Don Lemmon's KNOW HOW Book Two
Martial Arts Champions Training
The Ultimate Development

People today are caught up in all sorts of fitness crazes and I believe the most dangerous one is cardio kickboxing or any of the variations of aerobics classes that combine martial arts and the group atmosphere. They may be fun and you might feel like you have learned a little about how to punch or kick and defend yourself, but guess again.

A real attacker is something you must connect with. Throwing your fists and feet into the air doesn't prepare you for a fight. Not that you want to fight, but no one who is mugged, raped or in other frightening situations ever wants to either.

If you take up real fighting courses, you will not only attain a skill you might use one day, but you will get into a heck of a lot better shape than any aerobics instructor could hope to be. Take a look around you sometime, there is a reason the class is full of overweight people, it is too easy on them. If it weren't, they'd never last. Here is what I want you to consider:

• I recommend getting instruction in boxing. Learn to use a speed bag (your opponent may be a boxer). You do not necessarily need to know ring strategy, but learning how to use your hands in case of a real fighting situation is very important.
  
  
• Don't get caught up in the sporting aspects or thinking that a boxing aerobics class will make you street ready. Doing just 5 minutes on a speed bag like Rocky after a weight training workout is not only good for your heart, but it is good for eye to hand coordination.
  
  
• In addition to this, because kicking thin air does nothing for you, I also recommend practicing Muay Thai. This requires a heavy bag or something else that hangs a little lower than your hips because you will use a lot of knee and shin blows during the sessions. An opponent on the street may be a pro at kickboxing and depending on an aerobics class or a dance class for kicking defenses will never prepare you for a martial artist's onslaught!
  
  
• My last recommendation is that you look into ground fighting, something like Jiu Jitsu (without the use of a uniform/gee). You had better learn this before your attacker forces you into a wrestling match. 

Unless you want to fight professionally, and sometimes people do, this will be all you need. It will probably come as quite the surprise as to how much fat you will lose the first month, but it will also be interesting to note how confident you will become too. How good you get, and how fit you become, will be determined by your attention to detail and consistency in rehearsing these arts after each weight training session (3 times a week).

Do not become fascinated by rewards like belts and trophies. On the street, there are no rules or 'time outs', not even a bell or a referee, let alone a belt check. There is an old saying, "Everyone wants to be a fighter until they get hit." Let's not get hit, and if we do, let's be prepared to hit back.

Your Goals For Combining Fitness And Self Defense Are As Follows:

• Learn how to put different techniques together that work best for you.
  
  
• Understand how, where, why, and when to strike and/or protect yourself.
  
  
• DIRTY FIGHTING techniques can be avoided and/or used to your advantage.
  
  
• Accept that you must defend yourself on your own terms and feel secure about it.
  
  
• Have the martial knowledge & timing to pull it off successfully without regret.

There are a thousand different moves and techniques and a million different ways of applying them. The combinations of all these moves and techniques are therefore countless and infinite. You should always use only what is quick, easy, effective and efficient for you. It is you who is ultimately more important than the system of the fighting arts you are learning.

Realize that every situation and instructor is going to be different. No matter the situation, you must always consider the possibility that a trip to the store, to the gym, the bank or worse, sleeping at home, may lead to an attack by a stranger or someone we happen to know. It is best to be prepared and not have to use your skills, than to need skills you do not have!

For more, take a look at Don Lemmon's KNOW HOW Book Two: The Ultimate Development which features our very own take on Martial Arts Champions training programs through the eyes of those who partake in the best of the best instruction the world has to offer. Just as you never want to be seen out of shape, you also never want to be taken off guard.

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