| Before we start learning any martial arts | | | | quality instead of quality because less can really |
| techniques I would like to cover some training | | | | be more. |
| concepts. This is quality versus quantity, when | | | | If you think of rating your effort on a scale on 1 |
| you practice it's much more important to focus | | | | to 10 (ten being your hardest) you start out |
| on the quality of your martial arts training rather | | | | warming up at level 5 a comfortable work rate, |
| than the quantity. In other words it's better to | | | | you then want to ensure during each workout |
| train for 20 minutes with intensity than it is to | | | | you achieve level 8, 9 and 10's during some of |
| train for 1 hour at 50% effort. | | | | your rounds. |
| For example professional golfers were hitting | | | | The best way to workout would be to workout |
| around 500 balls a day and becoming more injury | | | | roughly how many repetitions you can do with |
| prone. Experts analyzed their practice and found | | | | speed, power and focus in say two minutes and |
| that they would be much better hitting 100 balls | | | | then workout how many rounds you need to do |
| with absolute focus and intensity. | | | | to achieve the desired number of repetitions, that |
| So instead of doing 500 kicks focus on 100, so | | | | way you keep going until the timer bleeps this lets |
| that you are putting maximum effort in and your | | | | you focus on your martial arts training techniques |
| paying attention to your technique and not just | | | | rather than counting how many you have done. |
| getting to the end of your repetitions. So think | | | | |