tournament result:advice needed

[TeaL]

Its common mistake to think strength is endurance, it sounds to me like a cardio issue... Try just jogging a few miles, nothing hard, only like a step above a walk. Get your heart rate up and keep it up.

[40 cent]

what about in terms of actually spinting tho, what is a good setup in terms of how many meter sprints and how many times and how much rest in between?

i wont be able to do the 200m sprint 200m jog for 20 mins. i want to keep that one in there tho...

[Tyrant General]

heres something i got from one of bruce lees books. its called "the art of expressing the human body".

in the book, one of the excercises demands that while working out with weights you must keep your heart rate high and at the same level through out your entire workout session. this means less rest breaks. its a killer the first time you do it but you get used to it. it should help out with your stamina

[Master Jules]

A lot of it has to do with nerves. Ive found that over the years, as my experience with fighting has increased, my ability to remain "calm" during an altercation has really helped. The more relaxed you are, the lower your heartrate will remain. This is something that can only come from more combative experience. Im not saying that you should be calm to the point of slipping into a coma....lol....but have you ever noticed that when higher ranks spar in your dojo, they appear to be almost "bored" ? Through experience, your ability to "read" your opponent certainly becomes much more proficient, and things just seem to come at you in slow motion (unless of course youre up against someone at the same skill level). Your confidence in an altercation increases with experience (unless youre always gettin your butt whipped...lol), and this gives you the ability to control your breathing and your heartrate.....again though, like anything in life.....experience takes time and repetition.

[Sam]

MasterJules - "combat experience" - are you recommending we all go out and get into a load of fights j/k

I agree though, you just have to keep at it, and eventually tournaments will become normal so you wont get as nervous; also to add to jules comment about things in slow motion - you start seeing the moves earlier and realising how much time you have to react and not rushing as much to do something.

Aynway - good luck with the training!