Comments on: If you just want to sweat go for a run http://www.carisma.org.uk/if-you-just-want-to-sweat-go-for-a-run/ Cambridge Riverside Martial Arts Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:10:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: massimo http://www.carisma.org.uk/if-you-just-want-to-sweat-go-for-a-run/comment-page-1/#comment-59 massimo Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:14:59 +0000 http://www.carisma.org.uk/?p=458#comment-59 @Caroline & James: Thanks for your valuable contribution to this topic: fitness is a primary aspect of performing martial arts in general and has top importance in Kickboxing that is very physical. Perhaps not enough people realize the subtleties of certain techniques and combinations therefore they feel less exhilarated once they achieve improvement of the technical aspect of their techniques rather than simply feeling exhausted by the work out. @Caroline & James:
Thanks for your valuable contribution to this topic: fitness is a primary aspect of performing martial arts in general and has top importance in Kickboxing that is very physical. Perhaps not enough people realize the subtleties of certain techniques and combinations therefore they feel less exhilarated once they achieve improvement of the technical aspect of their techniques rather than simply feeling exhausted by the work out.

]]> By: James http://www.carisma.org.uk/if-you-just-want-to-sweat-go-for-a-run/comment-page-1/#comment-58 James Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:38:36 +0000 http://www.carisma.org.uk/?p=458#comment-58 I think people train martial arts for different reasons. Some to become ultimately as good a martial artist as they can be, some just for a more interesting form of exercise than lifting weights or running on a treadmill for hours in a dull gym. For many, I think the group nature of martial arts practice adds a level of motivation not easy to find by yourself in a weights room or on a road run. Kickboxing gives the opportunity to learn a precise, delicate and beautiful skill while burning some calories at the same time. Those people who aren't motivated to become good martial artists will surely enjoy the simpler physical drills more than the technically demanding lessons. Isn't it true that to achieve excellence in kickboxing requires both technical skills AND physical fitness? So the training gives reasonable opportunity for both types of student? I think people train martial arts for different reasons. Some to become ultimately as good a martial artist as they can be, some just for a more interesting form of exercise than lifting weights or running on a treadmill for hours in a dull gym. For many, I think the group nature of martial arts practice adds a level of motivation not easy to find by yourself in a weights room or on a road run.

Kickboxing gives the opportunity to learn a precise, delicate and beautiful skill while burning some calories at the same time. Those people who aren’t motivated to become good martial artists will surely enjoy the simpler physical drills more than the technically demanding lessons.

Isn’t it true that to achieve excellence in kickboxing requires both technical skills AND physical fitness? So the training gives reasonable opportunity for both types of student?

]]> By: caroline http://www.carisma.org.uk/if-you-just-want-to-sweat-go-for-a-run/comment-page-1/#comment-56 caroline Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:38:54 +0000 http://www.carisma.org.uk/?p=458#comment-56 It's not just about working up a sweat though. The sheer exhileration of kicking and punching a pad or an opponent feels (to me at least) quite different from simply feeling tired and achy after getting back from a fast bike ride. That's not to say that I don't enjoy the more subtle and technical lessons as well. Quite the opposite, in fact - I have found the grading preparation we've done over the past few weeks extremely satisfying! The feeling of being able to hone a technique to perform it better and more precisely is also exhilerating (again, at least for me). It’s not just about working up a sweat though. The sheer exhileration of kicking and punching a pad or an opponent feels (to me at least) quite different from simply feeling tired and achy after getting back from a fast bike ride.

That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy the more subtle and technical lessons as well. Quite the opposite, in fact – I have found the grading preparation we’ve done over the past few weeks extremely satisfying! The feeling of being able to hone a technique to perform it better and more precisely is also exhilerating (again, at least for me).

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