greenpaulo Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Hello, I currently train 3 times a week. The two lessons in the week are hard physically, leaving your t-shirt wet through. We mainly do silat, kali, boxing, thai boxing, wing chun, grappling and train the reverse punch alot. On saturday I have a weapons class where we do single stick, double stick and knife work, which is not physically demanding. In the week classes are held mon, tues, wed and thurs. I usually go mon and thurs to leave a 2 day gap in between coz sometimes my body aches after the monday session. However recently I have not been aching too much and i might try going 4 times a week including Saturdays. I have been training since october and I asked my teacher when I first started about going to every lesson! He said that would probably be overtraining. How many times do you guys/gals train a week?Cheers, Paul My gym - https://www.jeet-kune-do.info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojuGal Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Twice a week for a total of about 4 1/2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogeri Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 Physically you may overtrain yourself, which could have an effect on your outlook, and may burn you out in the long run.However, mentally, one should always be training, one way or the other.Starting out with 2 or 3 days a week sounds great. Then add a day every six months, until you get to 6 days a week. Reserve the 7th day for rest, stretching, and study, and reflection on those things most important to you.Those are my humble thoughts, others will vary. Current:Head Instructor - ShoNaibuDo - TCM/Taijiquan/Chinese Boxing InstructorPast:TKD ~ 1st Dan, Goju Ryu ~ Trained up 2nd Dan - Brown belt 1 stripe, Kickboxing (Muay Thai) & Jujutsu InstructorBe at peace, and share peace with others... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I go 4 days a week (three for TKD, one for Jujitsu). When I did TSD, I went 6 days a week as a beginner. I felt that was too much (with a full time job and all). I cut it down to 4 and kept it like that for the time that I studied TSD and it worked out great.Like it was mentioned above, becareful not to overtrain. You can burn youself and/or your body out. I almost did in the beginning. So I picked classes that I have a day off in between each class. Except for saturdays when I do both TKD and Jujitsu. Even that can get a bit rough (depending on what we do in Jujitsu). Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow90 Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I would go 3 times a week, 5 hours. But I dont have the money so its just one time a week, one hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorin-Ryu Karateka Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 2 formal training sessions a week in the dojo and then I try to do 30 minutes to an hour every day at home on non-formal days. If he practices 3 times, I must practice 6 times -- Osensei Nagamine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menjo Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I train everyday of the week for as long as i can. Usually 2 hours at home, sometimes only 1. During the weekends i like to train again as long as possible so that could be any amount of time depending on other stuff. Formal classes are wed and friday, i do grapple defense with my instructor on sat for 1 hour and on sundays are free workouts(2hours). "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst"William Penn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncole_91 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I do five, 1 hour classes a week. Then there is also kickboxing and Tae bo classes I go to for the cardio.I do train at home everyday, whether it be stretching, practice kata physically, or training mentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martial_Artist Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Everyday except Sunday. Or unless I am swamped with work, appointments, &c. "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DokterVet Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 I train everyday of the week for as long as i can. Usually 2 hours at home, sometimes only 1. During the weekends i like to train again as long as possible so that could be any amount of time depending on other stuff. Formal classes are wed and friday, i do grapple defense with my instructor on sat for 1 hour and on sundays are free workouts(2hours).I'm interested to know what you train for grapple defense.Myself, I'm currently doing shootwrestling twice a week (3 hours total) and weight lifting 3 to 4 times a week (3-5 hours total) plus the occasional bag work to keep up my striking. 22 years oldShootwrestlingFormerly Wado-Kai Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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