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What is a Shinobi?

What is a Shinobi?

  Shinobi. Anyone that has played a video game, watched a martial arts movie, or anime has either heard this term or the more used slang term ninja. Though not many really know that  the true origins of the Shinobi was born from chaos and the shadows during a very turbulent time in Japan’s history. …

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how long is a boxing round

How long is a boxing round?

Boxing didn’t start out as the highly regulated sport that it is today.   Originally it was two opponents punching it out with bare knuckles and there was no limit on the number of rounds the contenders had to endure.  The fight continued until either one of the fighters was either knocked out or had …

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Bullworker Iso-Bow Review

The Bullworker Iso-Bow Review

I’m a huge fan of isometrics and have trained in this fashion for several years. For those unfamiliar with this training concept, it involves pushing or pulling against an immovable object.  For instance, imagine standing facing a wall and trying to push the wall away from you for several seconds (like a vertical bench press).  …

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Isometrics build muscle fast!!

I stumbled onto isometric training purely by accident.  I’m primarily a martial artist and was looking at ways of increasing my strength so that I could dominate larger opponents.  I had tried various exercises involving barbells and dumbbells. However, despite numerous months of training, I felt my grappling strength hadn’t necessarily increased.  It was after …

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chain punching drills

Chain Punching Drills

What is chain punching? Chain punching is one of Wing Chun’s brutally effective punching techniques.  It consists of straight line punches, done in quick succession, that target the opponent’s centreline.  Typically they are aimed at the sternum region and focus on hitting this area over and over again.  I’ve outlined the chain punching drills I’ve …

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