Old martial arts training methods

[UrbanSpice]

I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the direction of some really good books or others sources on old methods of martial arts training. I'm talking about running up hills carrying water or the kind of stuff in Kill Bill (that's the only movie I've seen with martial arts... sorry), even some good movie suggestion would be appreciated! Thanks!

[KempoTiger]

I'd say google or Ebay are your friends....

Some suggestions though if I will :

-) Finding a strong steady stream and stand in it walking upstream for 2 hours.

-) Standing under a waterfall.

-) Cover your arms in brass rings and sit in a horse stance.

-) Use said brass rings and perform forms with them on.

-) Bind your feet to make them smaller, so you can kick into more accurate pressure points. (also makes a delightful fashion statement with your new tiny shoes)

-) Do pull-ups outside while a small Asian man hits you with a stick

-) Punch a tree trunk until your knuckles flatten.

-) Fight a bear and/or wolverine

-) Paint a fence (But ONLY use UP AND DOWN strokes...NOT side to side)

-) Wax my car

-) Balance a teapot on your head while standing on one foot, and singing Russian songs karaoke style.

Hope this helped!

[y2_sub]

KempoTiger , you seem to be a big fan for karate kid movie

[glockmeister]

My TSD instructor would have us carry an 80 lb heavy bag up a very steep hill in the woods. then we would have to kinda relay it up and down the hill with each of us standing at different locations on the hill.

Also he would sometimes use bamboo sticks on us as we were doing our forms, claiming it helps us learn to ignore pain and keeps us focused on our forms and not the stick and so on...

[Sauzin]

Uh yea, if you want old training methods find an instructor who teaches an old art. They don't all include bludgeoning your knuckles against trees. People didn't have as much of an infatuation with pain in the old days as the movies might have you think. There are some arts that practice conditioning though. Hung ar, Goju-ryu, Ueichi-ryu for example. You can also do a google search on "iron body training".

[Zaine]

Uh yea, if you want old training methods find an instructor who teaches an old art. They don't all include bludgeoning your knuckles against trees. People didn't have as much of an infatuation with pain in the old days as the movies might have you think. There are some arts that practice conditioning though. Hung ar, Goju-ryu, Ueichi-ryu for example. You can also do a google search on "iron body training".

Yeah i agree theres not really any books that i know of in the matter

[orion82698]

Man, I don't know about punching trees. I need my knuckles for my classes. We do knuckle pushups. How about, instead of driving somewhere short distances, like to the grocery store... run there, get your grocerys, and lightly jog back. Becareful not to break the eggs

[ovine king]

old training methods?

how about getting hold of a heavy set of dumbells (about 2kgs heavier than what you normally use) and do curls, lifts and butterflys?

how about getting hold of a heavy bar (bell) and doing curls, lifts and single arm lifts?

how about getting some wrist/ankle weights and run, punch and kick with them?

weights/resistance work have always been part of Traditional Martial Art training.

[unknownstyle]

you could come and be my student if you wanted to do all that stuff for your master

[kivikala]

Old training methods? Do anything long enough, and trust me it will get old really quick.

Beyond that, Old methods don't hold water, Ok there is the old training torture, err, I mean, practice, ya that's it, practice, of holding buckets straight out from your sides at arms length while the instructor (or mean student) occasionally adds water... This practice got really old after awhile... then when you dropped the buckets you get to mop the floor with your gi top. That is if you could still move your arms.

Realistic practice... 10,000 oizuki at midnight, 2 hours in horse stance (kibedachi), or 45 minutes (each leg) in back stance (kokutsudachi). I used to use 80 lb hay bails (ok I still do) to encourage strong stances and mentality. (Hey, you... when you finish getting those 1000 bails off the truck and up into the loft I have some stalls for you to muck.) Ah, the life of an instructor...

The water fall bit we actually tried. There are some nice falls in the White Mtns at the end of a several mile hike. Somehow having close to a ton of water hit you from 80 feet to me is just really nuts. But my sanity has often been in question about this kinda thing.