I had the privilege of attending Lee Wedlake and Dr. Rowe's first ever "Functional Anatomy for Martial Artists" seminar. This is a must for all instructors and serious martial artists! Instructors often teach students that if they do "a certain move" on an opponent the effect will be a break or injury. However; if a practitioner themselves move in an incorrect way, the effect on themselves may also result in a break or serious injury.
Ed Parker often stated that; "The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor." Taking SGM Parker's quote to the next level, participants in these seminars will learn the "hows" that make these "whys" work or in some cases not work.
I can't wait for part two of this seminar series.
Tim Walker, 4th degree black belt
American Kenpo Karate University, Inc.
Information of interest to practitioners of tai chi.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Functional Anatomy Seminar
Professional Development Seminar
Functional Anatomy for the Martial Artist, Part One
A one-day, team-taught seminar on how major joints work and what can happen when they are subjected to force. The yin and yang of this is how you can hurt yourself by improper body mechanics or how the martial techniques may be applied to injure the joint.
WHO: Kenpo professor Lee Wedlake and Marc Rowe, M.D. will team teach this seminar. Dr. Rowe is Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Pittsburgh and a retired surgeon with years of practice of Yang tai chi.
WHEN: Saturday, June 25. 9am to 4pm
WHY: The impetus of this seminar was from students in our tai chi and kenpo classes expressing interest in the basics of functional anatomy we taught. It is important to know how your joints are designed to work best to prevent damage from repetitive, incorrect movement or trauma induced by impact and twisting as is taught in martial applications. This is needed to protect oneself in training or to gain insight as to what is actually happening when you apply defensive techniques.
HOW: Participants will get classroom work through lecture and PowerPoint presentation mixed with supervised hands-on practice of technique application. New students of tai chi along with experienced kenpo practitioners will be introduced to the applications of tai chi self-defense. We anticipate the kenpo people can be of great value in assisting the tai chi students in practice with a partner. This makes it much easier for those unaccustomed to such hands-on training to gain insights into the “why” we do what we do in a safe, controlled environment.
HOW: Participants will get classroom work through lecture and PowerPoint presentation mixed with supervised hands-on practice of technique application. New students of tai chi along with experienced kenpo practitioners will be introduced to the applications of tai chi self-defense. We anticipate the kenpo people can be of great value in assisting the tai chi students in practice with a partner. This makes it much easier for those unaccustomed to such hands-on training to gain insights into the “why” we do what we do in a safe, controlled environment.
WHERE: Location: Celebration Hotel, 700 Bloom St, Celebration, FL. (near Orlando)
Registration and fee: Space limited, pre-registration required. You can register by e-mail or phone. $100 to Lee Wedlake’s Karate Studio, Inc. Check, cash or PayPal.
There will be a lunch break on your own. A “Get To Know Dr. Rowe” gathering will also be held; day/time/place TBA.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tai Chi May Help Heart Failure Patients
These are extracted from the whole article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Article by Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- The ancient Chinese exercise of Tai chi may improve quality of life for people suffering from heart failure, Harvard researchers report.Tai chi combines flowing circular movements, balance and weight-shifting, breathing techniques and focused internal awareness. It has already been shown to be helpful with a number of medical conditions, including hypertension (high blood pressure), balance and musculoskeletal diseases, and fibromyalgia, the researchers noted."Tai chi training improved important parameters of quality of life, mood and confidence to perform exercise in patients with heart failure," said lead researcher Dr. Gloria Yeh, from the division of general medicine and primary care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
For the study, Yeh's team randomly assigned 100 heart failure patients to a 12-week Tai chi program or to educational sessions about heart failure.The researchers found that although both groups had similar oxygen use during six-minute walks, those who practiced Tai chi showed greater improvements in quality of life, which was measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.In addition, those taking part in Tai chi also showed improvement in mood and improvement in the number of calories burned each week, compared with those in the education program, the researchers added.People with chronic heart failure suffer from the inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently to meet the body's needs. The condition causes shortness of breath, coughing, chronic venous congestion, ankle swelling and difficulty exercising.
"As a complement to standard medical care, this study has demonstrated that Tai chi enhanced quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy," Fonarow said. "Tai chi appears to be a safe alternative to low- to moderate-intensity conventional exercise training in patients with heart failure. Further studies are needed to compare Tai chi to aerobic exercise training, and to determine if participation in Tai chi will have a favorable impact on risk of hospitalization or survival in patients with heart failure."
Article by Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- The ancient Chinese exercise of Tai chi may improve quality of life for people suffering from heart failure, Harvard researchers report.Tai chi combines flowing circular movements, balance and weight-shifting, breathing techniques and focused internal awareness. It has already been shown to be helpful with a number of medical conditions, including hypertension (high blood pressure), balance and musculoskeletal diseases, and fibromyalgia, the researchers noted."Tai chi training improved important parameters of quality of life, mood and confidence to perform exercise in patients with heart failure," said lead researcher Dr. Gloria Yeh, from the division of general medicine and primary care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.
For the study, Yeh's team randomly assigned 100 heart failure patients to a 12-week Tai chi program or to educational sessions about heart failure.The researchers found that although both groups had similar oxygen use during six-minute walks, those who practiced Tai chi showed greater improvements in quality of life, which was measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire.In addition, those taking part in Tai chi also showed improvement in mood and improvement in the number of calories burned each week, compared with those in the education program, the researchers added.People with chronic heart failure suffer from the inability of the heart to pump blood efficiently to meet the body's needs. The condition causes shortness of breath, coughing, chronic venous congestion, ankle swelling and difficulty exercising.
"As a complement to standard medical care, this study has demonstrated that Tai chi enhanced quality of life, mood and exercise self-efficacy," Fonarow said. "Tai chi appears to be a safe alternative to low- to moderate-intensity conventional exercise training in patients with heart failure. Further studies are needed to compare Tai chi to aerobic exercise training, and to determine if participation in Tai chi will have a favorable impact on risk of hospitalization or survival in patients with heart failure."
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Green tea and tai chi
Doc Rowe sent this along about green tea and tai chi being good for post-menopausal women. He thought the study structure could be better but the idea is interesting.
http://asn-cdn-remembers.s3.amazonaws.com/08879102ee441a9a3970d15d059627c9.pdf
http://asn-cdn-remembers.s3.amazonaws.com/08879102ee441a9a3970d15d059627c9.pdf
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Web resource for internal practitioners
This is an e-magazine, "Nurturing Life". http://www.yang-sheng.com/
The Crocodile and the Crane
I was given this book as a gift by Marc Sigle on my last trip to Germany. It's a story wrapped around an American chi-kung master but not a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon type of story. I did not know how to describe it but when I looked at the back cover, there it was in small print; Fiction/Martial Arts Fiction/Apocalyptic Thriller. I didn't know they had an Apocalyptic Thriller catagory.
I read it quickly. It had just enough detail on chi-kung and martial arts to keep me interested as well as a story that kept moving. The author is a well-versed martial artist. His bio says he did some kenpo.
If you're into Chinese martial arts I think you'll like it. $12.95, ISBN-13 is 978-1-59439-087-6.
http://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Crane-Novel-Immortality-Apocalypse/dp/1594390878
I read it quickly. It had just enough detail on chi-kung and martial arts to keep me interested as well as a story that kept moving. The author is a well-versed martial artist. His bio says he did some kenpo.
If you're into Chinese martial arts I think you'll like it. $12.95, ISBN-13 is 978-1-59439-087-6.
http://www.amazon.com/Crocodile-Crane-Novel-Immortality-Apocalypse/dp/1594390878
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