Henley park Martial arts group

17/02/2026

How much do you weigh?(100kg) Take away 25%(75kg), then put into Google. I do x amount of reps at the 75% weight. What is my 1 rep max or 1RM. This will tell you how much you can lift in a push up or bench press. At your max ALLOUT effort.

17/02/2026

We all struggle with mental health at times. This is me heavily in the throes of it but training eight hours a day, six days a week. It's up to you if you want to put that first job offer in another area that makes it impossible to go to your dojo or wait for the right time or job to come up. It wasn't until I had a full time job I was promoted to a higher grade as I was then expected to somehow rapidly progress in six months towards a marathon grading while also under the conditions of everyone else at the dojo. While this is a unique experience it harks to the importance of simplification of training and training towards grade requirements. It wasn't a conscious decision at the time but I had done a fair share of training other parts of karate that weren't as much tested in the grading. Impact conditioning was not really a road I went down despite its benefits. Perfect training as it turns out for our non-combative and perfectly safe Henley park Martial arts group. And remember there are no ranks or hierarchy at the group. Just sharing what is effective and our own journeys in martial arts as it is in us and not outside the self.

17/02/2026

Hi all, on your martial arts journey it will inevitably test your mental health. Here are some common mistakes people make with their mental health wherever they are coming from. Working on your MHealth is essential to your martial arts journey because you will often be either preparing to do a training session or dealing with your personal life so that you can make your training session. Hope these are helpful. ⭐ You're a star.

17/02/2026

Hi fellow martial artists. Here are a few modern martial arts series and a recent movie by Scott Adkins. Also, 'Blades of the guardians' starring Jet Li came out in American cinemas today. I can say I am looking forward to this one, there are also some modern martial arts stars of a new generation in the BoG movie as well. All these listed tv series and the Scott Adkins movie I would rate 5/5 stars and 100% rotten tomatoes!

16/02/2026

Okay fellow martial artists or beginners. Group meeting tomorrow afternoon 4:30-5:30. See you all there.

14/02/2026

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12/02/2026

It takes 83 days to lose all your strength gains...

12/02/2026

A common senjo pattern in Karate. Identical to a tungsten atom magnified. The heaviest metal on earth. A pattern that was created in traditional karate long before chemistry was at this level of magnification.

12/02/2026

To get the IAP (intra abdominal pressure or "power house").further information...you want a stacked position for the cylinder. Not 'tipping the bowl' as they say in Tai chi. Tai chi also uses the IAP to varying levels during certain movements. As it can be applied 1% to 100%

12/02/2026

In the 14 th C Pope Benedict XI asked the land or the empire to find someone who could draw a perfect circle. The artist Giotto did it freehand. This is an inspiring tale as I have drawn 66 circles in a row to try and perfect a circle. Very difficult and didn't come close. Karate is like this with technique. Karate without technique learned through perfect demonstration from an instructor or an advanced student can be pretty boring long term. But to perfect technique as required in one's own mind is tirelessly a goal worth pursuing like Giotto's circle seperated one from many.

11/02/2026

11/02/2026

IAP intra abdominal pressure. You can take a horse to water but you can't make them drink...tension 360 degrees around of your abdominals as you inhale creates IAP which creates a "power house"