Sunday, April 26, 2009

What equipment could i get for martial arts?

That would help me improve and get better but that could fit inside a house and not make that much noise

What equipment could i get for martial arts?
For speed and hand %26amp; eye coordiation try a tennis-ball suspended from a cord and, use your hand techniques.
Reply:A punching bag is the first thing that comes to mind.
Reply:A punching bag. I used to do karate and I had a punching bag. I'd put on music and go through a routine of blocks, punches and kicks and it was great fun. But for some you don't need a punching bag, you can just do it in the air or shadow box.
Reply:THAT WONT MAKE SO MUCH NOISE
Reply:A make-shift Makiwara board is an excellent start. Take a sock, fold it and duct tape around the sock until you don't see any more sock. Then tape this sock to a board (thick enough not to break but thin enough to bend a little... some woods are better than others... I just break a bunch, but boards are pretty cheap at Busy Beaver) and firmly attach (I use long screws) to a tree or some other unmoving object so that the board itself moves. (Not a great explanation, but if you mess around with it you will figure it out) Nigiri are also easy to make, as you just take some Jars (I use medium size water jugs) and fill them with sand.
Reply:I cannot give you a list of equipment with out knowing your liveing conditions but i can give you some web sites that allow you to decied for yourself
Reply:a skipping rope
Reply:I don't train with equipment (if no count weapons). It's more interesting to find alternatives to a dependence on machines and stuff (at least for me).





Also, it helps to be aware that, although equipment will help improve your strength and speed, it wont help improve your skill. A way to explain this is by using superman. Superman is super fast and super strong, but if you take that away (via kryptonite) he becomes like a regular man and batman can then pwn him.





It has been explained to me by many teachers and martial artists that you only get better at martial arts by improving your skills. However, the only way to improve those skills is to isolate them by taking away speed and power.





What you are left with is excruciatingly slow movements and sparring. It may be hard to keep it up, but it is a definite way to observe the skill with which you and an opponent can apply a move. This requires a great deal of personal honesty. People can cheat in this form of training by going slow and then reverting back to normal or fast speed to doge and attack (when they get caught).


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