Convict Conditioning

72 Pages·2016·8.1 MB·English

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ur life is a series of choices about what to
create and what to share with others. My
creative choices have always involved sharing
my passion for physical cultivation. Dragon Door
was founded in 1991 as a vehicle to share my passion
for Tai Chi, Qigong, Eastern healing modalities and
internal martial arts in general. In the late nineties the
mission evolved to share a passion for advanced
fitness methods, from Russia and the West both. A
huge breakthrough was Dragon Door’s initiation of
the modern kettlebell movement in 2001. The next
great breakthrough occurred in 2009, with our
publication of Convict Conditioning, arguably the
most influential bodyweight training book of all time.

I feel fortunate that—after numerous struggles and
uncertainties—I have been able to powerfully affect
the health of the planet, through such a sharing. A
hyperbolic claim? Well, around 15 years ago, no one
in the Western world but a handful of aging
strongmen was paying any attention to kettlebells.
Now, hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of
people worldwide have had their health and well
being often radically transformed thanks to the
kettlebell. And it all started with Dragon Door.
Beginning with the kettlebell dreams of a boyish
Russian immigrant—working in St. Paul as a small-
time personal trainer—we forged a fitness movement
that changed the planet.

A second great surge came from the sharing Paul
Wade’s Convict Conditioning with the world—and
all that has arisen from it, through the association
with the Kavadlo brothers and the creation of the
PCC system. It is early days yet, but I see the PCC
movement having the same impact on world health as
Dragon Door’s RKC kettlebell movement.

Dragon Door’s initiative to enhance global health—by
building stronger, more mobile and better-balanced

bodies—is poised to develop exponentially in 2014.
Do you wish to join us in this mission? Then we
invite you to take advantage of the many health-
enhancing resources on offer in this issue of
HardStyle. May the Dragon Door Health Advantage
be your Health Advantage and together let’s impact
World Health in the most fundamental, practical and
noble manner. By cultivating ourselves as superb
humans—and helping others do the same…

Yours in friendship, strength and health,

John Du Cane

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Health By Building Stronger, More Mobile
and Better-Balanced Bodies…

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