By Paul Smith

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A short step by step guide to making your own set of home-made Ab or fitness wheels.

Includes graphic scenes of child labour

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How to make your own Chi shi and Makiage Kigu, easily and cheaply.

Should you use a stretching machine or not?

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This article will examine the effects of stretching with a machine, compared to the effects of stretching without one.

Good practice in the martial arts club

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Let me begin by stating that this article has not been written as a practical guide to suitable exercises for an effective warm-up routine. Rather, it has been penned to draw attention to some of the questionable practices in a minority of martial arts clubs, and to help raise awareness of this issue amongst martial arts instructors.
I have been involved with the martial arts all my life, and throughout this time I have come across some very strange (and even some dangerous!) types of warming-up/cooling down procedures.