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Osu No Seichin. Its the fundamental principle behind kyokushin training, but it is exactly this. Persevere. Persevere under pressure. Fall down, get up, persevere more.

14 Sept 2016 -10min HIIT workout (cardio). -Drilled Seipai and Yantsu kata. 15 Sept 2016 -Hatha Yoga, 40min (afternoon). -Bo staff, 30min (evening).

9 Sept 2016 -Tabata - cardio at 100% -5min recovery. -5min stretch. -20min kicking drills. 12 Sept 2016 -5min stretching. -20min heavy bag work, focus on roadhouse kick drills. -Kyokushin kata (taikyoku, pinan, sanchin, tensho, yantsu, saiha, seipai, gekisai dai, gekisai sho). -Drilled: 100 punches on heavy bag, no rest then Pushups to exhaustion (x2). -100 kicks for cardio/speed on heavy bag. -Moving in Kiba Dashi - Jodan Yoko Geri. _Warm down, 5min. Ill drill some staff and chucks later after I've done my chores (fingers crossed before my wife gets home!!!).

5 September 2016 -60min Kyokushin class. 6 September 2016 -15min HIIT cardio and bodyweight. -5min isometric stretching. -20min kicking drills (Ido Geiko). -15min Nunchaku training. -Pushups to exhaustion to finish.

4 July 2016. -Short Kyokushin style stretching. -Kyokushin kicking drills, 10min. -Calisthenics: ---15 pushups. ---5 diamond pushups. ---10 dips. ---10 hindu pushups. ---10 dips. ---10 pushups. rest 2 min, repeat 4x sets. -Cardio circuit: 30sec on, 15 sec off. 10min.

Ahhh why do you say that the Pinan's and other various basic kata don't need an explanation? But can't offensive techniques (including Hips) be used defensively? and vice versa? When I look at the Basic Kata there is so much that you can do, even with the hipwork Yes this! Train some judo waza and look at the basic kata, and tell me tht there is no deeper application to the hip movements.

14 May 2016. -1hr Kyokushin class. Focus on punching bagwork and mawashi geri.

5 April 2016. -60min bo staff training. -30min Nunchaku training. 6 April 2016. -25min High Intensity Cardio and Bodyweight Interval Training. 7 April 2016. Kettle bell circuit - Three (3) times through with 25kg kettle bell. -25x two arm swings. -10 goblet squat. -20 figure eights. -12 roll overs (6 each side). -20 sit-ups with bell held at chest. -20 squat to jodan hiza geri (10 each side with bell racked at shoulder). -12 Tricep extensions overhead.

Only if you have trained "saucepan kata"

Having done kendo, kenjutsu and Arnis for some time, right leg forward is the norm in all of them. In essence, because if your right handed, the right side will be your dominant side. Tallgeese nailed it with the Kali information. It is the same in Arnis. It was painful to force right side forward at first, until you learn that having your weapon hand (if single stick, single knife or machete) closer to your opponent and in your dominant hand is far more beneficial than holding an empty (defensive) hand forward and the attacking hand back. The angling of the body is especially important here, as you want to minimise opportunities for the blade to contact vital points along the centreline, or, minimise them to one side of the body for ease in defending. When holding a katana, your right hand is generally at the tsuba (hilt), with the left hand at the kashira (pommel). It may not seem like much, but having your shoulder and hip alignment slightly forward on the right side here gives a small amount more reach, and you are not "tangling" yourself by having your upper hand battle the position of your angled hips. For those familiar with karate, its like having to throw a gyaku tsuki from zenkustu dashi, instead of an oi tuski. There is greater ease and precision with right hand higher and right leg forward, and slight;y more reach. All of these have translated directly to MT and Kyokushin for me too. I start in a left forward position, but as soon as the sparring starts, I don't even think about my footing (unless lining up for a heavy kick), as it just becomes transitioning between left and right. It has definitely given me more fluidity.

I love yoga. The benefits will vary from person to person in terms of complimenting Karate training. In purely physical terms, the yoga will open up joints and mobility in ways we generally do not train for in the Marital Arts, so just the stretching is highly beneficial.

12 March 2016 -Kyokushin class. 14 March 2016. -30min light cardio. -30min light kihon drills. 15 March 2016. -isometrics training on gymnastics rings. Drills for basic stuff like pullups muscle ups, holding positions, pikes etc etc. -Intervals: Run 1min, Duckwalk 30 sec. Run 1min, Wlaking lunges 30sec. Run 1 min, squat jumps 30sec. Repeat. -Run through all senior Kyokushin kata.

A leaf rest, or a brush rest? No doubt it is slower, but I train with a compound "sports" bow regularly, and while not nearly as fast as the video link above, it is not as slow, cumbersome, or limited in short range abilities as some might think.

29 Feb 2016. -Blade training. Spent time drilling cutting angles and hip movement with daito. Spent time with single and dual machete drilling advanced sinawali variations. -10min balisong practice for fun to end session. 1 March 2016 -20min high intensity cardio and bodyweight interval training. -Dumbbell Superset arms. -10min kicking drills to fatigue legs. -50 squat kicks to push past fatigue threshold.

I've met naturals who are good with tonnes of time spent training. I've met naturals who are just as good without as much time too. I've also met and trained with hopeless people who have spent years training, and are not good.... I think its an individual case by case.