The Gentle Way

Tom Furman

Be Like Water

Tom Furman

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. — Bruce Lee

Hell In A Cell.

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Don’t try this at home even though wrestling is fake. Mick Foley now writes childrens books and novels by the way.

Josh Everett. UC Riverside Strength and Conditioning Coach

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Coach Everett has a great webpage with the basic philophy of his conditioning. Here are his results.

One Word,…PLATZ

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He was legendary for his workout intensity.He reports that while weighing less then 230 pounds, he squatted eight reps with 635 pounds and 52 reps with 350 pounds.On numerous occasions, he squatted for 10 minutes straight for more than 100 reps with 225 pounds.

Here are some different quotes from Tom Platz on squatting.

“I really believe attitude monitors talent. You have to take what you want. There has to be a certain amount of killer instinct present. You can’t take no-grow for an answer. This strategy can be applied in any venture.”

“Some people like to live without too much risk. They’re satisfied leading a safe existence. This attitude of caution infiltrates into their goals. Every successful athlete - or businessperson - enjoys taking calculated risks. You have to. Especially in the gym when you’re squatting 500 for reps and you can’t get one more but grunt out ten. Your nose starts bleeding, you fall into the rack…and that’s set one.”

Do You Like Steel?

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This is great photo. There are many more at THIS WEBSITE. Really impressive strongman information.

The Disciple by Shivworks.com

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This is one incredible blade designed by Southnarc with Trace Rinaldi. It is designed for “pikal” style or Reverse Edge Method. Note the edge and reversed handle.

Ron Balicki Instruction

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This looks like a real good series. It is not available yet, but will be distributed by Cold Steel.
Here is some of the content.

  • Basic On Guard Stances
  • Footwork Methods and Drills
  • 30 Different Punching Methods, Including Ron’s Famous Long Range Uppercut
  • Multiple Kicking, Kneeing and Elbow Techniques
  • Basic to Advanced Defense with Special Emphasis on Attacking and Destroying Incoming Punches and Kicks Using your Fists, Elbows, Knees and Feet. (Worth the price of the series for this instruction alone!)
  • Filipino Trapping Hand Drills - Single Hand & Double Hand
  • Multiple Kicking Flow Drills
  • Filipino Wrestling/Submission Grappling - Joint/Lock Combinations


Interesting Aikijujutsu Video

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Great Deltoid Information

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This is a nice article from T-Nation. Worth some study. DELT

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