Shadow Boxing in Water
Gaining speed in martial arts is a hard sought after process which can
only be obtained with constant practice of techniques. One good way to
work speed in punches is by practising in water. Training in a
swimming pool, and in water up to about chest level, start throwing
punches. Practise single punches and also in combinations. Because you
are in water it will be hard to use proper body movement but that
doesn't matter. Concentrate on throwing punches as fast as possible
for a period of time. Apart from obtaining great speed with this
practise it is also an excellent cardiovascular workout. Because body
movement will become sloppy, training in water, make sure to practice
punches out of water straight after so as not continue being sloppy.
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Friday, 2 November 2007
Sand Training, an Ability Builder for the Martial Artist
For those of you that are unfortunate to not live near warm sunny
beaches, with dry clean sand then I'm afraid you will have to wait
until the next time you go on holiday to try this one. Training on
sand is so beneficial to every type of martial artist and ten seconds
into it and I'm sure the differences will be noticed from when
training on a hard durable floor. When training in your dojo, home or
wherever it is you normally train, its very easy to take for granted
that the floor helps you with movement. Try getting up and jumping
from side to side. If you stop to analyze the process of moving, you
should notice that in order for this to happen, you have to push into
the ground with your feet, so as to drive your legs to start the
movement. This pushing into the ground with your feet is also achieved
when walking, running, jumping, kicking and lunging. When a grappler
moves when ground fighting, not only will he/she use his feet to push,
creating movement, but also the hands are used. Having a hard floor
surface makes this movement process a whole lot easier, but on dry
sand it becomes harder as the surface is not durable and very soft and
to move, you have to dig your feet (or hands) into the sand slightly
so as to create the momentum needed to move. For this reason
polymetric training becomes a whole lot harder but greater rewards can
be obtained. Sparring on sand, either striking, grappling or both,
becomes an extremely heavy, and hard workout, as the muscles are used
more, but it is another out of the many other hundreds of great ways
to improve the leg and arm muscles and stamina. So if you are one of
the lucky ones that live near the golden beaches of the world, take
advantage of this unique training method.
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