What would you do when no ones around?

[Yum Cha]

Agreed! I teach primarily for my own skill set development.

Shhhhhjhhh!

[sanjuro_ronin]

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.

[MasterKiller]

[Frost]

This thread just remind me a discussion that I had in Judo forum.

Judo_student: What should I do when no ones around?
Judoka: Do nothing. Training at home without your sensei's watching, you will build up bad habit.
YKW: You may try ... and ...
Judoka: If you train in your Dojo, that will be all you need.
YKW: How can you enhance you skill if you do nothing at home?
Judoka: Are you training for Olympic event?
YKW: No!
Judoka: Then training in your Dojo 3 times a week is all you need.
YKW:

Here is one comment from that Judo forum:

- if you're new, don't practice on your own. First, take the thing you want to do on your own to your sensei. He can help you with your technique so that you don't get thousands of incorrect repetitions in. Always easier to start with what's right, then trying to overcome what's learned wrong.

Very strange attitude IMO.

the judo coach was right, its easy to correct that which never goes wrong in the first place, if you are really training hard 4 times a week then the other 4 should be rest days or light days

[Frost]

What do you guys do when your training partners are gone, sick, retired, quit?
When there is no one around to practice with what do you do?

1. Practice solo single drills / short combos.

2. Practice Forms (any kind any system even SC forms).

3. Practice Chi Gung / Internal stuff.

4. Hit the heavy bag / pad training.

5. Do nothing until partners come back.

6. A combination of Forms and Drills.

7. Something else.

find other partners

lift weights, do cardio, do solo work but you need partners if you are to grow and imporve

[sanjuro_ronin]

It takes a long time and lots of experience with partners to know how to train on your own.
Solo training in ANY sport is done at the higher levels it is, truly "advanced training".
When you are learning and developing it shoudl be under the watchful eye of a teacher/coach and with as many a varied partners as possible.
The lessons you learn in that will then be the ones you apply in solo training when you have built up the experience and the VERY CRUCIAL self-critical eye and feel to your training.

[donjitsu2]

If I've go no one to play with I'll usually do some San Ti, heavy bag/shadow boxing, and some Burpees.

Then I'll go have a beer.

[TenTigers]

Horse, sam-sing, bagwork, makiwara, rings, weights, SBG, stepping patterns, butterfly knives, mook yan jong, Tiet Sien Kuen, stretching, running, noi-gung, hei-gung, beer.
I also spend time just thinking about it. How it workds, when and why, etc. I formulate ideas, shadow box with them, then I play it on a student, and then I go to my teacher with my findings. He then gives me guidance, and I improve.
But you need to think about it all the time. When you walk, walk with your Gung-Fu. When you open a door, sit down, avoid a pedestrian on the street, walk your dog. Everything contains Gung-Fu. The more you think about it, The more you ingrain it into your body and mind.

[YouKnowWho]

When you walk, walk with your Gung-Fu.

This just remind me that when my teacher had tea with me, he always striked his palm edge on the table. Sometime when he walked in the park, if he found a tree that he liked, he would do a "human flag" even when he was over 70 years old.

I like the "4 directions drills". I can apply move (or combo):

- 1 on east,
- 2 on south,
- 3 on west, and
- 4 on north.

I then repeat this drill 20 times everyday. I'll keep this pattern for 3 months and change it into a different set of 4 moves (or 8 moves if I use 2 different sets). The advantage of this kind of drills pattern is I will always have 4 (or 8) moves (or combos) that I'm familiar with on daily basics and I can pull it out if needed. I'll also feel comfortable no matter which direction that my opponent attacks me (front, back, right, left).

Sometime I like to use 4 different "entering strategy" to apply on the same move and not necessary to drill 4 different moves.

[Iron_Eagle_76]

My workouts now consist of weight training, running, bag work, stance training, shadowboxing, Pai Lum Leg Training, and stretching. I normally work out 4 days, Mon-Thur and take off Fri, Sat, and Sun. I have noticed the recovery time is great and I feel rejuvanated on Monday. Overtraining is bad and can seriously hinder you physically if not careful.

This will change when I get my gym open but not much, will lift weights and run Mon, Wed, Fri and teach class Tue and Thur, doing my circuit training before class. I liked what John said on another thread about having training partners/students because I enjoy the workout with my students as well as teaching, always have.

The biggest problem with training solo is lack of sparring, which is essential and one gets rusty when you don't do it. I always try and tell either students or people who ask my advice that basics, bag work, forms, stance training, and whatever else are all good, but it does not take the place of sparring.

[KC Elbows]

Bagwork, chin up bar stuff, abs, shadow boxing, occasional shadow boxing with weapons, stripper pole into spastic shimmies.

But the real answer is "argue on KFM".

[Drake]

When nobody's around I like to.. oh, nevermind. You are talking about martial arts...

[David Jamieson]

Also, when alone, I recommend drinking scotch and ringing up a call in masseuse!

Hey, why be alone!

[tactical-nuke]

weights weights and more weights, practise technique, shadowbox thats pretty much it.

[GeneChing]

...I double-check sanjuro_ronin's pic posts here. Gotta make sure they aren't porn, doncha know?