Speed Training for Combat, Boxing, Martial Arts, and MMA How to Maximize Your Hand Speed, Foot Speed, Punching Speed, Kicking Speed, Wrestling Speed, and Fighting Speed Version 3.0 By J. Barnes Copyright © 2014 All Rights Reserved FREE Bonus Order the print edition of this book and get the entire kindle edition for FREE! If you are reading this as a Free Kindle Book Sample or Borrow, you still have time to take advantage of this limited time Kindle MatchBook promotion. Order now by clicking on the link below and start improving your speed today! http://goo.gl/eWNjyt Legal Notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, by information storage and retrieval system, transmitted by email, or otherwise without written permission from the author. Reviewers may quote brief passages in reviews. Speed Loop™ is a registered trademark. Disclaimer The author and/or publisher are not responsible for any injury or loss to anyone who utilizes the information contained within this guide or to anyone injured due to the actions of one who utilizes the information contained herein. The author and/or publisher advocate responsible behavior in all cases, and in no way endorse or condone street fighting, illegal behavior or unprovoked violent actions. It is absolutely essential that before following any of the activities, physical or otherwise, described herein, the reader should first consult his or her physician for advice on whether to embark on the activities, physical or otherwise, described herein. Table of Contents Getting Started With Speed Training The Speed Loop™ Visual Reflexes Tactile Reflexes Auditory Reflexes Adaptation Speed Initiation Speed Movement Speed Alteration Speed Speed Hampering Supplemental Speed Training Final Thoughts on Speed Training Connect with J. Barnes More Books by J. Barnes Thank You Share Your Opinion Introduction Getting Started With Speed Training I have written this guide with a single objective in mind: to help you become a superior fighter by increasing your speed to the highest level of your innate potential. Speed is a key attribute for success in competition and self- defense. Reaction speed is often the sole difference between winning and losing a physical confrontation. Regardless of your fighting style or method—martial arts, boxing, wrestling, or MMA—you cannot apply it unless you can react quickly and respond accurately! That is exactly what this guide will teach you how to do. I have heard about countless people who have enrolled in martial arts schools and trained diligently for months or even years, only to find their so-called "deadly techniques" have failed to help them in competition or worse yet, a real fighting situation. What went wrong? Why didn’t their techniques work as they did in class? Could this happen to you? You bet it could—unless you shift your focus from demonstrations and controlled sparring and start focusing on success in competition and self-defense. After reading this guide, you will know how to train and develop combat speed. You will not be seduced by an instructor’s board breaking demonstration. You will not even be impressed with an instructor who can throw 20 punches in one second! You—the informed speed student —will know that such demonstrations have little, if anything, to do with speed in competition and self-defense. The essential ingredient, which I have found all superior fighters possess, is the ability to instantly separate the useful from the useless. By doing so, they are able to get much more out of their training and achieve high levels of skill much faster. What You Will Find in This Guide This book is divided into 10 chapters. The following is a brief description of the contents of each. Chapter 1: The Speed Loop™. You will receive the facts on the Speed Loop and its seven vital components. The Speed Loop is a proven and complete system for maximizing your total combat speed. Chapter 2: Visual Reflexes. This chapter contains the training methods that will increase your visual reflexes for spotting openings and tracking movements. You will need these reflexes primarily for long-range fighting when you are in the kicking and boxing range. Chapter 3: Tactile Reflexes. This is an examination of methods that will develop your tactile (touch) reflexes. You will learn to anticipate an opponent's every move while you are in the trapping, wrestling, or grappling range. Almost all fights end up in this range. Be prepared! Chapter 4: Auditory Reflexes. Focus on training your auditory reflexes by improving your listening skills. If you have ever experienced blind sparring, or fighting in the dark, you won’t dispute the importance of this attribute! Chapter 5: Adaptation Speed. Focus on improving your mind's ability to instantaneously select the perfect action in response to an attack or opening. You will learn to respond accurately without thought and adapt instantaneously to any opponent. Chapter 6: Initiation Speed. This chapter will cover the critical development of your explosiveness, once you have chosen the correct action to initiate. You will learn to make your movements felt before they are seen. Chapter 7: Movement Speed. You will learn to develop the only speed that is recognized by the public at large—movement speed. You will not use it for demonstration purposes. You will use movement speed to overwhelm and subdue an opponent in seconds! Chapter 8: Alteration Speed. You will be introduced to the "safeguard," known as alteration speed. Through mastery of body mechanics, you will develop the ability to stop and adjust instantly in the midst of movement—just in case you initiate a wrong move! Chapter 9: Speed Hampering. This chapter covers the latest techniques on speed hampering. You will learn how to immobilize, confuse, and ultimately, destroy your opponent’s confidence and ability to win or harm you. Chapter 10: Supplemental Speed Training. Now you can enhance your speed using supplemental speed training. You will learn how to get that extra edge that often separates the superior fighter from the average fighter.