Martial Arts

Kettlebells are almost an unfair advantage!

Kettlebells will condition your body so that it’s ready for any form of combat. To quote Pavel Tsatsouline you'll have ‘the work capacity of an android and the pain tolerance of an immortal’.

Increased Striking Power through the core

As any smart martial artist knows, the power of most valid techniques comes from the body’s core (hips and torso). The inherent nature of many Kettlebell drills targets these key areas of strength and power. This transmits into lethal strikes delivered with brutal force at breakneck speed.

The Kettlebell’s unique offset centre of mass makes it the ultimate ‘free’ weight. Your body’s core musculature is constantly being challenged just to control the Kettlebell and maintain static and/or dynamic posture. Skill, timing and coordination are required- all key attributes of a top martial artist.

Effortlessly absorb shock

During many Kettlebell drills the weight will rotate around your hand and impact your forearm. This teaches the body to absorb shock, resulting in a more resilient body capable of brushing off body shots with ease. There are other exercises like hot potato and open palm clean, not to mention, heavy pressing, double cleans and others that teach shock absorption throughout the whole body, stance and torso.

Resilient muscles & joints

The high-speed ballistic movements featured in many Kettlebell drills are extremely effective at developing muscle force. These extreme loads that your muscles are exposed to help develop cable- like strength without unnecessary bulk.

When the muscles are exposed to these high forces, the connective tissues surrounding your joints are also strengthened- resulting in improved transmission of force up the chain with minimal energy wasted.

Grip strength

The unusually thick Kettlebell handle makes every Kettlebell exercise an extreme grip workout. One of the Kettlebell’s unique features is that it can be used bottom up. An exercise involving cleaning and pressing the Kettlebell bottom up is your ticket to a crushing grip that will be feared and avoided!

Never-quit Stamina

Increasing endurance levels is vital to all martial artists. Often a fight will be decided not by the strongest at the beginning of the fight but by the one who is strongest once fatigue sets in.

High rep Kettlebell drills are second to none in developing strength and endurance. Exercises like the clean & jerk, snatches and swings are full body exercises making them far superior to high-rep isolation movements often seen in commercial gyms.

Flexibility

It is hard to find exercises that are better at developing strength and flexibility simultaneously. Gone are the days of feeling muscle bound from weight training- your shoulders and hips will feel springy and loose, and have the strength to match at extreme ranges of motion.

Increase your speed

Develop your explosive fast twitch fibres through rapid acceleration of the Kettlebell. Take the brick from under your brake pedal and pound your opponents to pulp with explosive strikes!

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