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Can Men Over 40 Survive Martial Arts Workouts?

Master Alan Zuckerman

Martial Arts workouts for men over 40 should have another name: Senior Do, Tae Kwon Old, Kung Old Fool, or Health Care-a-te. When asked in the locker room about my condition, I quip that I am aging faster than I can get in shape.

I came to tae kwon do in my forties. A confluence of circumstances brought me to the school of Grandmaster Byung Min Kim.

First, I was out to dinner with an old friend whom, I discovered, was a black belt in tae kwon do. He had been practicing, on and off, since he was a child. Also, I had a young son who I thought would benefit from a martial arts program. Finally, I had a chance meeting with my future Master. I am a retail real estate broker, and I had the good fortune of offering a store to Grandmaster Kim. I didn’t sell him, but luckily he sold me.

Your expectation when you practice martial arts as a full grown adult are no different than those of any starry eyed kid. Expectations sculpted by legends like James Bond, Bruce Lee, Napoleon Solo and David Caradine in the television and movies of the 1950′s and 60′s.

I just wanted to be deadly…and really handsome!

Soon after beginning my new martial arts workouts, I had to go see my general practitioner because I just knew I was experiencing an appendicitis attack. The doctor assured me that it was just soreness from all the sit ups. I was only out of condition.

Although I had been an avid exerciser in my 20′s, I had pushed off that regular routine after getting married and having children. But now in my forties, I couldn’t breath during simple recreational tennis or volleyball. The simplest workout found me out of breath. I no longer had the endurance to dance with my wife.

I decided to do something different. Within the same week, I started tae kwon do and piano lessons (middle age is so confusing).

For me, martial arts has been a seed planted in my body. If it has the right surroundings, it can root and grow. If you study martial arts you understand what I mean. If martial arts are new to you, believe me, changes you haven’t even considered are coming. And if you are beginning this journey later if life, like I have, I give you this to remember:

Grown Up = (patience + determination)-(suppleness + hair)

Work for the long run is the best advice I can give you. Listen to the needs of your body, not just your mind. I have witnessed many adults in class with the mindset of a 21 year old. They work too hard, push too far in order to get what used to be simple.

Teachers will work to motivate everyone in class no matter the age or skill level. Though your head will say, “you can do this” your body will need more time to get there. In the short run, overreaching leads to injuries and those injuries cause you to want to quit, fulfilling the myth that this sport is only for the young.

Nonsense!

You cannot comprehend the journey with a single step; you can only comprehend a single step of the journey, so stick with it.

The next time an instructor pushes you too hard, remember that you are an adult. Age has its privilege. A great master will understand your limits and push you accordingly, that is where trust is built. Short of that; listen to your inner master.

Though I may be too old for Rock N Roll, I’m too young to die.

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Article Source: Can Men Over 40 Survive Martial Arts Workouts?

For those lacking a decent dictionary, allow me to edify you on
the derivation of the term ‘martial’; which is: an adjectival
form derived from the appellation of the Roman god of war, Mars.
As a form of sport or exercise, it serves as training for
warfare. Being ruled astrologically by the planet Mars, it’s a
term applied to ‘venomous animals, or plants with violently
active properties’!

An authority recently described 170 different forms of the
martial arts, ranging from Aikido to Zendo, maintaining new ones
were invented virtually every week by some self-styled master
who had either rediscovered some long lost art in an obscure
backwater, or had devised some ingenious use for a hitherto
unused body part. The arts covered every letter of the alphabet,
apart from E, Q, V, and X.

Accordingly, I have striven to render complete this lexicon of
the martial arts.
After many years of undertaking diligent research in the snowy
mountain fastnesses of Japan, the rain forests of Borneo, and
the nether regions of Nana Plaza, Bangkok, I have rediscovered
the missing arts, which I have pleasure in presenting to
novelty-seeking martial arts’ aficionados for your delectation.

They are as follows:

1. Ebrangling: an exclusive, particularly hard form indulged in
by edentulous geriatrics in order to effatuate their opponents.
Simply put, the toothless-ancients dismount from their Zimmer
frames, shuffle, successfully grapple, and ultimately clench
their partners in a bear hug, violently shaking them so as to
render them besotted, dull or stupid.

2. Quitching: protagonists attempt to outwit their opponents,
employing techniques such as fiendishly feinting by making
sudden involuntary movements, somewhat in the Bruce Lee style,
without the accompanying cries from the solar plexus. Quoted by
Montaigne as, “I have seen men .. that would neither cry out,
twitch nor quitch, for a good swinging beating.”

3. Quelming: an ancient, extremely hard form indulged in by
“chyldren, and fornycatours” aiming to torment, kill, or
destroy. Sadly, the techniques were expurgated as being too
violent for general public consumption.

4. Vezon : a particularly enigmatic form defined by the OED as -
“meaning obscure” – quoted by Ward as “Look, look, Joan, how the
Vezons fight. Who’d think they were so full of Spite?”

5. Xenelasy: a particularly effective Spartan method to be
employed for when we Brits reinvade in order to re-educate you
in the correct conventions of spelling and pronunciation.
Meaning ‘to drive away’, it employs a variety of free-forms and
is the martial art par excellence to be used for the expulsion
of foreigners.

Incidentally, don’t bother to try and find these names of
martial arts in condensed dictionaries like Webster’s or Frank
and Wagnall’s, they’re taken from the Bible of the English
Language, the Oxford English Dictionary.

Likewise, the internet won’t offer you any enlightenment on the
modus operandi, or access to the dojos where these forms are
practised, either, and I’m keeping the techniques secret in the
interests of world peace.

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Article Source: THE MISSING MARTIAL ARTS

If you appreciate a strong, healthy self confidence that carries
you through overwhelming times and drives you to achieving your
most far reaching goals, martial arts is for you.

A person’s self-confidence is like a muscle, it needs to be
exercised in order to grow and develop. In the 20 plus years
that I’ve been teaching Martial Arts in our community we have
developed a 5 step approach to building self-confidence. These 5
steps can be learned by anyone – with the right guidance:

1. Correct Body Posture. The importance of the correct body
posture is paramount. We all send hidden, sub-conscious messages
with our body language and the way we carry ourselves. Carry
yourself with pride, confidence and security. Carry yourself
like a successful person and your confidence will show.

2. Proper Eye Contact. Making proper eye contact when speaking
to others has a huge effect on the conversation. Have you ever
been talking to somebody and instantly felt connected? Like
you’ve known this person forever? Chances are, they understand
the importance of body language, and proper eye-contact.

3. Goal Setting. Goal setting is talked about by everybody, and
most people understand the importance of this process. Then why
do most people miss their mark? Because they don’t have the
discipline and confidence to see the goal through. Our process
teaches you the right way to set goals and actually achieve them!

4. Communication. Inspiring those around you is critical to
getting what you want. Whether they are your children,
co-workers, employees or boss, good leaders are inspirational.
We teach this inspirational formula.

5. Mentors. All of the skills above, a healthy body and mind
combined with a good mentor or two will make all the difference
in the world for your happiness and success.

If you are interested in learning more about how martial arts
can help your self confidence, please contact one of my three
locations in Bellevue, Lynnwood or Kent, Washington at
800-508-6141or martialadvice@hotmail.com to set up a free 2 week
trail orientation.

Also, please see our web pages at www.kungfutemple.com and
www.martialarts-instruction.com

Sincerely,

Robert Jones Master Instructor 6th Degree Black Belt Owner, the
Academy of Kempo Martial Arts

Article Source: MARTIAL ARTS – 5 Ways Too Build Your Self-Confidence

Again we have brand new performance Tatami’s and also the latest electronic scoreboards from Italy on each of the 5 areas. To ensure the event runs smoothly and safely and also fully complies with WKF rules in both Kumite and Kata we have managed to secure the services of Mr Vince Parker European Kumite “A” and Kata Judge “A” Referee and his team of nationally qualified referee’s. We will also continue to support the newly added categories including Kata pairs where any two club members can compete as a team and again by popular demand the parent & child Kata pairs. There will also be the Veteran categories and also the Special needs category as seen last time. If you have any Special needs students please encourage them to compete to help get the message across that Karate is accessible to all.

It’s too late to compete, but you could still go along to watch.

Martial arts is a term that is used to describe a system of
fighting that is very unique but often quite varied. The system
has codes and rules to it. It is not one that has weapons,
especially any type of modern day weapons, but one that focuses
the body and the mind to have them work as one. It is used for
traditional uses, for sport in competitions around the world,
for fitness, for self defense although it does not teach to go
out and fight but to defend and for improvement of the self. For
this aspect, there are several things that martial arts can do.
It can help to keep you mentally disciplined, provide self
cultivation such as that of meditation and provide for self
confidence. Character development is the key to martial arts.

Martial arts have been practiced for many years. It can be dated
as far back as 2500 years ago in the Zhou Dynasty. Here,
students would master the Six Arts which including rites,
calligraphy, mathematics, charioteering, archery and music.

The systems that are used within martial arts are quite varied.
Here are some of the various focuses of them.

* Kicking which can be found in Tae kwon do, Capoeira and
tantui. * Striking which is a main element and is found in
karate, Wing Chun, Bando and Southern Praying Mantis. * Weapons.
In some forms such as Iaido, Kendo, Fencing, and Bojutsu, there
is the use of old style weaponry. * Grappling and throwing are
also evident. Here they are used in such forms as wrestling,
Judo, Shuai Jiao, Sambo, Naban, and Qin Na.

Most individuals that study martial arts will study several or
many of these different areas of combat. Other forms such as
those that come from traditional Chinese arts teach more
including acupuncture, acupressure and bone setting as part of
the study of traditional Chinese Medicine.

Today, martial arts are quite misunderstood. Many have seen it
done on television in various movies and have come to think of
it as just a style of fighting. But, there is much more to it
than that. It is not only in the combat element that martial
arts are quite powerful, but also in the element of self control
and character building. Many parents allow children who
misbehave to take classes not to teach them to fight, but to
teach them control.

Article Source: Understanding Martial Arts A Little Better

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