Mr.Fister
19-04-2004, 22:50
... hab nen artikel von vladimir vasiliev höchstselbst aufgetan :
Training Without a Partner
"One of the more commonly asked questions is how do I practice when there are no training partners."
The key in the Russian System is not techniques but realization of movements. The emphasis in your training should be on understanding movements of all kinds - your own movements, those of others and just movement itself.
Movement is external - visible changes in the body positions, and internal - the activity of your mind and energy, movement of your thoughts, perceptions and intentions. The goal of training is to make them both free, fluid and precise. How do you achieve that goal?
Pick the moves that you like from one of the instructional films and then ask anyone to assist you. It may even be a person who has no interest in the martial arts. Make it simple, fun and non-imposing for the other person. People like when you ask them for simple favors. So do not be shy to ask, unless you live alone on a desert island, 'no partners' is just an excuse.
Do not be afraid to seem funny in any way. The fact is that people will actually respect you more for having genuine interest in life and for having the guts and talent to pursue it. If something does not work, do not get concerned, look at it with a sense of humor and go on to other moves.
Light pushes are a good kind of exercise. For example, you may ask your friend to give you a push or a few pushes any time he walks by. This way you explore your movements and the friend will enjoy his task. There are two goals in this drill - learn not to be afraid of contact and to see how and where your body is restricted.
Another good way to explore movements is in a crowded place where you can study how you and other people move, practice keeping your balance, while staying relaxed, watch how you move through a crowd of people leaving a movie theater, for example.
Any obstacle on your way is a challenge to the movement of your body.
There are many other things you can do. Walk through the woods or park where you have to bend and lean away from the tree branches; gradually increase your speed of walking up to running.
Training in the Special Operations Units included carrying out tasks while blindfolded, or having one eye shut for half a day and the other eye shut for the second part of the day. When you move blindfolded, your body begins to relax right away. And if you only have one eye open, it throws you out of balance and improves your skill of adjusting to your surroundings. At home you can walk around blindfolded for 5 or more minutes. Try to find your way around, to get dressed or to do some work this way, you may try to do rolls and other exercises with your eyes closed. You may try to have one eye shut as you walk outside.
Developing symmetry is very important for having smooth, balanced movements. You can try doing any simple tasks that you normally do with the right arm now using the left arm or with both arms together. You can practice standing on one foot and using the other foot to open doors in your home, to pick up or move objects with your foot.
If you ride on a bus or a train, try to keep your balance without holding on to something. You will observe that if your body is rigid, you will not be able to keep balance. If your body moved abruptly while it was tense, the stress goes in to the internal organs as well.
When you view the instructional films, you will notice that you initially see only the movements that are simple and the ones you understand. Try to be relaxed even as you are sitting and watching, let the movements you see on the screen get in you. When you watch the movements in full more than once, you begin to understand them. Then if you are relaxed, you will be able to reproduce them.
Training without a partner is another way for you to understand yourself. A martial art is often seen as something special and separate, and that cuts it off our everyday world. I believe that it is one of the natural components of life. There should not be a boundary where other aspects of life end and a martial art begins. Thus, everything you do in life can be your preparation for martial art, and similarly your martial art experiences are your ways to enhance your life.
fister
Training Without a Partner
"One of the more commonly asked questions is how do I practice when there are no training partners."
The key in the Russian System is not techniques but realization of movements. The emphasis in your training should be on understanding movements of all kinds - your own movements, those of others and just movement itself.
Movement is external - visible changes in the body positions, and internal - the activity of your mind and energy, movement of your thoughts, perceptions and intentions. The goal of training is to make them both free, fluid and precise. How do you achieve that goal?
Pick the moves that you like from one of the instructional films and then ask anyone to assist you. It may even be a person who has no interest in the martial arts. Make it simple, fun and non-imposing for the other person. People like when you ask them for simple favors. So do not be shy to ask, unless you live alone on a desert island, 'no partners' is just an excuse.
Do not be afraid to seem funny in any way. The fact is that people will actually respect you more for having genuine interest in life and for having the guts and talent to pursue it. If something does not work, do not get concerned, look at it with a sense of humor and go on to other moves.
Light pushes are a good kind of exercise. For example, you may ask your friend to give you a push or a few pushes any time he walks by. This way you explore your movements and the friend will enjoy his task. There are two goals in this drill - learn not to be afraid of contact and to see how and where your body is restricted.
Another good way to explore movements is in a crowded place where you can study how you and other people move, practice keeping your balance, while staying relaxed, watch how you move through a crowd of people leaving a movie theater, for example.
Any obstacle on your way is a challenge to the movement of your body.
There are many other things you can do. Walk through the woods or park where you have to bend and lean away from the tree branches; gradually increase your speed of walking up to running.
Training in the Special Operations Units included carrying out tasks while blindfolded, or having one eye shut for half a day and the other eye shut for the second part of the day. When you move blindfolded, your body begins to relax right away. And if you only have one eye open, it throws you out of balance and improves your skill of adjusting to your surroundings. At home you can walk around blindfolded for 5 or more minutes. Try to find your way around, to get dressed or to do some work this way, you may try to do rolls and other exercises with your eyes closed. You may try to have one eye shut as you walk outside.
Developing symmetry is very important for having smooth, balanced movements. You can try doing any simple tasks that you normally do with the right arm now using the left arm or with both arms together. You can practice standing on one foot and using the other foot to open doors in your home, to pick up or move objects with your foot.
If you ride on a bus or a train, try to keep your balance without holding on to something. You will observe that if your body is rigid, you will not be able to keep balance. If your body moved abruptly while it was tense, the stress goes in to the internal organs as well.
When you view the instructional films, you will notice that you initially see only the movements that are simple and the ones you understand. Try to be relaxed even as you are sitting and watching, let the movements you see on the screen get in you. When you watch the movements in full more than once, you begin to understand them. Then if you are relaxed, you will be able to reproduce them.
Training without a partner is another way for you to understand yourself. A martial art is often seen as something special and separate, and that cuts it off our everyday world. I believe that it is one of the natural components of life. There should not be a boundary where other aspects of life end and a martial art begins. Thus, everything you do in life can be your preparation for martial art, and similarly your martial art experiences are your ways to enhance your life.
fister