Gyms 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”.)
| On the left are 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. | |
| 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 New Mexico Albuquerque Judokai (Judo) Texas Meyerland Martial Arts Center Impact Martial Arts 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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| Please 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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