Isometric Breathing – Lessons from Martin “Farmer” Burns
Martin “Farmer” Burns was a world champion Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestler as well as a coach of many other famous wrestlers such as the great Frank Gotch. In 1914, Burns published a 96-page mail-order course entitled Lessons in Wrestling and Physical Culture, which incorporated breathing techniques, calisthenics, stamina exercises, and wrestling techniques. It was made famous (again) in…
The Failure of Yogic Breathing
There are many different systems of breath work out there that focus on relaxed breathing and stress reduction that also talk about how to increase breath control and expand the practitioner’s lung capacity. Unfortunately the majority of these systems fall short due to the fact that they tend to focus the bulk (or all) of their work on…
3 Months to Live
I had a very interesting conversation the other day with an elderly Chinese gentleman. At 74 years young he still works part-time as a medical doctor and is in excellent health. He told me that back in 1982 in China he was diagnosed with a very severe lung problem, which was slowly reducing his breathing…
Breath and Body Coordination
Matching breath to body movement is a key skill in learning how to power movement with the breath. This matching can be as simple as inhaling on an expanding, opening, or lengthening movements and exhaling on contracting or closing movements. Under resistance though we begin to look at the idea of exhaling on effort to…
End of Summer 50% OFF Sale!
All Warrior Fitness Training System Programs are 50% Off! Sale ends Labor Day, September 2nd, at midnight! Ninja Mission Program 1 – “The Sword Master” You will train like the ninja of feudal Japan preparing body, mind, and spirit through rigorous physical training and martial practice. Every Ninja Mission will include: Brand…
Breathe Through Your Heels
Chuang Tzu (c.370-286 BC) said, “The breathing of the superior man comes from his heels, while men generally breathe only from their throats…” When performing these types of exercises it is important to realize that breathing is not simply a mechanical process where we see our lungs operating as a kind of bellows, drawing in…
Who is This Program for Anyway?
It recently came to my attention (yesterday, as a matter of fact) that several people are under the impression that my Evolve Your Breathing program is only meant for a small demographic of the population, ie – male martial artists. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but the last time I checked 100%, that means…
How I Healed My Neck with Mobility & Breathing
Several years ago, back in about 2004, I severely injured my neck. At the time it happened, it didn’t feel too bad. I thought it was something I would just shake off and keep going. However, when I woke up the following morning, I realized I was in severe pain and couldn’t move my neck.…
Why You STILL Don’t Breathe Properly
I know, I know. You’ve been breathing your entire life so how could you be doing it wrong? You practice all day, every day, right? So you’re thinking – Pretty simple stuff here – in through the nose, out through the mouth, what’s so difficult about this? How could I possibly be screwing it up? I…
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