It’s a moment that’s happened to every martial artist. You envision the technique in your mind. You watch others do it. It looks crisp. It seems effective, or at least it seems really cool.

Then you go to do the same technique yourself. It feels clunky. Heavy. Slow. Weak. It doesn’t matter if it happened at a test, a tournament, a demo, or in your own back yard. 

That feeling, feeling like your body just can’t do what your mind can imagine… it sucks. Hence the name.

And when you see a video recording? Forget it. Abject humiliation. You feel like “the suck” was right. It sucked. 

Allow Me to Introduce Myself…

As a kid, I loved martial arts more than anything. I thought about it from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed. But martial arts did not necessarily love me back. 

I was… to put it politely… chubby. My torso was too long compared to my legs. I had not come into my own physically yet at all. This spelled disaster for my attempts to avoid that feeling like my mind could conceive martial arts my body simply couldn’t do.

But as is often the case with unrequited love, I made up my mind to simply try harder. I practiced more. I read martial arts books. I swapped VHS tapes with my classmates. I cross-trained. Perhaps most importantly, I read martial arts magazines.

It was there that I learned about a new phenomenon: mixed martial arts. And in reading the monthly profiles of this new breed of fighters, I realized they were all lifting weights and doing conditioning training. So, in my never-ending quest to be better at martial arts, I too started strength and conditioning training.

And It WORKED!

Within weeks, my blocking and footwork was sharper. My kicks were a little snappier. Within a few weeks, my kicks were not any higher because my hips were the shape they were, but I could max out my height with far greater ease.

Within a few months, I could lean and tilt more and my kicks did in fact become higher.

I lost weight. I was less sore, and I was getting hurt less. This led to fewer missed workouts, fewer practice sessions cut short, and more progress. Soon, I was breaking more boards, my forms were looking sharper, my sleeves were popping louder and more frequently. I was hobbling around less on balance-heavy techniques.

Strength and conditioning had taken my martial arts practice from underwhelming, to increasingly fulfilling.

Fast Forward to Today…

I have been a strength coach and personal trainer for a dozen years now. I have become very good at the science and art of strength and conditioning. And now, I am bringing it to the traditional martial arts world.

I’m gonna shoot straight with you… You either could yourself, or you have students or training partners who could benefit from a solid strength and conditioning program. I know this because I can count on one hand the martial arts programs I’ve seen that were maxed out for athleticism across the ranks.

This isn’t your fault. This is the weird mindset of the martial arts world. 

• “You don’t need to lift weights, martial arts is the workout!”

• “Practicing martial arts is the only way to get better at martial arts!”

• “Too much muscle will make you bulky and slow!”

Yes, in a sense, each of these things is true. But let me ask you this: if you cloned yourself and that clone had exactly as much practice and exactly the mental training you have, but then we genetically modified that clone to be faster and stronger than you, who would win in a fight?

Of course the faster, stronger martial artist wins, all else being equal!

That’s where I come in.

If you go to your local gym, they are almost certainly trained to do one of two things: help you put on show-pony muscle, or help you burn fat. Both great goals! Both will help you with martial arts! But neither one is directly focused on improving your martial arts. 

That’s what I do.

If you go to a UFC or MMA-style gym that has a S&C coach, they are going to train you like a professional athlete. Those guys are training for elite stamina and elite strength. Again, this will help you. But training for what you actually do (traditional martial arts) will help you more. 

That’s what I do.

Well What’s the Difference?

First of all, instead of two or three hours a day, I look for two or three hours of weight training per week with most people. The amount of progress you can make in that amount of time will truly blow your mind.

Second, I tailor everything I have you do, to the goals of traditional martial arts. This means more focus on balance, kick control, and snappy technique, and less focus on the ability to go all-out in a jiujitsu sprint with a strength demon.

And third (and most importantly), I show you how and why we do all the things we do, so you can always evolve your training to where your martial arts practice takes you.

Bruce Lee Was A Pioneer of Strength and Conditioning

It has always confused me how many martial artists believe that a handful of push-ups, wall sits, and rotary jogging are all the S&C they need. Bruce Lee trained like an absolute demon.

He would go to the gym and do close to a hundred sets of strength training per day. In many ways, he was a decade or two ahead of his time. In other ways, he was a product of his time. As the science catches up, we know some things Bruce could have done better in the gym.

Still, it’s hard to argue with results. He was the best. If he could have been 1% better, well… so what?

And Bruce left clues. Both martial artists and strength coaches have been lifting ideas from Bruce Lee’s methods for decades.

Weirdly, not that many people are applying his principles to both areas. 

That’s what I do.

You Don’t Have to Feel “The Suck.”

Your techniques can be snappy. Your kicks can be high. Your balance can be sturdy. Your footwork can be smooth. You can miss fewer practices. You can practice harder. Feel better. Look better. Have more fun doing martial arts.

Okay I Get It. What’s Next?

I am hosting an online webinar where I’m going to talk specifically about how you can train balance, mobility, and core strength for martial arts. There are additional perks, freebies, etc., At the end, we’ll go over what next steps exist if you’re interested.

But don’t get it twisted… this is not some sales gimmick. This isn’t a “loss leader” or a “top-of-funnel offering” or whatever the marketers are calling a hook this season.

It does all those things, but whether you leave early or you hire me long-term on the spot, this is the best 90 minutes I can give you.

We’ll talk about what I recommend people do.

We’ll talk about why.

We’ll hopefully give you something you can take away that will make you a better, stronger, sharper martial artist.

And even though I offer the same service I’ve made a career charging hundreds of dollars for… I’m doing it completely for free.

That’s right. Zero percent risk. You have nothing to lose but “the suck.”

Register here!

Thank you so much for reading this. I look forward to working with you at the next Karate Body seminar.

P.S. I only take a limited number of attendees for these because I want to keep it personal and help everyone where they’re at. Register soon! When spots are gone, they’re just gone until the next webinar.