what helps you?

[BCook]

What cross training helps your kumite?

everyone is different and one thing that works for one person might not work for another...

ive found cycling really helps my leg strength, both in dishing out the kicks and reiceiving them.... In the vics i wore more leg kicks than i thought possible and came out of the fights happy that i could wear so many and stay standing... so cycling gets the thumbs up from me...

I have never been a good runner, i find it labouress and uncomfortable and can never find a happy medium between the lungs giving out and the legs getting painfully tight... i can start at a pace of about 4mins 30secs per KM then i drop down to over 5mins after about 2k's.... if i take it easy i feel fit enough to run for ages but the calve muscles get extremely tight and its hard to keep the legs ticking over..... if i sprint the legs feel fine, but the lungs give out after about 500metres... i envy the guys that can tick along for 20km at a decent pace... i hate running.... but i hate man boobs even more... so there isnt much choice

Over the summer period i decided some triathlons would be a good cross training interest so entered some short mini tri's and had a ball... however i knew my major let down (running coming a close second) would be the swim, so i worked hard on improving from barely being able to swim 50m without being out of breath to a steady 300m... i found this has improved my lung capacity massively...

all of this helps my kumite, the stamina, the strength and the ability to stay upright when every muscle in my body is screaming for me to hit the deck and have a lie down....

so what helps you?...

i know bag work, sparring, basics all do... but what about outside of karate specific training?

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Brad Cook
1st Kyu Ocean Grove Dojo
Shihan Gary Viccars Branch
Matsushima Group

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[budo]

I can't run, so thats out for me.

Bike riding is ok for my knee , so i did a lot of that last year, this year not so much.

I have been doing a lot of trainig at Sempai Rod's "Fight Factory" on a Friday night, frankly i think that ha been best for me.

If you want to get better at painting pictures, then paint a lot.

If you want to get better stamina in kumite, then do a lot of kumite

Know what i mean?

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