Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Knee pain after training? Be sure to warm up

One of the source of joint pain in older martial arts students is the lack of a good warm up, says Sang H. Kim, author of Martial Arts After 40. To reduce the incidence of knee pain, he suggests the following simple addition to your warm-up.

1. Sit down on the floor, put your hands behind you on the floor comfortably, and stretch your legs forward.
2. Breathe deeply in and out a few times and shake you legs off by lifting your legs up and down gently. You may begin with the left leg then right leg repeatedly 10 to 15 times.
3. Rotate your legs inward and outward 10 to 15 times.
4. Lie back with your arms wide open on the floor, raise your legs vertically. Wait 10 to 15 seconds and feel the leg muscles starting relaxing.
5. Do bike riding in the air 30 to 60 times according to your inclination of the day.
6. Put down the legs and relax for 60 seconds and breathe deeply.

Sambo Book Released

Championship Sambo, by Steve Scott, has been released. Preorder sales have been brisk and this is proving to be one of our more popular titles. With so little available on the increasingly popular sport of sambo, this book is a much welcome addition to libraries of serious grapplers.