules of things they don%26#039;t like you to do to escape them.|||Try kyokushen, Inshin or shidokan karate.
**Wushu is not karate, wushu is from China.
ps. Where is your class and who will be your Isshinryu sensei?|||Er...Wushu is chinese martial art, Karate is japanese martial art and Isshin Ryu is a japanese karate style, so how could Wushu be classified as a karate style?? My advice, If you want to do acrobatic moves and weapons handling, then go for Wushu. If you wanna do empty hand katas and lots of shouting and yelling, then do Isshin Ryu Karate.|||GAHHH! Wushu isn%26#039;t karate, its a kung fu style. lol
Anyway, Isshinryu is a %26quot;hard%26quot; style and Wushu is a more agile style while still being hard.
Depends on yourself really, do you like to be more agile and hard, or steady and hard? Water to Rock.....Water is wushu and Rock is isshinryu.|||strangely enuff wu shu has got f**k all to do with karate...does that answer ur question? :D|||Watch a few classes and see what is being taught and how it is taught. Talk with the instructors and learn the focus of the school and see if it matches what you are looking for. Learn and research the lineage of the instructors to verify they studied with the people they said they did. All martial arts have something to offer.
As for the %26quot;wrestler%26quot;, they tend to be just a kiss away from a relationship. They like to snuggle a little too much and they have too many rules of things they don%26#039;t like you to do to escape them.|||Try kyokushen, Inshin or shidokan karate.
**Wushu is not karate, wushu is from China.
What martial art does Kilik from the videogame Soulcalibur II practice?
I just love the moves with the Kali Yuga, what is that martial art, Wushu? I%26#039;d love to be able to do those moves with the stick!
Thanks|||shaolin in real life, in the game Secret arts of the Ling-Sheng Su Style Rod|||I%26#039;d believe wushu or shaolin but they%26#039;re also highly exaggerated.|||pues yo no mucho de video juegos, pero creo k hay una pagina en internet que te da trucos solo pon en el buscador el juego con la pabra trucos y te van a aparecer varias opciones. disculpa que no t conteste en ingles soy muy mala escribiendolo.
Thanks|||shaolin in real life, in the game Secret arts of the Ling-Sheng Su Style Rod|||I%26#039;d believe wushu or shaolin but they%26#039;re also highly exaggerated.|||pues yo no mucho de video juegos, pero creo k hay una pagina en internet que te da trucos solo pon en el buscador el juego con la pabra trucos y te van a aparecer varias opciones. disculpa que no t conteste en ingles soy muy mala escribiendolo.
Can a person diagnose with an idiopathic scoliosis have a chance to recover and learn parkour?
I have been diagnosed with an idiopathic scoliosis which is not that extreme and that makes me avoid certain strenious activities. So somehow I%26#039;m finding ways to recover if not, impede the development of my condition. And I%26#039;m dreaming of having an active physical lifestyle someday so I%26#039;m hoping you guys can help me out. I%26#039;m interested in parkour and free running, wushu, and the like. Thanks!|||What degree of curvature are we talking about? Are you done growing? If it%26#039;s not extreme why are you avoiding activities (MD orders, pain, fear of hurting your back)? My upper curve was in the 60s when I was fused and I was in a back brace and I still was as active as I could be much to my mom%26#039;s chagrin. My lower curve is still in the 40s, but is stable.
Talk with your physician about your activity restrictions for now and your outlook in the future.
I%26#039;m as normally functioning as anyone (are any of us really %26quot;normal%26quot;?). I never got off schedule with school. Graduated college at 20 and have been an OR nurse for 17 years, one of the most physically demanding areas of nursing (lots of lifting and lots of standing in one place for long periods). I%26#039;ve had 2 children without difficulty (didn%26#039;t even use an epidural). I love to travel (I don%26#039;t set off metal detectors), yoga (though the fusion prevents some positions), and SCUBA dive. I can pretty much do anything I want...but don%26#039;t tell my husband I use the scoliosis to get out of vacuuming :)|||strenuous activities = parkour....
it can be adapted not to be so...(and I don%26#039;t understand ur injury/disease/condition enough to know) but when i doubt ask your doctor - might be hard to exsplain. But try
Talk with your physician about your activity restrictions for now and your outlook in the future.
I%26#039;m as normally functioning as anyone (are any of us really %26quot;normal%26quot;?). I never got off schedule with school. Graduated college at 20 and have been an OR nurse for 17 years, one of the most physically demanding areas of nursing (lots of lifting and lots of standing in one place for long periods). I%26#039;ve had 2 children without difficulty (didn%26#039;t even use an epidural). I love to travel (I don%26#039;t set off metal detectors), yoga (though the fusion prevents some positions), and SCUBA dive. I can pretty much do anything I want...but don%26#039;t tell my husband I use the scoliosis to get out of vacuuming :)|||strenuous activities = parkour....
it can be adapted not to be so...(and I don%26#039;t understand ur injury/disease/condition enough to know) but when i doubt ask your doctor - might be hard to exsplain. But try
How can women gain weight by gaining muscle?
I have recently been trying to gain muscle in my arms and legs. I have always had a lifting regimen, but lately I have been lifting more weight and more reps as well as eating more protein. There isn%26#039;t really any affect - no weight gain of any kind or change in body shape. I am very tone and slim (4%26#039;11, 95 lbs, no noticable fatty deposits), but my arms and legs still look like sticks. The strange thing is, I am actually strong - can bench 140lbs, black belt in wushu (chinese martial art form), can do 160 lb leg press. What is going on with me?|||Not sure what your lifting regimen consists of but 3 sets of 8-12 reps with 1 minute between sets should be good. I%26#039;m not sure how you are feeling after your last set but you should just barely be finishing it. If you are trying to pack on muscle make sure you are getting 1 gram of protein for every pound you weigh. Hopefully you are doing at least two exercises from each muscle group Arms, Legs, Back, Chest %26amp; Ab with a day of rest in between exercise bouts.
If you are surprised you aren%26#039;t turning into a hulk it is because women lack the amount testosterone men have. Are you trying for size or definition or both? Also how much cardio are you doing? If you do too much you burn off muscle.|||try doing one arm and\or two arm curls. bench press is more for you chest than it is for your biceps.|||For a woman you are already fairly strong and yes you can gain weight by adding muscle for a person your size benching 140 is very good. 160 leg press is fairly good to. considering how big you are you are doing very good but you can still do better if you want.
Also you may want to try putting some space between your workouts so your body can recuperate since muscle comes from the body repairing damaged cells which is spurred on by exercise thats why protein is needed to build muscle.
If you are surprised you aren%26#039;t turning into a hulk it is because women lack the amount testosterone men have. Are you trying for size or definition or both? Also how much cardio are you doing? If you do too much you burn off muscle.|||try doing one arm and\or two arm curls. bench press is more for you chest than it is for your biceps.|||For a woman you are already fairly strong and yes you can gain weight by adding muscle for a person your size benching 140 is very good. 160 leg press is fairly good to. considering how big you are you are doing very good but you can still do better if you want.
Also you may want to try putting some space between your workouts so your body can recuperate since muscle comes from the body repairing damaged cells which is spurred on by exercise thats why protein is needed to build muscle.
What is the best martial art to learn for a beginner?
I%26#039;m 25 and am looking for a fighting style to learn. Something with well-balanced defensive and offensive tactics. Is Brazillian Ju-jitzu any good? . . . and what%26#039;s Wushu?|||This is a very subjective question. There are a lot of great martial arts out there. Keep in mind that some martial arts don%26#039;t work for all body types.
A Special Forces friend of mine recommended American Kenpo and/or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as the two best styles for practical use.
American Kenpo is very to-the-point. Every block is a strike and every strike is three strikes. It is not a fancy/acrobatic martial art which makes it great for all body types. American kenpo has a lot of roots in Wushu.
Gracie, or Brazillian, Jiu-Jitsu is very useful as most real brawls end up on the ground with one person trying to get the upper hand on the other.
Wushu is a chinese martial art. Don%26#039;t quote me but I think Wushu means %26quot;way of man.%26quot;
Definitely visit a few studios before selecting your school and style. Talk to the teachers about the style and how the classes are structured.
Good Luck!|||Hey whats up? Im almost on the same boat as you. Im 24 and lookin foward to studyin martial arts. I did look around and got some info on a few types. I was thinking of taking up kickboxing with brazilian jujitsu. I believe a combo of these 2 can prapere you to be a good all around fighter.|||Please..before you choose any of these suggestions they tell you.. Find a San Soo kung fu school and ask the teacher why it is the best art to learn, and ask them the diffrence beetween this and other martial arts. It%26#039;s a really rare art. Look at it also in wikipedia.|||It%26#039;s more important to find a good school than a particular %26quot;brand%26quot;. Decide if you prefer striking or grappling %26amp; find a good school that teaches what you want.|||Japanese or Chinese styles,they are the oldest and most trustworthy.These styles such as Goju-Ryu,Shorei-Ryu or Chinese Kung-fu any style.Korean Mudokwan is some good stuff also.Judo,Ju-jitsu,or Akido for close up protection.|||The best martial art for you would depend on what you want to get out of it, and how much time you plan to put into it. Shop around. If you are wanting to compete in tournaments, you need to find a school that trains towards that, like Tae Kwon Do, Karate, or Kung Fu. If you are looking for self defense, try Kempo or Brazilian Ju Jitsu, but be warned, they all have their strenghts and weaknesses. Make sure you pick a school that teaches a philosophy that you agree with. That is very important. I teach a Christian Martial Arts system whose phiosophy is based on the Bible. Make sure you agree with the mind-set of the school you attend.|||I reccomend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all the way. I am a tad bit biased, as I am an active practioner of the art. It can be uitilized in a very conventional manner, is useful for realistic situations that you may be put in, and it is also very good exercise. My reccomendation to you if you do choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, is listen carefully to your instructor, focus on technique rather than brute strength, and take it slow.|||How are you? The best type of fighting to start with at 25 is american style kickboxing.|||I recommend finding a school/dojo that teaches more than one type of martial arts. A school that teaches a variety of martial arts will give you well balanced defensive and offensive tactics.
Most schools will start beginners off with easy techniques so whichever interests you the most would be best.
*Edit* Find a school you are interested in attending and meet the instuctor to discuss what takes place in most classes. You can then ask if you can observe a couple classes before you decide to take them. This will give you an idea of what you will be learning and it will also make it easier to start because you will have seen what will be expected of you.|||It%26#039;s the artist not the art. What do you want to learn? High kicks movie style then look for a TKD school. Grappling? Look for a BJJ school. If you want joint locks and throws look to Hapkido. It really depends on what you want to learn. If your%26#039;e looking strickly for self defense Krav Maga is a place to start. Think about what you want to learn. Im a fan of Combat Hapkido. Good luck. What ever you do train hard!|||I would reccomend you train in a sportative art first such as:
Muai thai, boxing, san shou/san da, bjj, sambo, wrestling (greco roman, folkstyle, freestyle), pankration, etc.
before taking any other art because then you get a feel for what it is like at full intensity in a real fight. even with rules you get the idea that your 8 year old black belt classmate will get his *** whipped because he got a false sense of security from his mcdojo.
Going into a sportative style first gives you a level of realization that even if you study a non sport style, you will carry with you the notion of %26quot;what works%26quot; what level of training is necessary and %26quot;what could work%26quot; realistically.
EDIT: I personally do not currently train in a sportative system, I actually train in chinese martial arts, but came from a boxing and wrestling (folk and freestyle) background. I was not looking to train in CMA when I did but liked the way it was trained (as opposed to the wishy washy average way of teaching forms) and thought that it had something to offer me.
The point of this is that by taking a %26quot;sportative%26quot; form beforehand, I had the background and knowledge to not be suckered into a martial art that the teacher used %26quot;excuses%26quot; as to why they don%26#039;t train with resistance or stand there and do the equivalent of interperative dance (kata or forms) rather than just looking at it objectively to see what a particular style or teacher has to offer.
EDIT: As such I STRONGLY advocate people to train in a sportative martial art first unless one is referred to a school by a reputable source (someone in this case who trains there and can verify that the school trains with full resistance).
Even then I personally believe (I know this is not cannon) that people should train in boxing before any other striking art as it teaches the student to be agressive and it has the shortest learning curve to pick up the basics and can translate to ANY other martial art as well as point out the basic weaknesses of any that %26quot;deadens%26quot; (guitar word, deadening the sound of a string and your punching power in bad form are comparable IMO) your punching power with bad technique. MT and san da and kickboxing are all good, I just think that it is more accessible and an easier learning curve to pick up and learn boxing first and the hand specialization can only add to another art.|||kungfu is a nice start wushu is a style of kungfu|||I would recomend Brazillian Ju-jitsu. Karate is easy and convienant since there are so many karate academys/dojos around and it%26#039;s easy but you don%26#039;t really lean much from it. Hapkido and, fighting based martial arts are good too.
A Special Forces friend of mine recommended American Kenpo and/or Gracie Jiu-Jitsu as the two best styles for practical use.
American Kenpo is very to-the-point. Every block is a strike and every strike is three strikes. It is not a fancy/acrobatic martial art which makes it great for all body types. American kenpo has a lot of roots in Wushu.
Gracie, or Brazillian, Jiu-Jitsu is very useful as most real brawls end up on the ground with one person trying to get the upper hand on the other.
Wushu is a chinese martial art. Don%26#039;t quote me but I think Wushu means %26quot;way of man.%26quot;
Definitely visit a few studios before selecting your school and style. Talk to the teachers about the style and how the classes are structured.
Good Luck!|||Hey whats up? Im almost on the same boat as you. Im 24 and lookin foward to studyin martial arts. I did look around and got some info on a few types. I was thinking of taking up kickboxing with brazilian jujitsu. I believe a combo of these 2 can prapere you to be a good all around fighter.|||Please..before you choose any of these suggestions they tell you.. Find a San Soo kung fu school and ask the teacher why it is the best art to learn, and ask them the diffrence beetween this and other martial arts. It%26#039;s a really rare art. Look at it also in wikipedia.|||It%26#039;s more important to find a good school than a particular %26quot;brand%26quot;. Decide if you prefer striking or grappling %26amp; find a good school that teaches what you want.|||Japanese or Chinese styles,they are the oldest and most trustworthy.These styles such as Goju-Ryu,Shorei-Ryu or Chinese Kung-fu any style.Korean Mudokwan is some good stuff also.Judo,Ju-jitsu,or Akido for close up protection.|||The best martial art for you would depend on what you want to get out of it, and how much time you plan to put into it. Shop around. If you are wanting to compete in tournaments, you need to find a school that trains towards that, like Tae Kwon Do, Karate, or Kung Fu. If you are looking for self defense, try Kempo or Brazilian Ju Jitsu, but be warned, they all have their strenghts and weaknesses. Make sure you pick a school that teaches a philosophy that you agree with. That is very important. I teach a Christian Martial Arts system whose phiosophy is based on the Bible. Make sure you agree with the mind-set of the school you attend.|||I reccomend Brazilian Jiu Jitsu all the way. I am a tad bit biased, as I am an active practioner of the art. It can be uitilized in a very conventional manner, is useful for realistic situations that you may be put in, and it is also very good exercise. My reccomendation to you if you do choose Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, is listen carefully to your instructor, focus on technique rather than brute strength, and take it slow.|||How are you? The best type of fighting to start with at 25 is american style kickboxing.|||I recommend finding a school/dojo that teaches more than one type of martial arts. A school that teaches a variety of martial arts will give you well balanced defensive and offensive tactics.
Most schools will start beginners off with easy techniques so whichever interests you the most would be best.
*Edit* Find a school you are interested in attending and meet the instuctor to discuss what takes place in most classes. You can then ask if you can observe a couple classes before you decide to take them. This will give you an idea of what you will be learning and it will also make it easier to start because you will have seen what will be expected of you.|||It%26#039;s the artist not the art. What do you want to learn? High kicks movie style then look for a TKD school. Grappling? Look for a BJJ school. If you want joint locks and throws look to Hapkido. It really depends on what you want to learn. If your%26#039;e looking strickly for self defense Krav Maga is a place to start. Think about what you want to learn. Im a fan of Combat Hapkido. Good luck. What ever you do train hard!|||I would reccomend you train in a sportative art first such as:
Muai thai, boxing, san shou/san da, bjj, sambo, wrestling (greco roman, folkstyle, freestyle), pankration, etc.
before taking any other art because then you get a feel for what it is like at full intensity in a real fight. even with rules you get the idea that your 8 year old black belt classmate will get his *** whipped because he got a false sense of security from his mcdojo.
Going into a sportative style first gives you a level of realization that even if you study a non sport style, you will carry with you the notion of %26quot;what works%26quot; what level of training is necessary and %26quot;what could work%26quot; realistically.
EDIT: I personally do not currently train in a sportative system, I actually train in chinese martial arts, but came from a boxing and wrestling (folk and freestyle) background. I was not looking to train in CMA when I did but liked the way it was trained (as opposed to the wishy washy average way of teaching forms) and thought that it had something to offer me.
The point of this is that by taking a %26quot;sportative%26quot; form beforehand, I had the background and knowledge to not be suckered into a martial art that the teacher used %26quot;excuses%26quot; as to why they don%26#039;t train with resistance or stand there and do the equivalent of interperative dance (kata or forms) rather than just looking at it objectively to see what a particular style or teacher has to offer.
EDIT: As such I STRONGLY advocate people to train in a sportative martial art first unless one is referred to a school by a reputable source (someone in this case who trains there and can verify that the school trains with full resistance).
Even then I personally believe (I know this is not cannon) that people should train in boxing before any other striking art as it teaches the student to be agressive and it has the shortest learning curve to pick up the basics and can translate to ANY other martial art as well as point out the basic weaknesses of any that %26quot;deadens%26quot; (guitar word, deadening the sound of a string and your punching power in bad form are comparable IMO) your punching power with bad technique. MT and san da and kickboxing are all good, I just think that it is more accessible and an easier learning curve to pick up and learn boxing first and the hand specialization can only add to another art.|||kungfu is a nice start wushu is a style of kungfu|||I would recomend Brazillian Ju-jitsu. Karate is easy and convienant since there are so many karate academys/dojos around and it%26#039;s easy but you don%26#039;t really lean much from it. Hapkido and, fighting based martial arts are good too.
Please enlight me on wushu( chinese martial arts)?
i had been learning bei quan dao which i think is the same as chang quan. I learnt long fist, basic 5 stance.. etc. I had not learnt any self-defence skill in this martial arts stance or isit i need to pick up some skill from those stances and defence my self? Guys please enlight me...
PS: sorri for my bad english and sorri if i had offended you in aniwae|||Wow... everytime someone answers a question like this they have to bring up the UFC or MMA... hahahaha What do you think TRADITIONAL Chinese Warriors did for years?? Use martial arts as dance moves? To dazzle their friends with their high kicks?? No- to survive when they fought for their lives. Done that lately, dpcemker?? It%26#039;s a little different with a referee.
Anyways...
Wushu is a little on the overexcessive side for me personally. I would highly recommend Wing Chun if you want to learn fighting for real life situations. Excellent in close quarters combat. I don%26#039;t think the style is really important truthfully. If you enjoy it and it works for you- that is the most important part of martial arts. It really depends on the Chnese art... I have never taken Bei Quan Dao so I cant really comment on that. Some styles of Chinese martial arts teach you stances just to train in to strengthen important fundamentals. (example: standing on 1 foot in White Crane) Wushu normally has the philosophy that a strong tree starts with strong roots. If your stance is strong then it will be hard to knock you down. Stick with the basics and take them very seriously... You can build a million dollar home on a weak foundation and it will crumble- or a $50k home on a strong foundation and it should stand for a long time. Stances and defense normally come before excesive training in striking. I wish you the best- stick with it and you should get the training your looking for with time.
Be sure to explore other options as well to see what martial art you might be able to pick up quickly because it works for you. Good luck!!|||Your style is more about tradition and %26quot;arts%26quot;. It depends on yur teacher. Perhaps he is very traditional and knows that if a fight comes up, you will react with your skills and fight back, perhaps he is waiting to teach you how to use it in a real fight. But if your goal is truly to win fights, you are in the wrong style.|||There are some mis-understanding here about Chinese martial arts. Simply, there are two main branches of Chinese martial arts - the traditional arts and the contemporary style arts called Wu Shu.
Originally, Wu Shu (Way of Martial) is the unified name for all Chinese martial arts since there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different styles in China. However, the People%26#039;s Republic China government wanted to promote Chinese martial arts as a sport after 1950 and started to create a series of standard martial arts forms from some of the most popular traditional Chinese martial arts such as long fist, Southern fist, Tai Chi quan, etc. They called the new, contemporary forms %26quot;Wushu%26quot; to separated from the traditional Chinese martial arts.
The contemporary forms (Wu shu taolu) emphasize on the sports element of the original arts (making sure all pastures are correct and looks good) . Even the applications are still hidden in the moves, most of the time they are not taught to the practitioners.
In general, it will be easy for a Wu shu practitioner to learn the application if he/she wants to since they learn the basic movement already. For those who want to learn more about application instead of just a sport, it would be best to study traditional Chinese martial arts instead because it was designed for real life combat.|||That the the art of kicking as in movies, as you can see none of the asians martial arts are good at all when it come to real fighting. Check out the UFC!|||I%26#039;m guessing you have been practicing just the routines so far.
You can%26#039;t really pick up any Self defense skills from these stances as they are just stances. Please approach your instructor and ask where and when you will be practicing the %26quot;Martial%26quot; instead of just %26quot;Arts%26quot;.
Or ask if there will be any sparring if you are too shy.|||Wushu is simply the chinese word for martial arts.It sounds like you are being taught the basic skills,which all traditional martial arts schools begin with.You have to get the basic skills down before you can properly execute the fighting skills of the art.I think most people are like yourself and want to learn self defense skills right away.I teach mixed martial arts in my Street Martial Combatives school.Along with work on the basics,I teach body targets,body weapons and some simple self-defense techniques from the very first class and build upon that in each class that follows.It at least gives them some advantage that they didn%26#039;t have when they walked in if they find themselves in a situation that they are not allowed to walk away from.As a U.S.Marine,I was given basic fighting skills in boot camp that would better my chances of coming home alive if I were called to war before I could recieve advanced training and practice those skils in war games.|||There actually is a web site designed specifically for Wushu. Lots of info.|||Phrenitus said all there is to say.
PS: sorri for my bad english and sorri if i had offended you in aniwae|||Wow... everytime someone answers a question like this they have to bring up the UFC or MMA... hahahaha What do you think TRADITIONAL Chinese Warriors did for years?? Use martial arts as dance moves? To dazzle their friends with their high kicks?? No- to survive when they fought for their lives. Done that lately, dpcemker?? It%26#039;s a little different with a referee.
Anyways...
Wushu is a little on the overexcessive side for me personally. I would highly recommend Wing Chun if you want to learn fighting for real life situations. Excellent in close quarters combat. I don%26#039;t think the style is really important truthfully. If you enjoy it and it works for you- that is the most important part of martial arts. It really depends on the Chnese art... I have never taken Bei Quan Dao so I cant really comment on that. Some styles of Chinese martial arts teach you stances just to train in to strengthen important fundamentals. (example: standing on 1 foot in White Crane) Wushu normally has the philosophy that a strong tree starts with strong roots. If your stance is strong then it will be hard to knock you down. Stick with the basics and take them very seriously... You can build a million dollar home on a weak foundation and it will crumble- or a $50k home on a strong foundation and it should stand for a long time. Stances and defense normally come before excesive training in striking. I wish you the best- stick with it and you should get the training your looking for with time.
Be sure to explore other options as well to see what martial art you might be able to pick up quickly because it works for you. Good luck!!|||Your style is more about tradition and %26quot;arts%26quot;. It depends on yur teacher. Perhaps he is very traditional and knows that if a fight comes up, you will react with your skills and fight back, perhaps he is waiting to teach you how to use it in a real fight. But if your goal is truly to win fights, you are in the wrong style.|||There are some mis-understanding here about Chinese martial arts. Simply, there are two main branches of Chinese martial arts - the traditional arts and the contemporary style arts called Wu Shu.
Originally, Wu Shu (Way of Martial) is the unified name for all Chinese martial arts since there are probably hundreds if not thousands of different styles in China. However, the People%26#039;s Republic China government wanted to promote Chinese martial arts as a sport after 1950 and started to create a series of standard martial arts forms from some of the most popular traditional Chinese martial arts such as long fist, Southern fist, Tai Chi quan, etc. They called the new, contemporary forms %26quot;Wushu%26quot; to separated from the traditional Chinese martial arts.
The contemporary forms (Wu shu taolu) emphasize on the sports element of the original arts (making sure all pastures are correct and looks good) . Even the applications are still hidden in the moves, most of the time they are not taught to the practitioners.
In general, it will be easy for a Wu shu practitioner to learn the application if he/she wants to since they learn the basic movement already. For those who want to learn more about application instead of just a sport, it would be best to study traditional Chinese martial arts instead because it was designed for real life combat.|||That the the art of kicking as in movies, as you can see none of the asians martial arts are good at all when it come to real fighting. Check out the UFC!|||I%26#039;m guessing you have been practicing just the routines so far.
You can%26#039;t really pick up any Self defense skills from these stances as they are just stances. Please approach your instructor and ask where and when you will be practicing the %26quot;Martial%26quot; instead of just %26quot;Arts%26quot;.
Or ask if there will be any sparring if you are too shy.|||Wushu is simply the chinese word for martial arts.It sounds like you are being taught the basic skills,which all traditional martial arts schools begin with.You have to get the basic skills down before you can properly execute the fighting skills of the art.I think most people are like yourself and want to learn self defense skills right away.I teach mixed martial arts in my Street Martial Combatives school.Along with work on the basics,I teach body targets,body weapons and some simple self-defense techniques from the very first class and build upon that in each class that follows.It at least gives them some advantage that they didn%26#039;t have when they walked in if they find themselves in a situation that they are not allowed to walk away from.As a U.S.Marine,I was given basic fighting skills in boot camp that would better my chances of coming home alive if I were called to war before I could recieve advanced training and practice those skils in war games.|||There actually is a web site designed specifically for Wushu. Lots of info.|||Phrenitus said all there is to say.
just wanna know guys.... thanks a lot!!|||Any of these is good provided you have a good instructor and train at a school that trains realisticly. Part of it depends on what you are looking to get out of it also.|||It depends on what you%26#039;re looking to get out of a particular martial art. To be an expert kicker, you would want to study taekwondo. For a good mix of kicking and throwing, you would want to take a different style of karate. To learn to block strikes well and then strike back effectively, I would take wushu (kung fu). My two favorite styles are Jeet Kun Do and Brazilian Jujitsu.|||personally for me, I do kung fu and study hsing I, paqua and tai chi. Most martial arts train for scoring points, and %26quot;martial art%26quot; means art of war, so in fact even though they fight, they do not break bones and knockout strikes, so are not true arts .|||well i prefer freestyle karate because it teaches stand up,ground/grappling and weapons and emphasises practical street defence while still maintaining tradition.|||i would have to say taekwondo, many MMA famous fighters have practiced it... it also teaches u how to balance urself in a fight.
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