I’ve said time and time again that fitness is a very important part of the life of any serious martial artist.  With that in mind, a few months ago I started looking into some proper exercise equipment for the house.  Let’s face it – most people dont get to the gym as much as they should, and having something at home can be very handy (so long as the problem is one of time, and not one of motivation).  In the end, I settled on what you see here: the Bowflex Revolution.  We’ve all seen the ads on TV, but that doesnt prove anything.  What everyone wants to know is whether or not it is any good.  Well, it has been a few months and so I think I’m ready to give it my verdict.

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For the last month or two… I really cannot remember exactly when I started to do this every morning; I have been weight lifting with our bowflex.  I read through the book and found that it was too confusing and took a few exercises and made them my own.  There are 4 exercises I took from the book, and modified a bit, and then there are 3 I just kind of made up.  I started with 10 lbs on each side and have added 5 lbs on each side this weekend.
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Many of you may have noticed that my Video of the Day posts have largely been instructional in nature of late.  I am probably going to scale that back, and move back to the older style of more fun videos.  However, those videos are NOT going away.  In fact, you can expect to see a lot more of them.  I have created a new section of the site called Learning Resources which will feature instructional videos for a variety of Martial Arts.  I will try to get a link added up to the top shortly, so start watching, learning, and having fun!

I thought it might be cool to look at some Sai techniques today.  The Sai has fallen out of fashion since the heydey of The Ninja Turtles, but that doesnt make it any less effective.

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