Guest guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 > > As you may know, the founder of this forum, the late Mel C. Siff, > Ph.D., was a martial artist > > among other things. The archives of this group contain at least a > few messages from him > > regarding training for martial artists. Dr. Siff's posts have been > archived at " google > > groups, " and you may find the search features at that site somewhat > easier to use or more > > effective than the ones here. I'll try to post a link here, but I'm > not sure whether it will > > work: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/siff-archive > > > > If discussions about training for boxers interests you, then > searches of this forum for > > words like " boxer, " " boxing, " " punch " and " punching " might retrieve > several threads on > > that subject. The below link may be helpful: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/fightscience/index.html Carruthers Wakefield, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Greetings Dan: Thank you for your reply - I will take your response in the positive spirit intended. I agree with you that nothing beats practical experience in learning. Just to clarify, my interest is in traditional martial arts (aikido primarily, but also iaido, jujitsu, tai-chi), and not combat sports per se (too old to be a UFC practitioner now!!). I guess at different point in one's life/training, one needs different kinds of learning. If you are too much of an intellectual type, you need to get down and dirty and learn practical nuances first. If you have done or do the dirty work, then it will help to organize knowledge in one's head, both for one's own clarity and especially to teach others, if one is a teacher. Last year, I was training in martial arts/weights almost 5-6 days per week, so I understand what you mean by " getting down and dirty " . I think I overtrained - getting bad upper back spasms after swinging a metal sword 1,000 times one day - try it, it is very down and dirty After getting through some really rough patches, I have slowed down, and have started looking for principles and good knowledge, well-communicated - hence also my irritation at well-meaning, skilled teachers not able to teach well (esp in martial arts; I am not talking about Olympic coaches - they can't have the luxury of teaching in flowery language without results, just as true combat teachers and students can't have either - can you imagine samurais of old and modern Special Forces candidates being taught like that!!). I feel there is a lack of martial arts teachers who truly understand biomechanics/anatomy, principles of sports training, and so on, and I don't want to be one of them - there is just too much emphasis on tradition, but not on current scientific knowledge. Anyway, I am very much a thinking type guy - a PhD, 2 masters degrees, engineering, etc. so I knew that was a danger (of being an egghead) when I started my martial arts training 20 or so years ago. My teachers said - don't think, just practice - limited advice, now I think, as it works only for some people in some situations. Too much practice without thinking is as bad as too much thinking without practice. I am ready for some thinking while practicing, having paid my dues with enough pain and bad training (by the way, my bio, teaching/training schedule is at yuwakan.com, if anyone cares). Again, I truly appreciate your reply and suggestions and only wish I had found this group sooner - Jaideep Mukherjee, Ph. D. Sensei, yuwakan.com > > > > > > Greetings Everyone: > > > > > > I apologize if this question has been asked and answered before. Is > > > there a list of essential books that you think one should read for > > > high-level (super-)training? From reading some posts (I am a very new > > > member), I am thinking Mel Siff, and some Russian authors (Coach > > > mentioned them) seem required reading. Is there a list > > > somewhere on a website or on Amazon that I can refer to? The problem > > > is many times there is a lot of over-commercialization and selling, so > > > it is difficult to find out what is good and what is not. > > > > > > Also, are there websites where one can get at least some of the > > > articles that many people refer to. Google is on a project to digitize > > > all books/articles but we are not there yet. I am interested in many > > > sports medicine/performance articles but it is very difficult to find > > > esp if they are published in other countries. Not working in academia, > > > it is difficult to get access to the best journals/books etc. Please > > > advise if you can. > > > > > > My primary interest is martial arts (aikido, iaido, aikijujitsu, > > > tai-chi) and not weight-lifting/powerlifting, which seems to be the > > > main focus here. I'd think principles of optimal performance are > > > universal, hence my strong interest in joining this group. > > > > > > Best regards and thanks > > > > > > Jaideep Mukherjee, Ph. D. > > > Houston USA > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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