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sangos commented on girish sarma's video 'Macebell move-whirling dervish'

BAdass.....pure Spartan...thx man!!

July 17

girish sarma commented on girish sarma's blog post 'The Whirling Dervish-The true test of a combat athlete'

Sorry I forgot ...thanks Sangos..try this move it's pretty good fun

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sangos commented on girish sarma's blog post 'The Whirling Dervish-The true test of a combat athlete'

Awesome as usual dude!!...btw a technique video demo would be super..thanks

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The Whirling Dervish-The true test of a combat athlete

THE WHIRLING DERVISH-TRUE TEST OF A FIGHTER The macebell or gada is undeniably effective.Indian wrestlers have mastered the art of swinging for centuries.But there is one limitation it does have.It just doesn't hit your legs.While the kettlebell can…

July 11

girish sarma replied to Timothy Bell's discussion 'Wrestling/MMA Conditioning Circuit!'

Solid circuit!!!Strong way to train....

June 20

girish sarma replied to Timothy Bell's discussion 'Looking To The Past For Superior Fitness!'

Great blog!!!!I wish every man,woman entering a gym reads this article.... to know how real physical culture is simple and effective

June 20

girish sarma commented on girish sarma's blog post 'Training tips from India'

Excellent additions....Fasting is no doubt a reset button...great point..

June 14

sangos commented on girish sarma's blog post 'Training tips from India'

To add to Girish's fantastic tips, Indian wrestlers also fast one day in one/two weeks. By fast I mean a low calorie diet of raw fruits/salad, juices and water. In practical terms I found this to be very invigorating with a detox effect on the body…

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girish sarma commented on sangos's photo 'gada'

This is the type of mace we should be swinging on this site!!!that is huge..

June 13

Timothy Bell commented on girish sarma's blog post 'Training tips from India'

Nice post bud! It's great to see someone covering some of spiritual/mental side of training.

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girish sarma commented on Timothy Bell's video '100 Macebell Swings'

Nice swinging man...you made it in good time...nice mace too...

June 7

girish sarma replied to sangos's discussion 'MAcebarbell=Adjustible weight macebell from barbell'

Come to think of it...you get a macebell cast out in a foundry near your city....I think that is a option worth considering...or if you wanna go homemade type 'gitchy gitchy gada steve maxwell' on google you'll get a good method to make one at home.…

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girish sarma replied to sangos's discussion 'MAcebarbell=Adjustible weight macebell from barbell'

Lot of people have been there...and I don't think it worked out too well.'Cause the plate kinda has a different weight distribution and is likely to hit the body on the way down.Try it with light weights and make a video...good luck..

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When did you starting swinging the Macebell?

March 10, 2008

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indian club enthusiast....love the indian tradition of macebellin

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the grip

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The Whirling Dervish-The true test of a combat athlete

THE WHIRLING DERVISH-TRUE TEST OF A FIGHTER

The macebell or gada is undeniably effective.Indian wrestlers have mastered the art of swinging for centuries.But there is one limitation it does have.It just doesn't hit your legs.While the kettlebell can boast of a full body workout,the gada is only for the upper body or so you may think.

That's until I came up with an exercise that I like to call the whirling dervish.It involves a mace swing 360 and a 180deg turn t

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Posted on July 11, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Training tips from India

TRAINING TIPS FROM INDIA

1. High rep baithaks (hindu squats) are a must for every trainee.Baithaks help ignite the survival chakra which is an energy opening.This chakra strengthens the will and transforms the individual.

2. The dand should be done everyday without exception.It strengthens the ligaments,tendons and ultimately your psyche.It gives a glow to your appearance and increases testosterone

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Posted on April 11, 2010 at 1:03am — 5 Comments

Swings of fire-simpleton swinging at its best

Swinging heavy things is fun.Not only that it makes you strong,well-conditioned yet resilient and in full control of the muscular energy you acquire.But sometimes people get carried away with variety.Variety may spice things up but it cannot make you stronger.Bruce Lee once said 'I fear the man who practices one kick 10,000 times rather than the man who practices 10,000 kicks once'.Indian wrestlers like The Great Gama were know to be on the same program throughout their careers.You get the pictu… Continue

Posted on January 15, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments

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At 10:58am on June 7, 2010, sangos said…: Agree. Honestly traditional Indian methods are very obscure and its tough to find an authentic guru. Most of these Akhara kids do use modern gym machines these days. So its kinda confusing whats ailing us as a sporting nation today when we had legendary champions before. Just compare with China....anyway its a subject thats a fulltime study in itself.

I heard about the Russian kettlebell routines...do they have any other secrets in your know? Btw thanks for the mace ideas. I will keep those as a project as I graduate from the basic stuff hopefully in a month or so.

At 9:39am on June 3, 2010, sangos said…: Btw Sushil Kumar the olympic wrestling bronze medalist is an Akhara product; he still trains in Guru Satpals Akhara somewhere near Delhi. I have a plan to visit that Akhara and see them train. Also Great Gama beat the hell out of all world champions(including Russians) at just 5'7" and 250 pounds. Just wondering if the Indian methods are the best in the world...we had lot of wrestling world champions too before but not now!? Your thoughts..IMO the WWE wrestlers are all steroids and showoff with no real functional strenght. Again Great Khali was originally an Akhara product. Don't know how he trains now...steroids??

At 8:10am on June 3, 2010, sangos said…: Dude IMHO if you can swing a gada like how you did in your video you already have herculean upper body strenght! Btw am curious about the Russian methods are they different from the regular western regime? I dont do anything else for strenght, but I would like to incorporate the gada and jori as I get stronger with the hands free stuff.

Akharas are in a low state now because of the gym fad. Most of the boys there are school dropouts, that is why they are not very open. But personally I believe they are on the right path. Power yoga is a asana sequence built around Surya Namaskar plus variations of Veer Bhadra asana, viprit uthit ekpada asasn etc. Its fast paced too. Rodnee Yee is a well known teacher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLZ2WHodLqQ

At 8:20am on June 2, 2010, sangos said…: I have not swung it even once. I saw it in the great dvd "The Physical Body - Indian Wrestling", where pehelwans built like mountains were swinging 65 kg gadas!!! I am very impressed at your indepth knowledge of these exercises. Where in India are you located?
I have just started doing baithaks, dands, bridging and dumbell swings. Also local akhara boys do it and they are core solid chaps with unbelievable dedication. I have been doing Power Yoga for about 2 years. I work in the IT industry and also have my own musical band in Delhi.