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I have only one thing to say, with regards the commandment "thou shalt not kill". If somebody attacks u and threatens to kills u, are u going to let him to do it? If yes, u are letting him sin a very grievious sin of murder. We do martial arts to DEFENSE ourselves in case we need to, not to attack people.

Capoeira. No closed hand fighting, so your knuckles are spared. NO blocking so your forearms are spared.

Learn capoeira. Capoeira makes your legs strong. Capoeira makes your arms strong. Capoeira makes you flexible. Etc...

Of course it can. Not therapy as in the normal sense of the word, but preventive therapy. Any kind of exercise is some form of preventive therapy.

Get the advice of somebody in the medical profession.

In my capoeira class (i am a student), we do a bit of movement specific conditioning, but most of the training is moves. I think too much conditioning in class robs the fun of attending class. Anyway, it is a martial arts class, not a conditioning class. I do most of my coditioning outside class.

Go to this site http://www.drillsandskills.com/skills/cond for gymnastics conditioning exercises.

Any good sites to download capoeira music?

Intercostals: deep breathing/push ups/bench press (variations) Serratus anterior: chin ups/ pullover Lattisimus dorsi: chin ups/pullover Rectus abdominis: crunches/reverse crunches Obliques: twisting crunches/twisting reverse crunches

As a general rule, exercises that doesn't use the full range of motion only strengthens the working muscles in the range worked. And also using a small range of motion has a tendency to shorten the muscles. I think for MA use, swimming does not help much, except for muscular endurance and aerobic endurance, and shoulder flexibility. I don't think it help much in strengthening the hip flexors for MA use.

U can put spices in ur veggies.

Never eer show ur back to the opponent, especially in inverted moves like capoeira. If u don't know where or what the opponent is doing, one hit and u can have a nasty fall.

Energy=.5 x mass x (velocity squared) Velocity aka speed has a squared factor in this equation, so it is more dominant than mass. ie doubling the speed will quadruple the energy, while doubling the mass will only double the energy.

As above. Most Chinese MAs in Singapore are for fitness or performance. I don't know where to find a club which teaches fighting using Chinese MAs.

When capoeira becomes Olympic sport (in the far future) it would be the most exiciting.

Can somebody tell me the rules for sparring, optional forms and choreographed sparring in the following MAs: 1) Wushu/kungfu 2) Silat 3) ITF 4) WTF 5) Karate Thanks.

So what MAs do u people do? Any other sports?

I have a friend who's a physiotherapist and also had done chi kung before. He said that doing bone toughening conditioning has no adverse effects on our bones like brittle bones and the sort of stuff. but i don't know how true is that.

Hi i am a qualified gymnastics coach. I was trained in gymnastics, wushu, tkd and a short period of capoeira. However i have stopped full contact sparring. Now into the MAs mainly for the artistic aspects. Nice to know there are people out there iterested in MA.

I am a qualified gymnastics coach and have an aspiration to open a school (with other people of similar aspirations) to train youngsters acrobatics skills for further participation in any stype of sports, including MA. I think acrobatics would make any sportsmen better sportsmen. What do u guys think?

If u haven’t been training with weights, don’t start. If u have been training with weights, it’s time to stop. Here’s some relevant links about this topic. All explanations on how it works are searchable on the net. http://www.realfighting.com/1001/mattfurey.htm http://users.erols.com/physical/index.html Let me share my experience after stopping weights for conditioning: I feel lighter, I feel more energetic when doing movement specific conditioning, esp the straight-arm-straight-leg-handstand-press-up, I don’t feel that my biceps are restricting my elbow movements…I also look and feel more pumped-up during training, without doing isolation exercises, meaning that callisthenics induces better blood flow to the working muscles than weight training. And the best thing is, I don’t have to rely on expensive equipment for my conditioning. I can train anytime anywhere using simple and inexpensive furniture.