Martial Arts Instructor's Manual TRAINING METHODS FROM EVERY ~~~~~ MAJOR MARTIAL ART ~~~~~ ~~THE ULTIMATE WEB SITE FOR ~ ~~INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS ~ The Martial Arts Instructor's Manual is a collection of over 50 different training ideas to improve your personal advancement or the advancement of your students. Information on all aspects of martial arts training, from the most modern to the most ancient, have been collected from skilled martial artists from around the world. All styles and all levels are represented. All of the training tips are for techniques that are common to most martial arts. You can choose the best training tips from all styles allowing you to capitalize on their various strengths. All of the techniques are divided into one of four categories; BODY CONDITIONING: to improve strength, flexibility, speed, reflexes, ..... TECHNIQUES: to improve hand strikes, kicks, takedowns, grappling, ..... SPARRING: to improve both tournament and street fighting. PHILOSOPHY: to improve the mind. ****************************************************** Drop me a line and let me know what you think. I can be reached at: TABER@IRC.LAN.NRC.CA Here is some additional information you may find interesting. About the Manual About the Creator of the Manual How to Contribute to the Manual LFowler's Martial Arts Home Page About the Manual The Martial Arts Instructor's Manual was originally conceived in 1988 by me, Bruce Taber. Over the years I have had the opportunity to train with many excellent instructors from around the world. Much of this training was in the form of seminars. From every seminar I found I was able to adapt what I had learned so as to improve my personal growth in the arts. I also found that many of the drills that I performed at these seminars could be adapted to benefit my students. The greater the number of drills that I had at my disposal, the better I was able to address the needs of my students. I conceived of the manual as a way of "tapping in" to the collective knowledge of other martial artists. I started the manual as a monthly newsletter that was available by subscription. Subscribers were encouraged to contribute their training ideas to be published in the manual. In this way the manual would contain training ideas from a multitude of different arts. For a submission to be included in the manual it had to address an aspect of training that would appeal to many styles and arts. In this way the content did not become limited to specific arts. The manual was published for a few years, but eventually the number of submissions declined to the point that I had to pull the plug. With my discovery of the cyber martial arts world on the Internet, I decided I would share my collected knowledge with my fellow martial artists. All of the training techniques in the manual were written by me unless otherwise stated. The specific ideas came from many martial artists of many different styles that I have had the enjoyment of learning from and with over the years. I hope you enjoy it. back to main index About the Creator of the Manual My name is Bruce Taber. I have been training in the arts since 1981. I am currently a 2nd Dan in Can-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu under the head of the system, Kyoshi John Therien. I teach at the Hazeldean Martial Arts Centre which is located just outside Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Can-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu is a style of Jiu-Jitsu that has a heavy Karate influence. The basic concept the style is based upon is blow-throw-blow. This means that, generally speaking, to escape from a grab the opponent is hit, thrown to the ground, then hit again. The style is harder than most Jiu-Jitsu styles. A multitude of joint locks and chokes are also taught. A variety of hand strikes as well as low and high kicks are also part of the basic curriculum. Karate-style point sparring is also taught. This diversity of techniques makes Can-Ryu a very well rounded art and it allows its practitioners to easily incorporate techniques from other styles. For the last few years I have been personally concentrating on two aspects of the arts, stress in combat and knife defense. My stress research has concentrated on methods of fighting in high-stress situations. Most experienced martial artists are aware of the difficulty in executing good techniques under the stress and speed of a real confrontation. Recently this has been well demonstrated in the 'Ultimate Fighting Championships'. My knife defense research has lead to the development of what I refer to as 'High Stress Knife Defense' This is a system that is relatively simple to learn and retain. It provides an effective method of empty hand defense against a knife. The movements require only gross motor skills and are not dependent on the angle of attack. I have not added anything to this manual in the past few years. There are many drills that I have developed or have learned over this time, and now that the manual is on the web I will add them as time permits. Drop me a line. I can be reached at: taber@irc.lan.nrc.ca back to main index How to Contribute to the Manual Contributing to the manual is simple. Just send your training idea to me by E-mail. I will review it and maybe edit it. If it is suitable I will add it to the manual and list you as a contributor. Additions are made only a few times per year. Simple ! E-mail me at: taber@irc.lan.nrc.ca back to main index Accessed since 5Jan96.