glad2bhere
Master Black Belt
I don't know if this is of any good but I will share it FWIW.
I recently returned from a visit to Korea where I trained for a week with an extraordinary gentleman in hapkiyusool. The reason I mention this at all is that the art does have a collection of kicks (17 in all) which are practiced daily (all 17, done 3x to each side). Now at first thought that doesn't seem like much. Yet my teacher mentioned two very important points.
1.) The preparation for such workouts needs to have a stretching of the joints, rather than the long muscles which is so common in modern warm-ups. At 73 this teacher has been doing two or three of such warm-ups everyday of his life since 1973 and is right out there on the mat with the kids. No arthritis, no tendonitis, no bursitis. Which brings up the second point.
2.) The training does not use high reps, great power or kicking to targets. It is simply a few, well-executed reps done EVERY day. High reps, done at full power once in a while are going damage the body and result in diminished performance and an eroding of training ability. Fewer kicks done with greater focus on range of motion and attention to detail may serve you better.
If you are the kind of person who likes to check out resources you may want to look into the Thomas Kurz training program for further information into joint stretching. Good Luck
Best Wishes,
Bruce
I recently returned from a visit to Korea where I trained for a week with an extraordinary gentleman in hapkiyusool. The reason I mention this at all is that the art does have a collection of kicks (17 in all) which are practiced daily (all 17, done 3x to each side). Now at first thought that doesn't seem like much. Yet my teacher mentioned two very important points.
1.) The preparation for such workouts needs to have a stretching of the joints, rather than the long muscles which is so common in modern warm-ups. At 73 this teacher has been doing two or three of such warm-ups everyday of his life since 1973 and is right out there on the mat with the kids. No arthritis, no tendonitis, no bursitis. Which brings up the second point.
2.) The training does not use high reps, great power or kicking to targets. It is simply a few, well-executed reps done EVERY day. High reps, done at full power once in a while are going damage the body and result in diminished performance and an eroding of training ability. Fewer kicks done with greater focus on range of motion and attention to detail may serve you better.
If you are the kind of person who likes to check out resources you may want to look into the Thomas Kurz training program for further information into joint stretching. Good Luck
Best Wishes,
Bruce
