Bodyweight Training for Martial Arts: Traditional Calisthenics Techniques for the Modern Martial Artist Paperback – May 5, 2019

I've been waiting a long time for a book on calisthenics as it applies to martial arts and combat sports. Finally someone wrote it. Matt's book, like his YouTube videos, is concise, to the point and doesn't waste time with excessive verbiage.The book describes basic calisthenics progressions focusing primarily on pushups, rows, lunges and leg raises, paying attention to how these can be used to improve martial arts performance. He ranks the progressions using a familiar belt-ranking system. The easiest progressions are white belt, moving up to yellow, green, blue and red, with black belt being the hardest.He also provides workout templates for strength, power, muscular endurance and metabolic conditioning. There's even a section on periodization, a subject most bodyweight training books barely mention, if at all.There's also a section on strengthening your weak links such as the neck and grip strength.What I especially appreciate about Matt's approach is the simplicity of it. Instead of burying you under loads of complicated exercises and overly long workouts, he keeps it minimal, showing you how to get the most out of just a few simple--though not easy--exercises.I have most of the bodyweight training books out there. They're all good in their own way, but I suspect this one will become a favorite if not THE favorite.

It’s alright. These exercises are really good for martial artist when it comes to body weight exercises. pretty basic stuff. It doesn’t include planche push ups, front levers, muscle ups, etc. no calisthenics skills. As a martial artist you really have to become stronger than you really are. You can’t limit yourself to one aspect. You have to train in many ways. overall, I like this book but I think martial artists should also train with weights too. it’ll help get your tendons and ligaments stronger. Especially when you are trying to avoid injury.

I found this to be a great book and it has changed my approach to training outside of the Dojang. The belt system correlating to the various stages of each exercise is great and really helps one to take these exercises in stages, vs going all in a hurting yourself. Highly recommended!

Matt of Red Delta Project is to me, the most informative fella on YouTube for Calisthenics and just fitness in general. Plus his videos always come across as genuine and real without ever becoming commercial. And his books are are another great treasure trove of information in the similar vein of Paul Wade's Convict Conditioning.Now this book adds the Body Weight workouts for the martial artist. But really it has some great new techniques for any ones workouts. Adding new layers for your classic pushups, rows, lunges and leg raises plus different movement patterns to help strengthen different angles.After I've read stacks of books on Calisthenics and workouts in general, and I thought I've seen it all. Here comes Matt's latest book with a new discipline on your favorite workouts. Highly recommend and will go nicely on your shelf next to Pavel's, The Kavadlo's, Paul Wade's, Bruce Lee's and Arnold Schwarzenegger's workout books.

If you participate in any form of martial arts/MMA, you should already be performing various bodyweight exercises (pushups, pull-ups, squats, lunges, crawling, etc.). If not, then you're really missing out on the most basic (and free) way to improve your overall strength and strength endurance to benefit your martial arts.I like Matt Schifferle and follow him on YouTube (RedDeltaProject). I also have two of his other books (Smart Bodyweight Training and Micro Workouts). If you have one of his books, then you don't need Bodyweight Training for Martial Arts.Everything in Bodyweight Training for Martial Arts is pretty basic stuff that you'll find in any book on bodyweight training (and any of Matt's other books). You may learn a couple new ways in how he uses bodyweight training (including isometrics), but there's nothing really new or groundbreaking in what he recommends that you probably already know.However, if you have limited knowledge of bodyweight training and you're into martial arts, then you will find this book useful (although there are far better books on bodyweight training).

I real enjoyed the easy to understand use of definitions & step by step procedures,I throughly enjoy Matt’s attention to the “Chains” of the body, the importance of them and how they work in concert.I would definitely recommend this book to beginners as well as seasoned martial artists like myself.Thanks fromDrop Weight Daddy.

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As a person who isn't engaged in any kind of martial arts training I enjoyed this book as it offers creative and easy-to-follow ideas for improving one's mobility and coordination and helps you be action ready at all times. I can recommend this book to every callisthenics enthusiast.