Hey Folks,

Jaime asked that i post the info here for my most recent downloadable e-tutorial. These are great exercises to open and strengthen your wrists, which can be done with a broomstick or piece of dowel from the hardware store. Read down a bit - it's not just for martial artists. (my friend Steve Kilbey of australian greats The Church, as well as Jim Gillette, works with this stuff ;)

Anyway, here it is.

And thanks very much to those who picked up Beyond Pushups. Good luck with it, let me know how it goes, and don't hesitate to post if you have questions.

Cheers,
ryan


Attribute Development for Stick Fighting Vol 1 – Strength and Mobility


Of all the “weapons studies” available to martial artists today, stick fighting is probably the most practical because its principles can be applied to the widest array of objects in your natural environment. Unlike firearms or a knife, the stick also offers a non-lethal means of self-defence when outnumbered, overwhelmed, or confronted by an armed attacker.

Join Coach Murdock as he takes you through this series of cutting edge strength and mobility drills to build your attribute base and train a movement palette upon which to build your stick fighting mastery.

Functional Strength - Exactly Where You Need It

The drills presented in this web tutorial will give you:

· functional grip strength
· better weapon retention
· more powerful strikes
· smoother technique

Coach Murdock has devoted over two decades to the study of stick fighting. These skills have kept him safe while traveling alone in some of the world’s more hostile environments. In this tutorial he shows you some of the staple drills that form the base of his solo stick training.

Recovery-Coordination-Refinement

As you work through these drills you’ll gain an immediate appreciation of how CST creates the movement palette of RMAX FlowFighting®. All of the drills presented here follow the same incremental development protocol of Circular Strength Training®. You’ll first recover the range of motion of your wrists while building strength. You’ll then address coordination as you build functional grip strength in increasingly extreme ranges of motion. Finally, you’ll touch on movement sophistication as you begin to refine your skills, increasing the efficiency with which you can employ your entire structure to wield the stick.

But it’s not just for martial artists!

These drills are excellent for sports like hockey and lacrosse, where the ability to retain your stick in a dynamic environment requires full-range grip strength. These movements also provide excellent compensation for the type of repetitive strain injuries that can develop when the wrist is held in a fixed position in sports like tennis, golf and table tennis. Working your wrists outside the range and depth demanded by those sports is one way that you can ‘injury proof’ your joints for pain-free career longevity. But don’t take our word for it! Get yourself a broomstick or a piece of dowel and try it for yourself!

One Click Ordering and Immediate Downloads – Start Training Today!

Get your copy now for this one week introductory offer of just $7.50!!! After June 18th the price will increase to $10.

This tutorial is a 73MB download and contains 18 minutes jam packed with drills.

Please visit the Products page of Coach Murdock’s website to download your copy of today. http://www.rmaxstaff.com/murdock/products.html


Note: This download is in mpeg-4 format and can be viewed with the Quicktime media player. Click here to download the latest version of Quicktime http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Oh, and here's a short preview on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omZWzWFm0dE

pretty good stuff from what i have seen from the preview. the coaches who train martial artists have some of the most innovative training protocols out there.