by tfurman | Jul 10, 2013 | Articles, Blog
Many reading this will be too young to remember Mike Stone. He was one of the original karate champions, back in 64 and 65. He was born in Hawaii and was a gifted, natural, athlete. He competed in all sports and decided to enter the Army at an early age. He learned...
by tfurman | Jul 5, 2013 | Blog, Body Weight, Fitness, Suspension Training, Systema, Wrestling
I just had enjoyable experience of viewing Steve Maxwell’s new “Bodyweight Basics” videos. I am thoroughly impressed. For those of you who don’t know Steve Maxwell, here is the short version of his bio. Western Pennsylvania born, a wrestler and...
by tfurman | Jun 30, 2013 | Blog, Body Weight, Fitness, Strength
Following are excerpts from Eddie Kowacz’ training logs on push ups. I won’t change or add much. They are pretty self explanatory. First is the Speed Pushup- “This is not your everyday push up that is done in a slow and grinding fashion. These are...
by tfurman | Jun 27, 2013 | Articles, Blog, Fitness, Kettlebell, Strength
Andrew Read is one of those cool guys that tries something, runs into obstacles, then figures out a better way around them. He’s been an athlete and martial artist most of his life. I don’t feel like typing out his resume, because it is thorough and rich...
by tfurman | Jun 18, 2013 | Blog, Body Weight, Diet, Health
Recently I lost a friend, Presscott McDonald. I met him through the art world. He was a very charismatic, young, man. Ridiculously talented. A former protege' of Annie Leibovitz and a gifted photographer. We spoke about a year ago about his...
