Gyms and Martial Arts Schools Recommended by Our
CustomersGyms and Martial Arts Schools Recommended by Our
Customers
Send your recommendations by email to gymsATstadionDOTcom .(The address is written this way so spammers' robots do not harvest it. To send us e-mail write this address substituting symbol “@” for the “AT”, and period “.” for “DOT”.)
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adresses of gyms and martial art schools our customers recommend. See note at the bottom of the page! |
On the right is our list of a few standards good gyms or schools should meet. | |
| U.S.A. California Rifkin Professional Karate Center (Japanese Karate, beautiful
huge dojo) Excel TKD Center (Tae Kwon Do) Indiana YMCA of Southwestern Indiana (Tae Kwon Do) Louisiana Joel Neely's TaeKwonDo Plus Massachusetts Rich Angelo's Combined Martial Arts Academy TOTAL PERFORMANCE SPORTS Michigan New WorldKarate New Mexico Albuquerque Judokai (Judo) New York Cobblestone Creek Country Club Matt Baniewicz (Personal Trainer) Texas Meyerland Martial Arts Center Impact Martial Arts AUSTRALIA Queensland Australian Karate Academy CANADA Ontario ATLAS Boxing Club Sakura Sport Club (Judo, Ju-Jitsu, Karate) Quebec TITANS Boxing Club |
1. No static passive
stretching in a warm-up for dynamic activity. (See http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch33.html .) 2. No forced stretching ever. (See http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch33.html .) 3. Rational, efficient warm-ups. (See http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch12.html , http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch13.html , http://www.self-defense.info/sd_tip22.html , and http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch34.html .) 4. No jumping jacks, as they do not resemble enough any sports or martial arts technique to be a good warm-up for it, or even a conditioning exercise. (See http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch12.html .) 5. Conditioning after the practice, sparring, etc., and before cooling down. (See http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch16.html and http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch19.html .) 6. Teaching skills in a rational progression. (See example of the progression of lead-up skills for high roundhouse kicks at http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch7.html .) 7. Safe floor. (Spring floor or at least a mat for empty-handed practice. Fencing and weapon practice that do not involve falling may be done on harder surfaces. See http://www.self-defense.info/sd_tip21.html and discussion of the 2nd bad workout at http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch16.html .) 8. Showers. (See http://www.self-defense.info/sd_tip21.html .) When you give us names and addresses of gyms and schools that meet those standards (or at least most of them), we will post them on this page. Thanks to your help all athletes and martial artists will be able to find info on good gyms free of charge. Here is the special e-mail address for sending your recommendations: gymsATstadionDOTcom . (The address is written this way so spammers'
robots do not harvest it. To send us e-mail write this address substituting symbol “@”
for the “AT”, and period “.”
for “DOT”.) |
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note: Being recommended does not mean the school or the gym meets all of our standards. It
just means that one or more of our customers consider it much better than those run by
ignorant instructors or “masters” who do not meet any standards of rational
sports training or martial arts training. Here is an example of a letter accompanying a
list of recommended schools: “Of all the schools I've been to and of all the masters I have known in California only ONE has begun his warm-ups with jumping rope and or running around the dojang for 5 minutes or so to get the circulation moving. I did come up with a few schools that I can recommend with a clear conscience based on their 'over all' performance including a good series of realistic warm-ups and cool-down exercises, good training, discipline, focus and spirit. I'm sure there are more but I'm personally acquainted with these [few].”—Mike Faber Send your recommendations by email to gymsATstadionDOTcom .(The address is written this way so spammers' robots do not harvest it. To send us e-mail write this address substituting symbol “@” for the “AT”, and period “.” for “DOT”.) |
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