World Of Swords

Kicks are one of the best and most powerful weapons you can develop. Not only are kicks cardio intensive, giving an instant sweat during a work out, but they are one of the most powerful weapons you can have in a fight. After all, most people don't know how to use their legs, and if you do, instant advantage.

Of course, kicks take a little extra hard work if they are going to be great. But if you take your time and do learn the types of kicks in a certain pattern...you can have power busting kicks of the first magnitude. That said, let's go over the proper order of kicks.

The first kick is merely standing and doing the kick. You don't have to have a stance, you can even put your hand on the wall, and do them at a moderate and easy on the body speed. The idea here is to look at your body examine how it has to move to generate efficient and effective kicks.

The second kick is going to be done from stationary stances. Take a kick like a simple front snap kick, low level to begin, higher as you get better, and learn how to apply it from the rear leg while standing in a front stance. Go through all the stances you know, one by one, kicking with the foot you are not standing on.

The third kick is to use your weight leg for the kicking. This means you kick with the leg you are standing on. Again, go through your stances, but this time figure out how to hop so that the leg you do not have weight on replaces the leg you are standing on, and the leg you are standing on does the kick.

The fourth kick is to explore the direction you are kicking in. This is going to require some quick contortions of the body. Simply do the third kick, described in the last paragraph, but this time kick first north, then set up and do the kick to the west, then the east, then the south.

Now, there are a few things you should remember as you go through these four stages. Don't be one of these people who do ten kicks per kick and then quit. Do a hundred kicks, three hundred, even five hundred kicks per kick.

The idea is to develop your legs so that they are as light and easy to use as your hands. So concentrate on learning how to relax while you do your kicks. Soon your kicks will be second nature, light and easy, marvelous little things of quick flick, and yet able to instantly end any fight.

A Martial Arts class is a place to be strong and healthy. It is filled with hard working, dedicated people. The five following items are what you don't want to hear in a martial arts class.

Hearing any of these things slows the class down, breaks the pacing. Hearing any of these things reveals a weakness that should not be revealed, but rather squashed. Hearing any of these things destroys the rite of passage that a martial arts class is.

Number five amongst the things you don't ever want to hear in a good and serious martial arts class is...that hurts. Hey, a little pain is going to happen here and there, we all know that, but grunt and grit and get over it. If you need medical attention, crawl off the mat, find a telephone, call an ambulance, and check yourself in at the local hospital!

Number four amongst the not to be saids in a martial arts class is...I wasn't ready. Good friggin' Lard...being ready is what the class is about! Open your eyes and ears and get with the program!

Number three amongst the not to be saids in a martial arts class is...I'm sorry. You're supposed to be learning how to dish out pain! If you handed out too much pain, then watch him or her crawl off the mat, or, better yet, roll them off the mat, and get back to business!

Number two amongst the not to be saids in a martial arts class is...what if the guy does something else, like Oh, ow and slap my ears I can't believe you said that! If he changes, then you change...and, in the meantime...get with the drill or you won't be able to handle the first thing he did!

Number one amongst the not to be saids in a martial arts class is...me asking you why you were late! Get ready bozo, because when I get done with you you're not going to be ready or able to crawl from what is about to hurt so bad somebody is going to have to roll you off the mat so the serious martial artists can get on with the show! I mean it!

The point of this is...always be ready, be careful and considerate with all your matmates and try not to injure them or yourself, don't interrupt or slow the flow of the class, and be on time every time. Sure, we had some humor here, and there should be humor when you're learning to dismember and maim the other citizens of good, old planet earth. But...treat the art as sacred, and the art will enable you to become as sacred.

Mixed martial arts fighting is fast becoming one of the biggest sports in America. Will it ever be the number one sport? Well, I guess that depends on who you ask. I personally think the sport is just going to continue getting bigger. Im not sure if it will ever be the number one sport though. This sport does appeal to a lot of age groups, which could be why the sport is expanding at such an incredible rate

Why is, mixed martial arts growing so fast? Is it because of the short, fast paced, 5 minute rounds, which can be a non-stop adrenaline rush! With fights ending in knockout or submissions before the first round even ends. Is it because the sport appeals to so many different age groups or is it because its new and exciting, will it phase out in a few years?

With the UFC stars being noticed now for being athletes, that train just as hard, or even harder than normal athletes. Will this sport finally gain the respect it deserves? It used to be called a blood sport or cock fighting. In fact I believe some people still regard the sport as that. Do people realize the discipline involved now, the constant workouts for strength, conditioning and of course the martial arts training.

This sport has gone through some remarkable transformations over the years. The UFC has done remarkable things for MMA. What one was viewed only by a few thousand people at most, to now viewing live UFC nights to millions of people worldwide!

With impressive sales and huge demand, the UFC is the number one place for fighters to go to. If you want to fight the best fighters in the world you will have to break into the UFC ranks. Once there you will be able to make a very nice living, well if youre good.

So if youre new to this sport, and you have just starting to follow the UFC you are in for a great ride. If youre already a fan and have been following MMA Im sure you will agree with me. This is a fantastic sport which will only get bigger.