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The martial arts take not only passion This leads me to two Italian brothers,
and a strong will, but a strong body as Andrea and Luca Mainini. A pair of exer-
well. Whether you are a strong head- cise enthusiasts who made a living out
ed newcomer into the fight scene or a of their passion for sports. Last year
veteran whose body just isn’t as agree- they took the concept of martial arts
able as you’d like. However, I don’t know weapons training and married it to sci-
about the rest of you, but I really don’t entific strength training. The result was
enjoy pushups and the like. I love kettle- FITSWORD. What it will do will change

bells and machines but that isn’t always the way you train for a very long time!
a choice at home or your local Karate How did it come about? What is it exact-
school. ly? This is what I discovered…

When the aerobic kickboxing craze be- 1. When / where were you and your broth-
gan it bore some fruit. It not only got er born?
some of us a bit slimmer, but it brought
many more adults back into the acade- We were born and raised in Italy. Andrea
mies. However, we all know about trends (born in 1967), is an engineer with long

and that ship left the port long ago. Now experience in design; Luca (born in 1973),
is the age of Crossfit, Tabata and the graduated in Economics with extensive
like. We need something harder hitting, experience in the fashion industry.
literally and figuratively.
2. Was anyone in your family active in
Another thing we need that needs to be martial arts or fitness?
concerned is that different martial arts,
much the same as different sports, work We come from a family where nobody was
different muscles in different ways. What involved with martial arts, but sport was
a grappler needs for cross training is not more than a passion. Our father has been
the same what a Kendo-ist requires. a real pioneer in mountain activities. He

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