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The Bulgarian Bag is a superb tool for grapplers. It not only works your grips, but also rotational and closed kinetic chain movement. It is a crossover tool that has multiple applications as it can be swung in a circular pattern as well as used for triple extension through snatches and cleans.

Its multipurpose nature makes it ideal for a limited equipment home training set up.

Got some Mediaeval flavoured training in with - great day swinging swords and flaming maces, as well as hoisting stones. Shaun makes some of the coolest things. A true master.

There is no other tool used like the samtola. The main swinging technique is unique in that it utilises a spine in flexion under load, but in a ballistic manner. The dynamic nature of the exercise makes the spine have to move from a straightened position to a bent one with velocity, bouncing back up to the straight spine from a fully curved one. It is a grappler’s tool that strengthens the posterior chain through the twisted positions of the sport.

Pankrátion was practiced by Ancient Greek combat athletes for over a thousand years. It was sophisticated and artful is equal measure to its violent nature. There is plentiful evidence that the knee on back position was a particularly valued place to be as it allowed for strong cranks and chokes.

One-handed gada swings are used to prepare the shoulders and spine for Jori swings in Varanasi. Likewise, they are a great way to warm up the upper body before any other form of exercise. A light gada should be used and contact with the shoulder should be maintained for most of the swing. This ensures that there is not too much strain on the joint and that there is not a strong impact on the collar bone when bringing the gada back down the front of the body. The one handed gada swing is not considered an exercise in its own right unlike the one arm mace swing in the West. It is always a warm up for other exercises.

The haltêres were used for isometric exercises as well as dynamic. The Ancient Greeks and Romans placed more emphasis on isometric than we do today. Here are a few ways that you can use the haltêres isometrically.