Billy Bucholtz

I'm trying a high protein low carb diet to see if I can shift some of the blubber I've accquired through the long months of not training, however I have no idea which foods contain sufficient protein, and the only people who seem to know want to charge me a great deal of money for their advice. Anybody have any ideas? If I know roughly what foods I should be cutting back on (low carbs = starchy, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice) and what foods I should be looking to take in more of, then I can use my amazing (haha) culinary skills to come up with meals and stuff.

I usually have a cup of coffee after my morning circuits, and if I bother to go to the gym I will either drink water or Pepsi afterwards. I can't eat in the morning, but if I do I will have an apple, and after the gym I will just eat whatever meal is in front of me when I get home. Does doing things like that have any bearing on your body or your training, because if so I'd like to know.

It wasn't actually tips to improve technique I was looking for; my complete lack of any technique whatsoever where kicking is concerned is the main problem. I know that stretching will help, but what I was looking for was if anyone had any advice on how to stay on my feet whilst kicking, as falling over each time I try to do a high side kick is a bit embarrassing.

Skipping is not to only improve your cardiovascular fitness and your legs, but it does a lot for your co-ordination as well. I was always told it works best if you run the rope. Also, the point about the bouncing movement you pick up from skipping wasting energy is a good one, the more you move the more energy you're using, but I find it helps with slipping when you keep yourself moving constantly - that may well just be me and I may be weird or wrong, but that's what I find.

Firstly, hello I am new. Secondly, I am considering muay thai lessons with a local instructor. I have done a few lessons in the past and have some basic techniques down, but since the only other martial art I've even attempted in my life is western boxing my legs are neither supple nor very powerful, and I feel tremendously awkward while kicking. I have for the most part decided to work on balance and stretching in my own time, since the classes are more or less focused on the actual techniques and there is very little warming up or excercise involved at the start; however, being a complete dunce when it comes to these sorts of excercises, I have sort of hit the wall a bit. Has anyone got any good stretching excercises or tips to improve my kicking? I'm not looking to be able to exhert Bruce Lee-like power at the moment, just as long as I can keep myself upright whilst throwing a high hook kick, that will suffice for the m,oment. Secondly, I have recently started reading the aforementioned Mr Lee's Tao Of Jeet Kune Do, and am quite interested in learning this martial art. However, I've seen in several places that it is far more beneficial to at least study Jun Fan Gung Fu for a while first before attempting JKD, as that was the style which Bruce Lee was schooled in and therefore would give a better base on which to build JKD knowledge. My question here is two-fold; where can I get more information on JKD and Jun Fan gung fu, and does anyone know a decent school which teaches either in the British Isles? Thanks