Warriors Path Combat Fitness is a program designed to help
fitness enthusiast and martial artist maintain a high level of physical
ability. It was designed inside the martial arts school by Sifu Alan Baker and
is heavily influence by the many martial arts systems he has studied throughout
his life. Warriors Path is divided up into different areas of study. The
different areas are, Warriors Motion, Warriors Strength, Warriors Breath, and
Warriors Diet.
Warriors Motion is a joint
health and mobility program design to help maintain range of motion and
mobility in the athletes or students joints as they age. It is divided into
three areas, the first area is loosening exercises. The second area is joint
expansion/joint opening exercises. The third area is what is commonly called
stretching, Warriors Path generally looks at this third area as more of an
ability to relax the body instead of actually stretching an area.
Warriors Strength is a
strength development program designed to develop functional and usable
Strength. It is divided into two areas, the first area is the study of
kettlebell training. The second area is the study of body weight exercises and
weightless movement drills that used common movements from various forms of
body weight training.
Warriors Breath is a
Qigong program. Because of Coach Alan's background in the martial arts and his
access to various different Qigong instructors, he brought all the information
together in one program. There are two areas of study in a Warriors breath
program. The first area of study is designed for general health of the
practitioner. The second area of study is a more martial based form of Qigong,
designed to help better the performance of the combat athlete.
All of the programs were developed inside the martial arts
school and are designed to be taught in a class setting. Most martial art
schools only offer various forms of self-defense at their location. Warriors
Path can broaden the programs that are available at a given martial arts
school. You not only can offer the martial art you teach but you can also make
available various types of physical fitness, Qigong, and joint opening classes
that offer the opportunity to specifically focus on these areas.
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