For most of us, food bill is the largest bill we’ve got already before we introduce healthy into the equation. Most of us spend over half of the money we earn monthly on food alone so there is no surprise it is such a sensitive subject. It doesn’t have to be, though, there is a…
Our legs are enormously strong, they are longer than our arms and we use them from the moment we learn how to walk. Kicking however is not easy and there are several reasons for that. In order to do it correctly it requires a great deal of balance and precision. Because the muscles we are…
There is a hidden element to percussion weapons’ training that only becomes apparent the moment you start using them to train. What powers them is the human body. This means that things like wrist flexibility, muscle strength, core stability, tendon strength, dexterity, balance, body positioning and coordination, all play a role in the final outcome. …
The way an edged weapon works is always determined by function and form. In function you look at the primary use of the weapon: Is it meant to thrust first or slash? Is it heavy-bladed and used to crash through things or is it razor-thin and meant to cut with precision? In form you look…
The hand is probably the most versatile part of our body. Tool and weapon in equal parts it is no surprise to discover that it has actually evolved, over thousands of years, to form a punch and hit a target. Sure, its shape and opposable thumb give it dexterity that allows us to do things…
Darebee was the first fitness resource to seriously incorporate combat moves from the worlds of martial arts and boxing in its workouts. To us it made total sense. Members of our in-house team have had long careers in martial arts and boxing and the feeling was that there was a fitness resource that could be…
Anyone who’s watched a martial arts film can’t help but get excited the moment the spinning kicks start flying. They are cinematically spectacular, improbably athletic and viscerally exciting. They seem to mix the best of ballet and gymnastics with the hard edge of unarmed combat. They excite us because they seemingly redefine the way the…
Of all the things you could try learning at home, on your own, martial arts is seemingly the least suitable. The mystique of ‘secret knowledge’[1] handed down from master to student[2] and the persistent popular image of sweaty halls and students standing in lines to learn their art is hard to shake. Yet, in its…
Snack on fruit and vegetables instead of chips and chocolate bars. Try to eat meals that are at least half vegetables. Vegetables can be eaten in pretty much unlimited amounts and can easily fill up a plate making a meal look larger. Use fresh sliced tomato or mashed avocado instead of ketchup and mayo in…
Since June 1905, when Ernest Starling, a professor of physiology at University College London, UK, first used the word ‘hormone’ in one of four Croonian Lectures[1] we’ve come to better understand the role hormones play in the control of many body functions, such as growth, mood, repair and reproduction.[2] Hormones[3] are the chemical messengers that…
