I’d developed cellulitis in my thumb the week previous as a result of biting off a tiny piece of skin at the cuticle. I’d visited the Emergency Department five days earlier and had it examined, when it first began to swell. The human mouth contains more germs than a dog’s, apparently.
What’s the difference between warming up for fitness and warming up for self-defence training?
One is psychological, the other is slightly physical. When I teach, I have three-tiered mindset: scared, angry and controlled mindset. Those are the three I play with. The warm up is about getting you into that frame of mind. Visualisation, self-talk. With fitness, there’s only a little bit of self-talk in that.
Jim Armstrong, Dean of Raw Combatives, deals with the vagaries of combat described by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman in his seminal books On Combat and On Killing.
Grossman devised a scale to chart the way in which an individual’s motor control deteriorates when the heart rate becomes accelerated by the stress of an impending human conflict. While all accelerated heart rates result in a deterioration in performance, psychological stress is a different stimulus that brings a unique set of problems.
Do you have to train for the same activity differently, depending on the stress, even if the skills you employ are the same? Grossman says you do, the US military believe him and this is what Jim Armstrong thinks about it.
Shihan Cameron Quinn regales the Tyger with insights into why – and how – a rock climber comes to qualify as a warrior.
I recently came across the following article and successfully bought my iPhone under control. A excellent guide to controlling the insidious device.
“Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life.”
Susan David,
During her TED talk entitled, ‘The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage.’
There’s a problem with ‘modern’ gym training: you’re expected to leave your brain at the door. In reality, whether this is a good or bad thing is irrelevant; it’s not actually possible. Your mind has a habit of following you everywhere and demands to be involved in everything.
The following was the basis for a discussion on the ABC FM Radio National ‘Life Matters’ segment.
If you google Wim Hof, Wikipedia will tell you that he is a Dutch daredevil, famous for feats of seemingly supernatural endurance.
Want to include boxing in your fitness regime? Here's 7 tips from trainer Jarrod Boyle working with first timer Amanda Smith.
Posted by ABC RN Life Matters on Friday, 2 June 2017