Duncan0013

For me and my students, we have a list with over 200 body-mass exercises ranging from burpees and standard push-ups to more complex actions utilizing some of our stances and kicks. Several things I recommend for overall health and joint longevity are: 1 - practice NEVER locking your knees, whether you are leaning on a wall, standing and waiting, or relaxing in a recliner. Always keep them bent. Straighten them for stretching, but not 'locked'. 2 - Isometric exercises while stance training. Works equilibrium for muscle pairs, like bicep vs tricep or quad vs hamstring. Aids in keeping both sides of motion equal in strength so you would be less likely to distort your posture. 3 - The only weights I use (with VERY specific uses) are dumbbells (5lb and 35lb) and leg weights (10lb). Everything else I do is body mass specific interval training and/ or isometrics with stance training. My regimine has increased as I had to overcome a couple work related injuries that limit any running for cardio. The HIIT and isometrics with proper breathing has increased my cardio vascular endurance to where a sporadic jog of a few miles doesn't gas me and I have subsequently increased my leg strength and balance to start to overcome my 4yr old injury. I wish you well in your challenge and where you have the will to persevere, you will undoubtedly succeed.

Greetings, To me, a master is similar to what some have said comparing it to a Master's Degree, but there is more to it than just education. The learning and perfection of a technique will make you very skilled at that technique, however, can it be delivered in the proper time and place? Can it be controlled to cause a specific amount of harm to an attacker that justifies the initial attack? What I am getting at is that one can learn and perfect a punch, but that does not mean they will have the ability to decide in a millisecond whether or not they need to simply stun an attacker or shatter their jaw. Mastery, to me, is having the knowledge, training, practice, and also the split second decisiveness to determine the correct course of action in any encounter. Nevermind, that I didn't even bring up the ability to split second decide if the punch is even necessary or can the encounter be absolved without the punch... My thoughts on this. Great topic, folks! I have met many people that claim mastery of their style or system.... some good, some excellent, some iffy. Cheers