Basic skills

[SaiFightsMS]

I have noticed a lot of threads on improving basic skills over time here on the forum. Basic skills are important and should be practiced regardless of rank. It takes time and lots of reptitions to learn them properly. More time and more repitions to develope the muscle strenght, flexibility and muscle memory to devlope skill with them. Then It takes continued practice to keep the skills sharp.

 

Without a basic back kick one cannot to a spinning back kick. Without a basic front or side kick one cannot do jumping kicks or step over kicks.

 

So talk about ways you practice your basic skills. Do you practice them routinely? If not why? How much of your practice do you devote to your basic skills?

[Shane]

Basics are the best in my opinion, and our program conitinues to train basics at all levels. Pretty much each level will have a primary focus of training that focuses on an area of basic techniques, and then once you advance pass the levels that have seperated various basics you reach a level that is an overall review of all basics.

 

Pretty much we consider majority of our techniques basics but as you advance you learn more variations of the basics, different ways to apply one technqiue. KEEPING IT SIMPLE

 

BACK TO THE BASICS ALWAYS

[thaiboxerken]

Muay thai is almost exclusively about refining the basics.

[Sasori_Te]

I'd say 75 to 80 percent of my training is devoted to the continued refinment of basic technique.

 

Thinking about it, I don't really like the term "basic" to describe technique. It makes them sound overly simplistic. I think core technique is a much better description. What do you think?

[kotegashiNeo]

I will be honest the more I train the less I worry about anything but my basics. They are what will get me out of a jam if the need arises.

[foreveryoung001]

I'd say at least half of my (almost daily) private workout is working on what we call "The 15 basics". They are the first thing that any new student will learn, and I firmly believe it's pointless to try and perfect a reverse side kick, if I don't spend that kind of time perfecting my basic side kick, etc....

 

Class time is different. There are some class sessions where all I will have the students work on is the basics, sometimes even just the kicking basics, or blocking or punching basics. I don't break it down that far very often though. Most of the time I would put the percentage of class time spent on the basics at 35 to 40%. Every class we will work on them, but how much time depends on what else I have planned for them to work on.

 

I do give private lessons to my students from time to time as well, but its up to them what we work on then. Most of the time the privaye lessons are before a tournament, and they like to work on their forms or sparring, and stay as far away form the basics as they can.... at least for that hour.

[aefibird]

We practice basics practically every lesson at my karate club. It is a vital part of training and my instructor always has a chat with new students about the importance of "basic" techniques and the fact that we practice them so much.

 

That's also part of the reason we practice Kihon kata (Taikyoku Shodan) and the Heian kata series so much - if a student can't perform Kihon correctly then they'll take their mistakes through to advanced kata and perform those incorrectly too.

[G95champ]

Every Shotokan class we start with our basic blocks and kicks. Prob. do between a 100 and 500 reps of each. Then we get into training.

[Karate-addict]

My sensei says:" Everything is in Sanchin."

 

Sanchin contains basic hand strike, block, stance, step, turn.......etc.

 

That is why we practice sanchin for at least for 15 min. at every training & that is why its one of my favourite kata. I try to practice it daily.