Taste of Death wrote:cloudz wrote:Show me something that proves stronger tendons contribute to your punching power. You know like sports science; how that works and how much they contribute to power specifically - you know your tendons.. And no, not the equivelent of "my grandad told me".
It will be great to know how you use your tendon power to punch with and how their power is more significant than that of your muscles. Should be fucking hilarious.
Nothing wrong with strengthening tendons, I wouldn't discount some benefits, but I don't think they have very much significance to punching power, maybe other benefits are more signifuicant. But then you overstate what you've probably been told by others just as unqualified to justify yourself and the practices, but what you think just doesn't marry up well with how we understand these things today. Stay stuck in the past for all I care it's your choice, but don't sell your delusions to others please. At least if you're going to convince anyone, do it like people do in the real world; with actual research and evidence. Not old wives tales.
Systema's Mikhail Ryabko and Vladimir Vasiliev as well as Dan Harden (bodywork on rsf) teach their students to develop tendon strength for martial arts. You can tell them they are deluded yourself. Vlad and Dan love being called cunts to their faces. You can bring Niall with you. Please film it when you decide it's time to teach them a lesson.
Yea smart ass Dan doesn't teach exercise with weights. I can't comment on the other two as i have never met them and I don't even care what they teach or what they think of anything I have to say about anything. Seriously? I know what Dan teaches and it has nothing to do with weights. So it's a different discussion.
Did I say tendons were not trained or shouldn't be, where exactly fuck head?. I don't know wtf has got you involved or even what you want to say.
I trained with Dan years before you and I like him and hopefully he liked me. Don't bring people into it it has nothing to do with.
And if I recall I was called a cunt, I didn't call anyone that.
Now seriously carry on if you want me on your case, because you know, I don't give a fuck. I don't know you, you don't know me.
It's fucking out of line to bring names into it that have nothing to do with anything going on or being discussed in this thread.
Who the fuck said anything about teaching anyone a lesson other than you?
Leave your stupid fantasies where they belong eh.
oh and just because I don't think they contribute a lot to punching power, that is not to say anything about its usefullness for grappling.
Seriously STFU because you are talking utter bollocks. Did you read the article, did you read the other post.
The article and the post if I recall both stated that training tendons/ muscles makes you stronger and contributes to your strength.
But punching is punching, and I don't think tendon strength is as big a factor to power generation than muscle and technique as it is to other uses (involving connection...), it can enhance a bit perhaps with storing involved, but there are also ways to move and use/ organize your body to utilize it. defensive wrestling grappling is probably where connective tissue strength really comes forward.
If you don't or can't move the right way (bows), then no amount of any training weights or without is going to manifest that store and release in your punching.
Seeing as that's not what was being discussed I have no reason to think that's what Maarten is training with this.
On top of that any weight training anyone does is not an either or between muscle and tendon, both are involved and worked/ trained/ strengthened.