What would you do when no ones around?

[sanjuro_ronin]

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

Contrary to what some malicious ninjas have said, I post on artistic pics of the female form, case in point:

[SPJ]

SR luv tanned skin.

moi preferred pale complexion.

not healthy but

beauty is only skin deep, so they said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0yv6_2wUbk

[solo1]

due to my wifes Effing job I train alone alot more lately. try to get downstairs 5 times a week.

mon-thurs. Alternate between sparring techs and short kata. with pushups situps/crunches etc between sets.

tues- friday. Forms practise at least half of forms i know in a session as many as 5 times a piece , pushups, situps/crunches, pull ups etc between sets

weds- friday. Heavy bag, makiwara, reflex bag, more forms, pushups sit ups/crunches

doesnt replace class by any stretch but you must do what you can when you can.

[Violent Designs]

developing basics, structure, footwork.

and lots and lots and lots of shadow boxing.

[Lucas]

drills, forms, cardio/conditioning, weight train, weapon drill, reading.

[YouKnowWho]

I like this weight training a lot. I work out in 24 hours fitness gym every week. So far I stll have not be able to find any similiar weight training in the modern gym that can replace this TCMA weight training method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUzE5MQhdcc

Some nice solo drills in this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBJEou8v3s

[ginosifu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBJEou8v3s

I have this 2 dvd set. Very nice training regime. I met their coach back in 1997. You can see him in white at :13, very nice guy. This team is was so good they killed everyone and took first over all, beating Mongolia, Taiwon and USA in the 1997 world championships. I took a measley 4th place there.

ginosifu

[SPJ]

I like this weight training a lot. I work out in 24 hours fitness gym every week. So far I stll have not be able to find any similiar weight training in the modern gym that can replace this TCMA weight training method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUzE5MQhdcc

Some nice solo drills in this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBJEou8v3s

modern equipment for weight training is only for flexion and extension of target muscle group, abduction and adduction also. rotational a bit too.

but for conditioning for fighting or throwing for a certain technique we need different training methodology.

I do both.

[MightyB]

Kettle Bell (turkish get ups, swings, clean and press, horn-grip squats)
Every version of push up imaginable
Crunches
Neck bridges
Ukemi ball drills for NeWaza
Entering drills against a wall for speed
Pull ups using my belt to develop grip strength
Shrimping/Elbow escape
Robot Walking (name for a boxing drill at our school)
Duck walk and solo shooting to develop speed
An old school dynamic tension drill for grip and finger strength from Eagle Claw
Dumbell curls
Fancy kicks like the turning back kick or its cousin the jump turning back kick
Bean bag conditioning
Belt Cracking
Any 7*PM form that I happen to feel like doing so I don't get too rusty
Dao/broadsword movements or a form, but mostly isolating a movement
Overintellectualizing movement sequences and fighting in general
Watching instructional DVDs and clips

and arguing on KFM

[Lucas]

and arguing on KFM

I call bull****!!!!

[SPJ]

It has been raining the whole week in So Cal.

nothing can be done outdoor wise.

so I was crammed in the living room doing dumbell weight training only.

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[YouKnowWho]

What will be your response when someone said that you should never train MA at home without the supervision of a qualified instructor? Will you response be something like:

- I can't afford a qualified instructor.
- You are right that I still need a qualified instructor to show me how to do a proper horse stance.
- I only do push up and sit up at home. No supervison will be needed.
- My qualified instructor was dead long time ago.
- If I still need qualified supervision at my age, it may be time for me to get a rope, find a quite place, and hang myself.
- ...

[ginosifu]

What will be your response when someone said that you should never train MA at home without the supervision of a qualified instructor? Will you response be something like:

I have been training for over 20 years and I still need tweaking from my Sifu. If you had some training with a good kung fu teacher and you are alone now... eventually your skills may need tweaking here and there. You might be doing something wrong and not know it.

My opinion for personal training is that if you are not trying to improve / tweak / perfect your technique, whether it be a form or a small combo or 2 person sparring drill or lin gung etc etc... you are only exercising.

ginosifu

[uki]

most of my training is solo... actually all of it has been for years now... i just recently built my own grinder/wing chun dummy(i will post pics when available) - i am using iron rods as "arms"(uki fashion of course). i had a laugh when i saw the price of buying your own... wow... 850 bucks for a couple pieces of african hardwood?!?!?! asinine... my eventual contraption will incorporate 3 bags and 3 posts - arranged in an equal=lateral triangle spaced so that the practioner can stand in the center and utilize all 6 objects at the same time in order to train against multiple opponents with resistance(without having to find multiple people to practice with) - the 3 poles will be grinder/wing chun dummies of sorts; this will be set up outside soon because the girlfriend is having issues with the house shaking while i workout and train... LOL

aside from that, i have a 1000 square foot flagstone patio that invites me to train on daily, aswell as the frozen pond down the hill.

[MightyB]

I call bull****!!!!

Oh yeah!?!? Well your mama's so stinky she make flies sick!