[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203480]IMO, the low stance walking is much harder than running. It’s not easy to be able to keep your upper legs to be parallel to the ground for 3 miles.[/QUOTE]
And it’s not the same thing. It may not be “easy” to hold a say ping ma for 3 mins, but I PROMISE you, a marathon is exponentially more difficult, and between that and interval training, it provides a much larger array of health benefits, VO2 max, and endurance increases. Say ping ma teaches you to hold a say ping ma. Running is pretty much holistic training.
[QUOTE=Drake;1203487] a marathon is exponentially more difficult, [/QUOTE]
Agree with you on this. When I trained my 1st marathon, one day I stood in front of mirror, I found that my body shrinked and I became a smaller size. It requires a lot of training time to prepare for a marathon. Marathon is serious stuff. I still remember that I had to put grease between my inner upper legs.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203488]Agree with you on this. When I trained my 1st marathon, one day I stood in front of mirror, I found that my body shrinked and I became a smaller size. It requires a lot of training time to prepare for a marathon. Marathon is serious stuff. I still remember that I had to put grease between my inner upper legs.[/QUOTE]
I just remember going on an eating rampage afterwards…
[QUOTE=Drake;1203489]I just remember going on an eating rampage afterwards…[/QUOTE]
I slept that whole afternoon. When I waked up about 5 pm, I did my running again. During my running, I met a guy who was in the same marathon, he said, “You should take at least one day off.” When I’m into something, I just can’t make myself to stop. It was good to be young.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203480]IMO, the low stance walking is much harder than running. It’s not easy to be able to keep your upper legs to be parallel to the ground for 3 miles.[/QUOTE]
One of my students ran marathons and half marathons. His hamstrings were strong, but also tight. His quads were weak, and his stances and stepping were too tall, unstable, and couldn’t deliver power or speed.
[QUOTE=-N-;1203491]his stances and stepping were too tall, unstable, …[/QUOTE]
That’s my concern too. Of course you will have “floating leg” feeling right after running. Not sure that’s short term issue or long term issue?
Here is my stupid question. Is “sinking (rooting)” only concerned by TCMA guys? Do Judo guys or wrestlers care much about “sinking (rooting)” at all? The reason that I ask this question because some Judo instructors and wrestling coaches do suggest running to their students. Not sure if Sumo wrestlers run though.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203493]That’s my concern too. Of course you will have “floating leg” feeling right after running. Not sure that’s short term issue or long term issue?
Here is my stupid question. Is “sinking (rooting)” only concerned by TCMA guys? Do Judo guys or wrestlers care much about “sinking (rooting)”?[/QUOTE]
when we warm up, we usually do around 5 minutes of Judo Jogging. Basically you run with bent knees and try to glide your feet close to the mat without raising them too high or “bouncing” your head and body. It’s essentially the same as the walking like an ape that you do in mantis. We also do the outside and inside slide step (you face outside or inside and slide to the right or left) the same way by keeping the feet close to the ground and no bouncing on the steps.
But all serious judo guys will do road work. More LD in the off season, and sprinting more in the weeks leading up to competition season. In season you try to maintain shape with lots of randori and medium distance runs on the off days.
So serious Judo guys would do both running and low stance walking. I think if you do both, you won’t have the “floating feet” issue. Also some people run up and down. Some people just run along the ground. The up and down running method may give you more “floating leg” problem.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203497]So serious Judo guys would do both running and low stance walking. [/QUOTE]
Yes, but as in all things, randori is different. You don’t overthink your footwork like you do in TCMA. Just keep low, be decisive, and be fast. Play your game. Float like a butterfly sting like a be. Grip and go!
[QUOTE=-N-;1203491]One of my students ran marathons and half marathons. His hamstrings were strong, but also tight. His quads were weak, and his stances and stepping were too tall, unstable, and couldn’t deliver power or speed.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like he was missing quite a few fundamental requirements of running. Stretching, intervals, and lunges…
[QUOTE=wenshu;1203468]Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhh I don’t like being vaguely uncomfortable for 2 hours a week so I’ll make up excuses as to why my body doesn’t need it.
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[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203472]Most of the time, the modern guys will say that the traditional guys are not willing to try the modern method. In my experience, sometime the modern guys are also not will to try the traditional method either.
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[QUOTE=Kellen Bassette;1203505]Since when is running not traditional??? [/QUOTE]
I don’t know TCMA guys ran in the ancient time or not. I only know my teacher didn’t treat running as part of his daily training. I’m not talking about running. I’m talking about “low stance walking”. It seems to me that most modern guys just don’t like the traditional “low stance walking” for some unknown reason.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203506]I don’t know TCMA guys ran in the ancient time or not. I only know my teacher didn’t treat running as part of his daily training. I’m not talking about running. I’m talking about “low stance walking”. It seems to me that most modern guys just don’t like the traditional “low stance walking” for some unknown reason. [/QUOTE]
ancient times tcma runs with weight vest and shin weights. low stance walking is good exercise for children.
[QUOTE=YouKnowWho;1203506] It seems to me that most modern guys just don’t like the traditional “low stance walking” for some unknown reason. [/QUOTE]
I wouldn’t necessarily say that because grapplers (Judo and Wrestling) approach low. They just don’t over think it because it’s something you do. The main difference would be in weight distribution because you don’t heel to toe walk in Judo, you’re usually low but light on your feet and you tend to stay more on the balls of your feet. In most of your hip throws you need to have your belt lower than their belt.
