As in hard-style martial arts, the RKC hard style kettlebell system emphasizes power production over conservation. In other words, techniques and training are made as difficult and time efficient as possible to make the activity we are training for as easy as possible.
In the RKC system the goal is to accelerate the kettlebell as quickly as possible in ballistic lifts and employ maximum muscle tension throughout slow-lifts. As a hard-stylist's skill improves so does his ability to make each rep as difficult as possible improve. Therefore, a skilled hard-stylist is capable of squeezing more benefit out of a given workout with a given size kettlebell than a novice.
More than a series of lifting techniques the RKC is a system that teaches us how to safely and effectively focus our strength and energy into an all out effort.
- All techniques and workouts are scalable to the fitness and skill level of the individual.
- The RKC system incorporates the use of "A-Ha Drills" the force the practitioner to move correctly.
- Safety is inseparable from performance.
- Incidental Flexibility and Cardio are the result of proper technique.
- Practitioners are taught how to take advantage of neurological reflexes that make us stronger, essentially reverse engineering what the best athletes do naturally.
