Good health is a high priority for many people, but what you may not realize is that a large portion of your health is directly tied to your stress level. Stress can make us eat more or less than a healthy amount, sleep much less, or maybe even cause physical pain and hurt to parts of our body while leaving …
Holding Thai pads is beneficial to not only the striker but also the pad holder. The pad holder’s job is to provide good targets for their partner with an aim of making the striker better. In doing so, the pad holder has to work on their timing, concentration, and accuracy. If you actively hold pads for others, here are some basics you …
Losing Weight in Your Sleep: How Good Sleep Habits are Vital to Good Health This is Part 2 of a Two Part Article. You can find Part 1 HERE How to Adopt Good Sleep Habits Getting eight hours of sleep is fine in theory, but for most adults, this can be quite challenging. The fast pace of modern lives coupled …
How Martial Arts Can Help With Child Obesity According to World Health Organization, childhood obesity has increased dramatically since 1990. This presents a serious public health problem, as obese children are more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases or diabetes at a young age. Furthermore, childhood obesity has negative effects on mental health, as it’s connected with a number of psychosocial …
Happy Birthday Kru Brian Naidu! Happy birthday to this handsome stud, Kru Brian Naidu! Kru Brian does a great job as one of the leaders of our Teen Muay Thai class. And recently he’s been making these awesome videos of our classes here at KOMBAT. Thank you Brian for your support at KOMBAT and have a great Bday!
Losing Weight in Your Sleep: How Good Sleep Habits are Vital to Good Health This is Part 1 of a 2 Part article. Losing weight can be incredibly difficult. From 8:00 AM jogs to less than appetizing diets, shedding pounds certainly takes some sacrifice. But what if you were told that one of the most crucial components of weight loss …
Strength Training for the Martial Artist One of my associates made a very good observation; there are a lot of martial artists that spend a lot of time on conditioning, but not so much on developing strength. Typically you will see most practitioners of the martial arts doing tons of pushups, skipping rope and maybe some “functional training” stuff like …
Last year, we had Henri Hooft, trainer to UFC, Glory and other professional combat fighters at KOMBAT ARTS. Henri will be making his return to KOMBAT in March 2017. Details to follow. Here is one of Kru Joey’s favorite combo from that workshop:
Congratulations to Kyran Cameron who won his first Muay Thai fight in Thailand. He won via TKO in the second round with leg kicks. Here’s the fight:
Congrats to Andrew Bolechowsky for losing 50lb through nutrition coaching, and consistent training. Andrew says “About a year ago I was very overwieght weighing about 211 lbs @ 5’10” when I began to get nutritional coaching from my kru and sifu Joey of the Kombat Arts Training Academy in Mississauga Ontario. Today I saw myself at a healthy 161 lbs, …