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MARTIAL ARTS
HOME TRAINING
MARTIAL ARTS
HOME TRAINING
The Complete Guide to the
Construction and Use of
Home Training Equipment
Mike Young
Tuttle Publishing
Boston • Rutland, VT • Tokyo
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR INJURY THAT MAY RESULT FROM PRACTICING THE TECHNIQUES AND/OR FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN WITHIN. SINCE THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN MAY BE TOO STRENUOUS IN NATURE FOR SOME READERS TO ENGAGE IN SAFELY, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A PHYSICIAN BE CONSULTED PRIOR TO TRAINING.
First published in 1999 by Tuttle Publishing, with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A.
Copyright © 1999 Mike Young
All photos appearing in this book are courtesy of Mike Young
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from Tuttle Publishing.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Young, Mike
Martial arts home training: the complete guide to the
construction and use of home training equipment / by Mike Young.
--1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.).
ISBN 0-8048-3170-X (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-4629-1762-4 (ebook)
1. Martial arts--Training. 2 Home gyms--Design and construction.
I. Title.
GV1102.7.T7Y68 1997
796.8--dc21
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DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to my parents:
To my late father, Richard K. L. Young, the relentless inventor/junk collector and motivator, who taught me the most valuable lessons in creativity: how to make something useful out of something other people might consider junk. My dad could turn an ordinary piece of wood into a rubber-band gun with a few flicks of his knife. A trip to the local junkyard with my dad was always a hunt for buried treasures.
And to my mother, Elsie S. Young, who always provided me with an encouraging environment: letting me build and create strange and unusual projects around our house at a very young age (and into adulthood). The support of both of my parents was the genesis for this book.
Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never
goes back to its original dimensions.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
The only way to discover the limits of the
possible is to go beyond them into the
impossible.
—Arthur C. Clarke
Contents
1 The Need for Training and Testing
2 Developing and Maintaining Motivation
3 Fundamentals of Developing Home Training Equipment
4 Tips on Developing a Personal Home Training Routine
