Moo Moo
just like piano or violin lessons.
you do practice what you learned from previous class,
whatever you do at home
it will be checked and "corrected" by your teacher in the next class.
do nothing at home?
do something alone is part of the learning process.
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The reason I asked this question is because other the past 20 years I had partners come and go. There have always been times when there was no one around to drill / spar / fight / wrestle with. During those periods I have focused on improving technique thru form and drill work.
Do you think you can become a better Martial Artist just thru forms / drills alone?
ginosifu
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I think solo training can enhance the skill that you have alreadyly developed. It won't help you to develop any new skills. The problem is, if you don't spar/wrestle for 3 days, your arms and legs will no longer be yours. Your brain may give your body an order but your body won't be able to response quickly enough. Your timing will be off and that will be a bad thing. This is why I have never believed that some young guy can go to the mountain and train for 5 years in forms by himself and then come back to become a good fighter.Originally Posted by ginosifu
I had the same problem as you do. When I was in California, I had no training partners. I almost wanted to grab anybody on the street and asked them if they would be interested to spar/wrestle with me. I don't charge much money for my class. I'm more interested in using my students to polish my own skill than just making money out of them.
Last edited by YouKnowWho; 12-12-2010 at 08:59 AM.
Itinerant practitioner
warm up, bagwork is great for solo training. Good cardio, good force feedback and a good device for correcting structures.
I like to extrapolate from forms as well when solo and as well the forms themselves.
Other things are qigongs, weight work, body work, treadmill and weapons work drills focusing again on structure and retention of the weapon.
...anyway, that's my doings. :-)
Kung Fu is good for you.
Richard A. Tolson
Agreed! I teach primarily for my own skill set development.
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There are two types of Chinese martial artists. Those who can fight and those who should be teaching dance or yoga!
53 years of training, 43 years of teaching and still aiming for perfection!
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Cha Wang
I train about the same alone as I do with hingdai when I'm alone, minus the two man drills and training, of course.
To my mind, if you don't or can't train alone, you're a sportsman, not an artist.
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia
GM of Hadaka Korosu
Solo training is about 95% or what I do now.
Bag work, Strength training, stick and knife work, dummy work ( grappling, striking and throwing dummy), IP, Iron wire and so forth.
I need a partner for sparring, nothing else really.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !
Loud City
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
攻裏有防 , 防裏有攻
developing basics, structure, footwork.
and lots and lots and lots of shadow boxing.
It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a strategem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.
- Yagyū Munenori
Cha Wang
Shhhhhjhhh!
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia
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