Tae
Kwon Do students have been blindly following their instructors
for many years. If you want to spend MANY YEARS learning
to be a better TKD practitioner, then continue doing
it the same way. If you want to make a quantum leap
in your skills and conditioning, LISTEN TO FRANKIE !
If you practice forms, you will get good at forms.
If you practice breaking boards, you will get good and
breaking boards. Have you found that strength
training made you slow? Is it difficult to increase
your endurance and stamina? TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!
Frankie clearly explains what is wrong with the “old
school” mentality and proposes an alternative “new school”
program. This program will make you stronger and won't
slow you down. This program will increase your strength
and endurance SPECIFICALLY FOR FIGHTING!
Great job Frankie!
Master Jay Armstrong, 5th Dan, WTF
jaya@specialtycontrol.com
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Dear
Taekwondo Athlete,
I
refuse to keep repeating the same old lies that I was taught
as a young martial artist.
THE
TRUTH IS THIS:
POWER
SPEED
STRENGTH
ENDURANCE
WINS
THE MATCH 9 TIMES OUT OF TEN!!!
Now,
I am not saying that you shouldn't train for better technique.
Good technique helps but it isn't what is going to win every
match. What? Don't agree? Still think technique trumps all?
I've got a question for you. How would all of you featherweights
like to fight a heavyweight? Think your superior technique could
cause "trembling shock"? What would happen if he landed
a hard and fast headshot? Still
think "old school" technique is everything? Keep reading.
I
am here with the "NEW SCHOOL" of training. The best
of us become Olympians. Have you ever seen how Olympians from
other sports train? You wouldn't believe how methodical, planned
andscientific their training is. In fact, records are being
broken every day because "NEW SCHOOL" training has
unleashed the athlete's potential.
I
love my martial arts teachers. The fact is, they only knew "old
school" training. All taught technique while the best knew
some tactics and strategy, but NONE of my coaches or any that
I have met todayknow anything about "NEW SCHOOL" training.
What
is this "NEW SCHOOL" training? Other sports call it
Strength and Conditioning. That hardly explains it, though but
I don't wanna throw hundred dollar words at you. "NEW SCHOOL"
training isn't about big words, it is about BIG RESULTS! We
get you results through taking sports science and applying it
to Tae Kwon Do in a way you can understand.
| I
received my program yesterday and starting reading it
right away and once I read it, I read it again, all I
can say is WOW! Everything you talk about and do is right
on and to have someone like yourself 100% dedicated to
making Taekwondo athletes the best of the best is right
up my alley.
I
should probablly tell you about myself, I started Taekwondo
in 1975 under a ITF Master, lot's of no touch sparring,
1 & 2 step crap and poomse, then a few years later
I started with a WTF Master and I started to learn how
to move and fight, but other than the technique it was
old school conditioning, lot's of running, tons of sit-ups
and doing things in excess until exhaustion, lot's of
injuries not from fighting but from conditioning, I even
managed to tear my achilles from so much running.
2
years ago I decided to open my own club part time, that's
where my journey started, I wanted to be the best and
most dedicated instructor around, so like you I searched
high and low for better ways to teach and make myself
and my students better, I purchased books, DVD's, searched
the internet and even took the time to become a certified
fitness trainer with the ISSA. I was starting to see that
what I was taught by my instructor about conditioning
was the complete opposite but I wasn't sure how to change
or what types of training was benificial for Taekwondo
athletes.
That
was until I read your book and that's when I realized
everything I wanted to do was right before my eyes.
I just wanted to thank you for taking the time and effort
in making your program and I can guarantee you that because
of it my students will be the best of the best in this
part of the world, I have to say I'm very pumped and excited
about the future.
Tim Bell
whitestkdhalifax@hotmail.com
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In
Training the Taekwondo Athlete, Vol. I (Bodyweight
Strength, Power and Endurance), you will learn everything
you need to know to graduate with HONORS from the "NEW
SCHOOL" of training. Take a peak inside!!!
MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What
is wrong with "old school" classical Taekwondo training
• Warm-up - Leg Swings and Static Stretches? Welcome
to injury-ville!
• Technical Practice - Yeah, that's a great side kick but
can you do 500 times in a row??!!
• Tactical Practice - All right, this is how you defend
against something you will never see
in a real fight!
• Strategic Practice - Hit them before they hit you!
• Strength Endurance Training - IRONMAN for Martial Artists,
(if a match ever lasts past 11 minutes)!
• Abdominal Core Training - I can do 500 sit-ups, shouldn't
I be able to see my abs by now?
• Endurance Conditioning - I can last longer unless you
kick my behind!
• Stretching - Stretch those tendons! Hey, was that a tear?
• Poomse - Poomse is EVERYTHING!
• Board Breaking - If you are going to be a great fighter,
you gotta be able to splinter trees!
• 1-Steps, 2-Steps - Stand there - DON'T MOVE! I need to
practice hurting you!
What the "NEW SCHOOL" says about
• Warm-up - Increase your performance through using active
and dynamic stretching techniques
• Technical Practice - Learn the order of technique so
that you will kick perfectly in your matches
• Tactical Practice - Understand why practical counterattacks
are just as important as speed
• Strategic Practice - AKA How to beat a guy who is bigger,
stronger and faster than you!
• Strength Training - Why doing less push-ups will make
you faster
• Abdominal Training - Learn strength moves to amplify
your kicking power
• Endurance Conditioning - The 11 minute solution
• Stretching - Enter the idea of relaxation, not elongation
• Poomse - Where forms belong in the "New School"
• Board Breaking - You'll find this filed next to forms
• 1-Steps, 2-Steps - What 1&2 steps should be replaced
with
What
is wrong with so called "modern" Taekwondo training
• Ripcord Training - Strength Training gone wrong: could
these be making you slow and inaccurate?
• Running - The only way a TKD athlete should run!
• Weight Lifting - If you do it wrong, you'll be slow!
Find out the right way!!!
• Dieting - Why you have to stop starving yourself and
start fueling yourself!
• Plyometrics - It is not endurance training people, It
is about the perfect repetition!
The "NEW SCHOOL" Pledge
· How the "New School" differs in philosophy
from the "Old School"
Engineering from a Taekwondo Training Perspective
The Method: Start with the end in mind
• Reverse Engineering the movements
• Forward Engineering the body
The Goal of Taekwondo Training
• The mastery of excitation and relaxation of tension
What is Strength: It isn't how many push-ups you can do!
Where is strength on the tension meter
What is Speed:
Where speed is on the tension meter
What is Power:
How power moves on the tension meter
What is Conditioning: Why your fitness training should not exceed
11 minutes per bout!
Where conditioning is on the tension meter
Training for Strength
• How many sets, reps, tempo and rest intervals
• The strength moves: The airborne lunge, the pistol, the
stability moves and circles
• What they are: They are the only exercises you need for
the home S&C program
• Why they work: What science says, what experience says
• How to train them: Progression and when to take a step
back
• When to train them: Why you shouldn't do them after your
TKD workout
Training for Abdominal Strength
• Why your abdominal training follows the same rules as
strength training
• Why the Kia really works
• The progression from the Hollow to Circles
• How many sets, reps, tempo and rest intervals
• Where to train abs in your workout
Training for Power
• Why it works: What science says, what experience says
• Why it is not an endurance activity
• How many sets, reps, tempo and rest intervals
• How to train it: Progression and when to take a step
back
• The exercises: Working from the Land Squat to Mixed Directional
Jumps & Plyos
Mixing It Up
What, when, how and why to train strength and power in the short
run (12 week program)
• Why strength comes before power
• How strength is sprinkled in power
• How power is sprinkled in strength
What is Cycling (or Periodization):
• For progression: Why you can't keep getting stronger
(and how to get around it!)
• For type: Why you can't do the same thing all the time
(but why you should most of the time!)
• For exercises: Warning! Tunnel vision could cause injuries!
• For programs: The best program out there is the one you
haven't done!
• Why you must taper
The Program
• 92 workouts to more strength, speed, and power
Conclusion:
S&C Forever
Why S&C is coming and why it will never go away!
| Mr.
Faires,
I
received your "Training the Taekwondo Athlete" last night...your
approach to TKD training is RIGHT ON TARGET. You are "a
voice crying out in the TKD wilderness" here in the US
of A.
I have been fortunate to have trained in Korea from 1992
to 1999 under one of the best TKD coaches in the country,
Mr. S. K. Seo of Sungnam City, Kyong-Do. Since my return
I have had the unfortunate experience (repeatedly at that)
of training in dojangs across the US of A. Each and every
one of these dojangs has been an utter let-down. Why?
You know...you described it in your fine program.
Since my return to America in 2000, I although I have
gone in and out of various dojangs, most of my training
has been alone...and it will continue to be that way.
Your book provides a fine 12 week schedule for TKD athletes
- another GREAT concept that you have that is wide-spread
in Korea, but, unfortunately not here in America. In fact,
I am going to train using your 12 week schedule to prepare
for the 2005 TKD season. You will be hearing from me in
the near future with training questions.
Thanks, Sir. I look forward to other products you might
issue.
Kenneth E. Kops
3rd Dan, Korea Taekwondo Association
kennkops@hotmail.com
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After
reading all that, I'm sure you have more questions than answers.
Good, not enough questions have been asked about training. That
is why Taekwondo is still in the dark ages, hopelessly behind
the times with you stuck in it. There is so much you don't know
that could unlock the key to you being a champion! You can find
the key in my new program,
Training
the Taekwondo Athlete, Vol I: Bodyweight Strength, Power and
Endurance
Click
here to order
but
wait there is more....
Besides
the 82 page manual, I have put together a 32 minute DVD.
Here is a preview.
DVD
FEATURES
INTRODUCTION
• It is time to start training like a black belt!
OLD
SCHOOL SECRETS
• The Secret of the Center
THE
CENTER
• The Experiment
• Integration: Everything Together
AB
TRAINING
• Situps, crunches, leg raises?
•
First things first - what are the abs for?
• Flex, twist, both...or stabilize?
• Using the abs for kicks
• Using the abs for punches
AB
EXERCISES
• Hollow
•
Hollow Rocks
•
Elbow Plank
•
Pushup Plank
• H Plank
•
Y Plank
•
X Plank
•
Circles
•
Bonus Ab exercises
KICK
TRAINING
• Leg extensions, leg curls?
•
Train Kicks like you use them
•
Leg & Hip
•
Unilateral
LEG
TRAINING
•
Airbourne Lunge tips & variations
•
Single Leg squat tips & variations
•
Bonus Leg Exercises
POWER
TRAINING
•
Stance Variety
• Power generation level
•
Land Squat
•
Horizontal & Vertical bounces, hops & jumps
•
Multidirectional jumps
•
Bonus Power exercises & Plyometrics
CONCLUSION
| "Wow!
I ordered "Training the TKD athlete", and it was everything
Frankie said it was going to be! I've always read different
authors that are on the cutting edge of Strength and Conditioning
for sports while I've been in Taekwondo. I had a lot of
knowledge and facts all jumbled up in my head, and I did
my best to apply them to my training. But Frankie's course
really "connected all the dots" and focused a lot of complicated
information into one concise, easy to understand, training
program. Even better,If I hadn't known so much about Sport
science in the first place I would have after reading
the first part of the program as Frankie explains the
reasons behind his training methods (once again in plain
english). And He even personally helped me tailor the
program to challenge my strength and conditioning levels!
Overall, worth MORE than every penny spent on it!
Caleb Osborne, TKD player
sin_the_jackal@hotmail.com
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I
have a question for you: What if YOU knew about "NEW
SCHOOL" training and your opponent didn't? What if YOU
had gotten stronger, faster, more powerful and more conditioned
and your opponent didn't? (Personally, I would start making
celebration plans!)
I
guess a more important question would be, What if your opponent
knew about "NEW SCHOOL" training and YOU didn't? How
would it feel knowing YOU willingly gave up your chance to compete
and win a gold medal?
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"If you want to take the guess work out of training,
stop wasting time on unproven trends and START USING effective
scientific training, get Training the TKD Athlete....
You won't find this kind of training ANYWHERE else!"
USTU
Coach of the Year
Master Greg Tubbs
www.gtsport.net
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The
fact is this: "NEW SCHOOL" Strength and Conditioning
is coming. Will you be in on the ground floor? Yeah? Great!!!
Your opponents will be on the floor! If you said no, I would
go ahead and practice falling down. You are going to be knocked
down and knocked out over and over again unless you get with
the program!
The
point is this: Get with the future or get left behind in the
past! TKD Strength and Conditioning is here!
I
want you to click on the order button below, or if you would
rather, call me at (214) 476 0373 on my secure voicemail to
place your order now!!!
Training
the Taekwondo Athlete, Vol I: Bodyweight Strength, Power and
Endurance
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Best,
Frankie Faires TKD SPC
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