Poll Question

[brentlance]

What would you choose to practice if you only had 15 minutes today to practice it?

[Geoff]

I would choose runing,,,,, the 100 metre and the 1 mile run.
100 metre to get a quick getaway and the 1 mile run for endurance...in case the sucker run after me.
so therefore i do 5 x 1oo metre sprints and 1x 1 mile run....that should take 15 minutes.....i would do this at 100% effort :oops:

[Geoff]

ps...infact probably learn how to firer a gun...but mayb not a good idea 8) (laugh out loud)

[john]

straight blast

[lssanjose]

stance & footwork. Without those, your JKD goes to hell.

[The Mongoose]

SPARRING!

You can't learn to swim on dry land!

I train footwork and quick realese drills.

[The Mongoose]

Yes footwork is hugely important. But sooner or later you got to hit or kick yes? So to me sparring or bag work puts more of the total package together.

Kawabunga,

[Robert Kerbo]

15 minutes a day... I would set up a rotation

Day1 footwork
Day2 Lead hand/leg
Day3 Basic Follow ups
Day4 work them together thru sparring and such.
Day5 start all over...

Probably break it down a little farther by focusing on JKD style defenses.

[john]

After injuring my right forearm I would be reluctant to put time into training anything that is multi limb dependant, therefore Im changing my straight blast above cause thats useless if you hurt your self. So for 15 minutes a day it would have to be SDA.

[Geoff]

ok.... is it ok for me to change too?.... as ive run out of bullets and had to chuck the gun at him....so i go back to 5x100 metre sprints and 1x1 mile run :oops:

[john]

Oh come on joe you know what I meant didnt you?

Practicing a movement that uses 2 limbs to acomplish its task is gonna fall apart if you hurt yourself. Take the blast I posted, 2 arms 2 legs, I've injured my right forearm. I cant blast but I can SDA with 3 other limbs. Its the same as if I was carrying a child or a bag of shopping under one arm.

So given only 15 minutes a day I'd work SDA (single direct attack) and SAA (single angulated attack) as you get more for your time.

[Geoff]

playing a piano with one hand is difficult but can be done ...just like any other instrument that you need two hands to play.... but we do need to adapt to the curcumstances so if i did injury my arm in a fight yes....i do believe we should adapt and try and play wthe piano with one arm.
There are people out there who can play instruments with one arm.....but obviously its fighting we are talking about.
I practice one handed chi sao....like the way they do in fencing.
it would full to pieces like it is said ....but we do have to think of different curcumstances awell...

[Keith Miller]

Bil Jee

After I poke 'em in the eyes, I can run like Hell!

[CaliLion]

Sparring, it will always teach you something new

[Broken arrow_one]

Heavy bag!
You can work on punching power and speed, footwork,bob and weave, kicking, timing, cardio and the mental game at the same time.
I also would mix it up though with drills and leg cardio work.
Sparring would definitely be two or three of the days with something else in between.

John
aka
Whitebelt 55

[Arron Grammond]

Try wind sprinting... If you only have 15 minutes a day to work out... All you're left with is hoping you can run away.

15 minutes of sprints might help keep the fat off and stamina up.
Other than that...

How can you honestly only find 15 Minutes though.
Try using the 30 to 60 minutes for Lunch and then eat while working...

Hell I've run the stairs at work and shadow box while I cook my food at work and home.

The question itself is flawed,
The real question is how can you only find 15 minutes to train.

[brentlance]

Try wind sprinting... If you only have 15 minutes a day to work out... All you're left with is hoping you can run away.

15 minutes of sprints might help keep the fat off and stamina up.
Other than that...

How can you honestly only find 15 Minutes though.
Try using the 30 to 60 minutes for Lunch and then eat while working...

Hell I've run the stairs at work and shadow box while I cook my food at work and home.

The question itself is flawed,
The real question is how can you only find 15 minutes to train.



I suppose that I should have worded the question a bit differently, but everyone else seemed to get the idea.

Or maybe you should have stood up so it didn't go over your head.

How about, If you had a 15 minute break during the day, what would you practice? or What's your favorite short workout (under 30 minutes)?

I am not asking for me to get ideas on what I need to practice and neither is anyone else. Just something to talk about.

Thanks for your input, though. Seriously.

[brentlance]

I sometimes run this steep hill 3 times, which takes about 15 minutes. I almost always do it after a 30 min. jog 4 times a week. But sometimes just the hill itself.

I always keep one of those hand held grip/forearm strengtheners in my backpack and one in my car. I get about 30 minutes a day on that.

If I were to practice something for 15 minutes and I had no partner, it would be footwork, explosively smooth footwork using one or two tools.

If I had a partner, it would be sparring. I would limit myself to say one tool or lead hand only and let them use more than me or all of theirs, so I could work intercepting drills in a live scenario.

[Valpolicella]

I would practise closing. Because that incorporates straight lead, blast ,footwork, being nontelegraphic and unleashing all that potential energy in a split second. You can also work on the hand proceeds the body rule for hand speed.

[frankiefuller]

I would rather practice light sparring with a partner and hitting the pads with kicks and punches than kata applications. My karate teacher says you should practice at least 20 min. a day of kata to get good, but I don't want to get too stuck in that kata mode.

[markijkd]

Kama Sutra...

:wink:

[Arron Grammond]

Try wind sprinting... If you only have 15 minutes a day to work out... All you're left with is hoping you can run away.

15 minutes of sprints might help keep the fat off and stamina up.
Other than that...

How can you honestly only find 15 Minutes though.
Try using the 30 to 60 minutes for Lunch and then eat while working...

Hell I've run the stairs at work and shadow box while I cook my food at work and home.

The question itself is flawed,
The real question is how can you only find 15 minutes to train.



I suppose that I should have worded the question a bit differently, but everyone else seemed to get the idea.

Or maybe you should have stood up so it didn't go over your head.

How about, If you had a 15 minute break during the day, what would you practice? or What's your favorite short workout (under 30 minutes)?

I am not asking for me to get ideas on what I need to practice and neither is anyone else. Just something to talk about.

Thanks for your input, though. Seriously.


I know... I was beein a smart ass and being over literal.

I wanted to make a point that there is always a way to fit in a bit more training in than we think we have time for each day.

With appology I offer... For a quickies... like I said while cooking my food, Shadow boxing; working rythm, timing, footwork, and what ever offence application I was exploring that week.

[brentlance]

Apology accepted. And I was also being kind of a smart ass in response. So, I offer mine as well.

Your point has validity in the context that you put it. I don't know anybody who could honestly say that they don't have at least some time to do something. I stay busy, but always have time to practice something and I have some good students who help with that.

[john]

Bil Jee

After I poke 'em in the eyes, I can run like Hell!


Kinda falls apart if their wearing crash helmets, gas masks, riot shields etc

[Valpolicella]

Brentlance
At my school when we do a sparring program Sifu also has us use only one tecnnique like let's say roundhouse against straight lead as one of the exercises. Just like you mentioned a few posts ago.
This can be frustrating for me as I usually get schooled (which Iguess is a learning experience). What would you say the benefits are of limiting your choice of attacks? I'm sure there are a few I just have'nt been clued in and I like to know it all!
Thank you

[Tim Tackett]

I think the JKD instructor was me while I was at Dave Carnell's school. I've discovered that if I go to almost any JKD school and ask them to do a 1-2 punchon a focus glove, they will do a jab cross. It sounds like this - jab-CROSS. I then ask them why they have their strong hand forward if they're going to punch like this. They are usually trying to hit the cross to fast so they jab instead of doing a straight right lead punch which is ont a jab.

[Geoff]

It was a guy i spoke to on another message board that he attended a seminar where Richard Bustilio explained the principle of the pop pop.
I worded it wrong as i was applying the travel 9 miles to the kali sentence.

[brentlance]

Brentlance
At my school when we do a sparring program Sifu also has us use only one tecnnique like let's say roundhouse against straight lead as one of the exercises. Just like you mentioned a few posts ago.
This can be frustrating for me as I usually get schooled (which Iguess is a learning experience). What would you say the benefits are of limiting your choice of attacks? I'm sure there are a few I just have'nt been clued in and I like to know it all!
Thank you


Well, Frustration will either make you better or make you quit. The benefits are:

1: It forces you to concentrate on the tools and all the attributes that go with that tool.

2: It can even the odds when sparring someone of unequal skill. Say for instance if I am a beginner and you're advanced. You could work your lead straight punch against both my straight punches and one kick.

3: It should be done in a way that promotes intercepting and eliminates passive movements. It helps to recognize preparation of certain types of attacks. Ex. if you are lead punching, you should not have to parry every time. Some get into a habit of parry / hit, and do well when it's just one or two tools, but when they go all out sparring they wonder why they're getting hit with the 2nd or 3rd shots.

Now, of course you still have to go at it in my opinion, (with some control) and spar using as much JKD as you can without hurting each other. I know when we practice leg obstructions for instance, we go pretty hard with the guy getting obstructed really trying to come in. those can be hard on the partner. but you have to practice it against a forceful entry or you don't know if you can do it.

So, even though it's just sparring, it has to be intended to increase functionality of your skills.

Take care!