italian_guy Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I have just bought the book Dynamic Strength by H.Wong. I think that the basic principle is ok but I am worried about using two antagonist muscles at the same time gives you the bad habit to remain tense in actual martial art training while you should, during a hit, use only the muscles involved and relax the others. I have the problem of remaining too tense during combo practice and sparring and I am worried that practicing dynamical strength exercises will worsen my problem. I would like your opinion. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoju Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I don't necessarily think it would be a problem as long as you do the dynamic training as part of other training, so that it doesn't become part of your natural movement, and thereby flow into your sparring & other movements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bretty101 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Is this the same as dynamic tension exercises where you do your techniques very tense and slowly using the antagonistic or opposing muscles to create the resistance to the motion? My cousin does Hung gar Kung Fu (sp?) and swears by dynamic tension. He claims he can develope 10 times the amount of power he could when he was doing balistic exercises!! I can imagine it is an excellent way to build power and coordination. You can develope power doing other resistance exercises but they are never in the plane of motion you do your techniques in. for example press-ups and bench presses can give you strength to punch, but don't use the same coordinnation or motion you use to punch. Bretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Practice is the key _ Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Am not tenses when am sparring pattrens forms etc, just use it when som one punch your stomach. Somone love oneSomone love twoI love one That one is myself just have been turn down.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Hey Italian guy ive got Dynamic strength, bought it a few weeks ago, I think its brilliant and the exercises very efficient. I perticularly like the "whisking arms", "prayer press" and "pullys". Its fantastic for building the muscle strength. I thinks it fits in fine with martial arts, and at the end of the day there just exercises and u should be treated just as exercises, ur martial arts are a completely different thing. Remember some of the exercises are no different than lifting weight its just that u do them with ur bodies resistance. I think its a brilliant book and I would recommend it to anybody, the ideas and exercies are reveloutionary. Search for it on Amazon, give it at try. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 My cousin does Hung gar Kung Fu (sp?) and swears by dynamic tension. He claims he can develope 10 times the amount of power he could when he was doing balistic exercises!! I can imagine it is an excellent way to build power and coordination. You can develope power doing other resistance exercises but they are never in the plane of motion you do your techniques in. for example press-ups and bench presses can give you strength to punch, but don't use the same coordinnation or motion you use to punch. Amen to that, its a brilliant way to build muscle strength and the exercises are so easy! Guys, now i'm speaking to u as a fellow martial artist, plz give this book a try, u can get it from lots of websites, https://www.Amazon.com or .co.uk is a good one, and its so cheap. The is a brilliant way of building muscle tone and strength and improving ur martial arts 10 fold, u keep at it and the results will be phenominal. It works for me, Give it a try. Direct link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865680132/qid=1074800961//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/103-9488893-6195803?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 p.s If u walk away from this taking no notice then ur making a big mistake, by using this book ur muscle strength WILL in increase and so will ur MA's ability, thats all i'm gonna say. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
returning_wave Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Yeh I learnt the basics from a friend who does Wing Chun. I have used it largely to do shotokan katas in dynamic strength. very knackering, its certainly improved my endurance. Id reccomend it. 3rd Kyu - Variant ShotokanTaijutsu"We staunt traditionalists know that technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I think that everyone on this forum should get it, no joke. I bet there would be great improvments in phsique and MA's, I mean for a couple of quid/bucks u get a full workout program. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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