Know any good two persons exercises for the dojo?

[Leopard claw]

Thanks!

[Menjo]

Not sure exactly what you mean but firstly, what are youre focuses? Kata-use application or get the person to correct and test your technique.

If its Kumite your working on then obviously work on either lightly practicing your distancing or practcing combinations that fit your body type.

If its Kihon(basics) then i recommend working on slowly developing technique and use your partner to help.

Mainly what martial art will those exercises be for? thats your biggest question because a martial art decides your training.

[Leopard claw]

Was thinking in the terms of exercices like sit ups, etc. Have done sit ups with two people holding a belt and feet under the other persons crossed legs. Was just looking for more ideas. Thanks!

[Ben Martin]

we often lock legs and do situps touching each others shoulders or sometimes we will go off in pairs, someone will get on their back and the partner will stand of his/her toes and put their hands on the persons bent knees. then the person on their back does 20 situps touchinging their own thighes then 20 touching their knees the 20 doubble twists then 20 touching the persons calfs then 20 touching the persons shoulders then 20 touching the persons head while the first person is doing the pressups the other is counting and motivating them to do it as fast as possible.

My fave two man exercise is with the medicine ball. and that is to lie on my back with someone standing over me and throwing the ball into me stomach 30 times and then putting it behind my head then bringing it back to my chest sitting up and passing it to them as fast as i can. i also have them throw it at the rest or my torso too. and i take about 30 sec break inbetween sets. oh and if it doesnt hurt your not doing it hard enough lol

Edit- Spelling and i changed 20 mins inbetween sets to 30 secs

Edited December 27, 2005 by Ben Martin

[Leopard claw]

Thanks Ben for the GREAT ideas, looking towards putting them to use in the dojo.

[Isshinryu_heart]

Some ideas for partner warmups:

Have the "anchor" person wrap their legs around their partner 's calves (sitting on the floor) supporting their legs with their hands the other person can do a "stand-up" (its like a situp but you stand all the way up and then sit back down) This is great because it works the abs and the legs.

you could also do partner leg-lifts - one person lays down and grabs the "anchor" person's ankles. They lift both their legs up and the anchor pushes them back down (the idea is to keep from touching the ground) Works lower abs

Partner squat kicks are also a good warmup, just have 2 people facing eachother (can link arms or not) squat down, come up and do 2 mae garis to the side or 2 sideblade. Partners keep eachother motivated for this one.

Some stretches:

have the person being stretched sit on the ground with their legs spread. The other person positions his/her feet on the inside of their partners legs. The link hands and the stretcher leans back, pulling the stretched forward. After holding the stretch, push their legs out a little farther and lean back again.

Have the person being stretched do a straightfoward kick and the other parther catches it. holding their leg in one hand, and their hand with the other for balance, SLOWLY walk backwards. This stretches the whole back of the leg, and works the split

the stretcher kneels down on all fours, keeping their back arched. The person being stretched squats by the side of their partner and slowly leans back until their back is stretched completely over their partners body. This stretches out the back very well and also feels really really good.

I hope these are helpful!

[Jiffy]

Back Stretch

Have two people stand back to back. One turns to the left and the other to the right and the touch both hands flat. Then the do the same on the other side. Once they get a handle on this, have both people turn to the left, rotate right around so they touch hands in the middle. Then the same the other side, back and forth, back and forth.

Stance Resistance

Have people form a good stance. Get their partner to hold onto their belt from behined and apply resistance as the person tries to step forward into stance.

Rounhouse Fitness

Have both people in left stance. The hold hands (left) and place their right hand by the ear. The first person steps up with the right and kicks the hand with the left leg, then steps down. Then the other person. Build up to maximum speed. The hands are for balance assistance.

Over-Under

Another back one. Have two people facing away from eachother. Spread their legs. Get them to both bend down and clap hands underneath. Then reach over and clap hands above the head. Repeat.

[Aodhan]

I like what we call "butter churns". One person standing, other person laying on their back with their hands around their partners ankles. Person on floor lifts legs straight up (Keeping them straight), and the standing person pushes them away. The object is to not let your feet touch the ground, and then swing the legs back up again.

Aodhan

[greenbelt_girl15]

One we do for general strength, have a partner get on you back and slowly move through forward stances across the room holding 10-15 sec between steps.