New Years Day, 2015

Warrior Fitness HQ

Happy New Year, Warriors!

When I first began Warrior Fitness way back in 2008 the goal was simple – utilize my knowledge, training, and experience from several different disciplines under the broad heading of Strength & Conditioning to enhance the performance of martial arts.  I began by creating a unique series of functional training exercises that encompassed mobility, flexibility, strength, conditioning, balance, agility, coordination, and endurance.

This ground breaking work, combining functional strength training with martial skill, was cultivated and put together in the form of my first book, Warrior Fitness: Conditioning for Martial Arts.  The success of the system was evident as testimonials for the book poured in from around the world! (You can read some of the testimonials here)

Over the years I have created 5 additional programs (you can find them here), equally well received, to help continue and expand upon my training system.  You can expect more outstanding training programs coming in 2015!!

And, for those tough-minded individuals who want to test their mettle even more, I have created an online coaching program – warning – this is not for the dabbler or feint of heart!!

Back in 2013, in an effort to clarify the Warrior Fitness Training System, I created the 4 Levels of Preparation and the 3 Paths of the Warrior.  In brief, they are the Path to Strength, Path to Rejuvenation, and the Path to Martial Skill.  These paths and levels of training help to define the system and streamline how I create complete programs that are both effective and efficient.

Just a little more background and I’ll get to the point – don’t worry! 🙂

As many of you know I had my mind blown back in 2009 when I met Dan Harden and started down the path of Internal Power/Aiki training.  After over 20 years of training in the Bujinkan and other martial systems, I thought I had seen it all – I was wrong!  Concurrently, in 2010, I also started training in the Chinese Internal Martial Art of Yiquan which helped further my knowledge and understanding of Internal Power.

For the longest time, in fact up all the way up until 2014, I kept my IP/Aiki training separate and didn’t talk much about the IP/Aiki aspect.  I opened up and started sharing more last year.  You can find all my posts on Internal Power training from 2014 here.

This year I am going much farther…

2015 – The Year of Integrated Strength

Traditionally adepts of Internal Power have forsaken external strength training as not compatible and sometimes even harmful or detrimental to their practice.  As I continue to integrate both aspects into my own personal training, I find this to not be the case.

In fact, using certain training strategies from Warrior Fitness I have been able to blunt many of the purported “negative” side-effects of external strength training upon the softer Internal Power training and combine the 2 for a fully integrated system of developing human strength potential.

Internal Power Training

External Strength Training

 Integrated – “Combining or coordinating separate elements so as to proved a harmonious interrelated whole.”

Strength – “The ability to exert a force against resistance. The ability to resist being moved or broken by a force.”

Some of the questions we will answer in the coming weeks and months…

• How can you successfully train Internal Power and External Strength together to create Integrated Strength?
• Why train them together at all?
• Won’t they just cancel each other out?
• How do you resolve the Tension Paradox since IP is a relaxed whole body power while External Strength Training is marked by whole body tension?
• Should the 2 be trained together from the inside-out or from the outside-in?
• What specific exercises (both internal and external) support the Integrated Strength training method?
• What training methodologies are utilized?
• How will Integrated Strength be taught? Seminar? Workshops? Where???
• Is there a specific program to follow?
• How do I get started down the path of Integrated Strength?
• What are the benefits of integrating both into your practice?

Strap in, folks – this is going to be one hellova year!!

Got more questions you want answered?  Let me know!

Ready to take your Integrated Strength training to a whole new level?

Jon

Jon Haas, "The Warrior Coach" has been training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu for more than 25 years and is currently ranked as a Kudan (9th degree black belt) under Jack Hoban Shihan. He has also trained in Okinawan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Russian Systema, BJJ, Krav Maga, as well as Internal Martial Arts of Yiquan and Aiki.He is a certified Underground Strength Coach-Level 2, a certified Personal Trainer as well as founder of Warrior Fitness Training Systems. In 2008, Jon wrote the book, Warrior Fitness: Conditioning for Martial Arts, and since then has created numerous other online training and coaching programs helping people around the world become the strongest, most capable versions of themselves!

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