How to train on your own?

[swadoryu2000]

A good way to train on your own, is to practice your kihon. For example, find an open area with lots of room. You can do basic drills like steping foward from yoi into zenkutsu dachi left leg foward with a gedan barai. Then progress with that technique. Then change legs and blocks. Maybe add a punch, or a combination of punches. Combinations help also, like one combination can be stepping foward (from zenkutsu dachi) progressing with a mae geri, then jodan uke, then gyaku tsuki, all in one count. Or whatever you feel like practicing. Or you can do kata. Or if you really want to, you can pick a kata and pick out the moves and find some bunkai's for them. Or makiwara training, whatever you want to do. For kumite...unless you have a willing uke at home or a friend, you can always do light sparring. And if you don't have a friend at home or an uke, you can do some footwork or some running for stamina. Least, this is what I suggest if you want to practice at home or on your own, in addition to the punching bag.

[Tiger1962]

Did you ever do drills in your school during practice time? If so, you can start with this idea, practice drills: whether its practicing a certain kick into a target or if you don't own any targets, you can stack up some pillows. Focus on accuracy rather than force (only to avoid injuries) if you don't have the proper training equipment at home. Do all your kicks.

You could also work on improving your endurance. This is easily accomplished by jumping rope, jogging in place, jumping jacks, etc. Endurance is a big part of m.a. so that's second idea.

These are two ideas you can practice that you don't need a partner for.