Russian Kettlebells

EXTREME TRAINING FOR MARTIAL ARTISTS
16 hours, 2 full days of practical martial experience

31st March and 1st April 2007


A ‘kettlebell’ or girya (Russ.) is a traditional Russian cast iron weight that looks like a cannonball with a handle.  As the 1986 Soviet Weightlifting Yearbook put it, “It is hard to find a sport that has deeper roots in the history of our people than kettlebell lifting.” So popular were kettlebells in Tsarist Russia that any strongman or weightlifter was referred to as a girevik, or ‘a kettlebell man.’ “Not a single sport develops our muscular strength and bodies as well as kettlebell athletics,” wrote Ludvig Chaplinskiy in Russian magazine Hercules in 1913.

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ABOUT STEVE COTTER
Steve Cotter is a world-renowned martial artist and strength and conditioning specialist He is the creator of the highly acclaimed FullKOntact Kettlebells DVD series and the soon to be released Encyclopedia of Kettlebell Lifting, and is considered by many to be the world’s authority on leg and deep stance training.
A 2-time US National Full Contact Kuoshu (Kung Fu) Champion with 25 years of internal martial arts training, Steve draws from an extensive and diverse background as a champion athlete and cutting-edge trainer to develop some of the most complete and balanced strength and conditioning programs available.
Throughout his lifelong study, he has continued to research and implement the most effective training methods in the martial arts, chi gong, strength and conditioning, athletics and human performance fields. He constantly improves his skills and abilities to benefit, teach and motivate others.

Mr. Cotter’s professional accreditations include:

2 time US Full Contact Champion
Team Member, USA National Kuoshu Team
Bronze Medal Winner, 1996 World Kuoshu Games, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Team Captain USA Kettlebell Team
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) - National Strength & Conditioning Assoc. (NSCA)
Sr. Russian Kettlebell Challenge Instructor (RKC, Sr.)
B.S. in Kinesiology, San Diego State University
BOSU™ Master Trainer
USA Weightlifting Club Coach 

	Day 1
	Introduction to basic KB techniques
	Strength and Speed through the application of kinetic power
	Day 2
	Applying KB’s for devastating rooting, conditioning and power in the Martial Arts
	The unique relaxed-tension power cycle applications of Martial Kettlebell training