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Emergency First Aid Course.

Fieldskill is offering an Emergency First Aid Course for anyone interested in learning some basic 1st aid this 28th April 2012 for only RM220.

Basic 1st aid is very important and for athletes or coaches, knowing 1st aid will surely come in very handy.

Poor men's workout: AquaMan.

Today's post: our friend Genn Lai of asiaticsoul will show you another "poor men's workout". This is called the "Aquaman" workout...

Alpha Wolf Training Group in Tanjung Aru!

FightBah have recently meet a new training group called the: Alpha Wolf.

Poor Man's: Pull ups in the playground

Besides learning the techniques and skills in what ever martial art you do, general fitness is also important. Exercises such as jogging, skip ropes and weights are good to keep your body strong.

While some might complain that they cant afford to go to a gym or worst cant even buy dumbbells for training, this next "Poor Man's" post will introduce you to the simple solution of going to a playground.

Cruz Fitness & Fight Studio opens in Putatan area.

A new fitness & martial arts gym has popped up in Putatan area.

World War II Fitness Assessment Chart

Found this really interesting old school "fitness assessment chart" by the US Military during the World War II era to decide if you are fit enough to join the army... 

The test pays a lot of attention to "functional exercises" and as far as I see it, it's pretty hardcore... enjoy.

Sports & activities that compliment martial art

Some of your everyday sports activities and exercises can compliment your martial art training. Here are a few things you can do to help your martial art training.

How Legends Trained.

I notice a big interest among martial fans loving to read about how certain martial art idol of theirs train & so I decided why not just have a post dedicated to some of these fighting legends. 

So let me start off with a few great legends for this post.

Training: The Pyramid.

This is 1 training workout I love the most, it's called the pyramid.

Training: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

Last Friday night at Kinabalu Fighters club, Joanna Lye was introducing us HIIT workout. We had a blast doing the new exercise regime & comparatively this workout is very time efficient: 12 minutes alone will make you panting.

Joanna have written a pretty good simple article for those who want to know what this workout is about, we got her to be our "guest writer" for the day.

Poor man's training: Training with Tires.

Every humble gym or club would probably have gone through the phase of finding a venue & having to DIY their own equipment for training. When I first had a space for my club Kinabalu Fighters in the Sabah Judo Dojo, they had a huge space but no punching bags (duh) it was going to be a problem for me.

Problem was, neither I nor the small group back then couldnt afford a proper punching bag... We turned to a simple alternatives. Tires.

Circuit Training for the Fasting month.

During this fasting month, Muslims break fast around 6:35pm. We need to perform Maghrib prayer before 7:40pm. At around 7:40pm will be our Isyak prayer session, follow by Tarawih. Now depending on individual, some Muslims might perform the "short" Tarawih which ends at about 8:45pm. If they perform the full Tarawih they will end at about 9:30pm. You will then have about another 2-3 hours to perform other business before your sleep

Most gyms do not open that late (or would be closing around those time). I myself understand the feeling of training so hard during the non-fasting season & to find yourself so tired & low stamina after the fasting month. So I started to look for an exercise that can help me maintain my stamina & strength (or get better) while allowing me to do it in a short time as I still need to rest well before the 4:00am Sahur.

Fighters training: During the holy fasting month of Ramadhan.

The fasting month of Ramadhan is upon us & I was looking through the internet to find some information about training for Muslims during this season. I notice that there isn't much help: most post saying stuff like "the month is purely meant for reflection and thus no training". This does not help. As a Muslim myself, I always believe in the possibilities and effort that as Muslims, WE CAN train, fast, pray & fulfill all our religious duties. We just need to work extra harder.

Sabah Martial Art Training Centre

I just found out that there is a new training centre called "The Sabah Martial Art Training Centre" situated at

Lot 9 (Second Floor), Block A, Bundusan Square
Jalan Bundusan,88300 Penampang Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah,Malaysia. Email: smatckk@yahoo.com
TEL: 016-8314253, 016-8171932

I come to understand that this will be KK's first proper Wushu training area. Check out the training area below:

What to train?

We added a new page called: "What to train". The page is a list of some martial arts around the world and is linked to Wikipedia for your easy reference. This is to make it easier for our readers in case you read something about a particular martial art and have no idea what's the difference or worst what is it at all.

"Where to train?"

In FightBah blog, we would like to create a small directory for fighters / fans to find the right club / gym for them to train. If you check the buttons section near this blog you will find a "Where to train?" section.

While this blog will try its best to compile the correct information and cover as many places to train, we would really appreciate it if our readers can share with us some information on where else to train. Providing us with as many information about the gym would do. This blog does not limit itself to any discipline and art, so just share away what you know.