winter practise training-old school karate

[blacknebula]

I guess it depends on what your definition of winter/cold is. Where I live it often gets to -40C in January, which is well into the "exposed skin will freeze in less than one minute" warning category. These days you would be opening yourself up to serious liability issues if you asked people to train outside barefoot in that, so our kangeiko takes the form of training at 6AM for 6 days in a row - inside!

[Harkon72]

They do waterfall training in Wales, I've seen it done at Aber Falls near Bangor. You do Kikon under the freezing water. Not tried it myself, might do one day.

[Kuma]

Traditionally it's called kangeiko. It's pretty common in many Kyokushin organizations during their winter gasshuku.

i didnt know that,have you ever did this training personally?

its something that i wasnt aware of,it seems kinda of "unique"

since you wouldnt find such training in that many styles

more one of the reasons kyokushin is so great

It isn't unique to Kyokushin but many organizations conduct it. I have done it both as part of a group and individually. Individual kangeiko is a great test of spirit. Just use common sense - if it is blistering cold it is not a good idea. Even just training in a cold garage can be kangeiko.

[judobrah]

Traditionally it's called kangeiko. It's pretty common in many Kyokushin organizations during their winter gasshuku.

i didnt know that,have you ever did this training personally?

its something that i wasnt aware of,it seems kinda of "unique"

since you wouldnt find such training in that many styles

more one of the reasons kyokushin is so great

It isn't unique to Kyokushin but many organizations conduct it. I have done it both as part of a group and individually. Individual kangeiko is a great test of spirit. Just use common sense - if it is blistering cold it is not a good idea. Even just training in a cold garage can be kangeiko.

i didnt say it was unique to kyokushin,i was just saying that in the research that i did,kyokushin was the art were it seems that its mostly practised,but i am not shure

its obviously that its still practised in other styles,its just training in the freezing cold or waterfalls seems to be something that is more practised by karatecas then people from another styles

its just a very interesting ideia of training,thats all

and i saw some clips of some karatecas training in waterfalls and in plain snow,it was very nice,i hope one day i might be able to practise it

[bushido_man96]

I've not done it much. Personally, I like the fact that we've evolved and discovered ways to keep ourselves warm in the winter months, so I try not to endure too much more cold than I have to.

[SamsIAmz]

I find no more than 15 minutes tends to suffice. At the point that I can't really feel my feet anymore I tend to call it a day. Then I go back inside and practice some more.

A similar concept, of training in adverse conditions, I find training in the rain is helpful. Rain tends to make people flinch and cringe slightly, and tense up. So when I practice in the rain I try to overcome the uncomfortableness that goes with rain, and to relax despite being wet. It's definitely good practice for relaxing.

[ShoriKid]

Bag work and runs in the snow and/or cold are good for you. We've done mile run down to the park in January, performed 1000 reps of technique and then run back. No waterfall training for us, sorry. Hauling my guys out to one where we could get good access would eat up half our time. If we get a good cold snap this winter, we'll drag out to the park for one or those work outs buy the lake again.