as we all should know(in the northern hemisphere that is), that winter will be here shortly… the celestial event will secure the beginning of a three month period of weather that is most detrimental to all but the most hardy of souls… in anticipation of this exciting event, i am ruminating the endless training possibilities that are soon to come… such as…
training on ice, both with weapons and empty handed forms… making perfect snow circles is always a wonderful alternative to making snow angels.
so… what’s on the big winter time agenda this year as far as seasonal training goes??? anyone else like to keep the wind from stealing their chi while training out in the blizzards this year??
Used to do winter training all the time in kyokushin, Oyama had a hard on for it and it was passed on through the generations.
Here in Canada we can get some nice -20 or -30 C weather going, with a couple of feet of snow, great for barefooted MA workouts !!
NOT !!
Never got much out of it other then a cold, LOL !
One guy lost a toe to frost bite
Even Buddha came to the realization that asceticism is for the birds.
Training outside in the winter could yield you some illness.
I don’t see value in it for me really.
Nothing personal, if that’s what some people like, so be it.
I"m not interested in training in primitive conditions like rocky 3.
I don’t have to and I can train in better conditions and get the same results.
As a Canadian, I don’t mind the cold much and have probably made it through more harsh winters than most people here on these boards what with being on the prairies for most of my life where 6 months of the year is 40 below. (40 below is the same in Celsius as farenheit)
[QUOTE=WinterPalm;1062799]That’s at least 40% of it anyway.
And yeah, but it’s also fun to bundle up and go skating on the river or just for a run…makes you tough.
Course I’m escaping to Asia this winter…[/QUOTE]
You gona get in some fights while you’re there Dave? Or just drinking pilsners and chillin with the hotties?
being in Buffalo we get lots of lake effect snow… so we must train for these conditions as it takes up 4-5 months of the year.
We do our running through the back lot of our school which is open field of grass and it drifts snow so we find our runs vary between an inch and 3 feet of drifted snow in the same mile.
We also practice grabbing shoving and releasing techniqes on ice. I never want to hear my students say they couldnt defend themselves because it was slippery outside and they lost thier balance…
what part of FLA do you live in? I lived in south florida for a bit and it is not 70-75 in the winter…
I missed the season change and knowing everyone was from where i grew up not that way in FLA not many natives
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1062805]You gona get in some fights while you’re there Dave? Or just drinking pilsners and chillin with the hotties? :D[/QUOTE]
We’ll see…I’d like to fight. Doing 8 weeks at a camp in Thailand so we’ll see what kind of shape I’m in.
And it’s a matter of fact that everywhere I go, the hotties come to chill…par for the course.
ED- Central Florida, about an hour and a half from Orlando. I am originally from as Vegas where it can get in the low 20’s to some ppl’s surprise, so I was used to cold winters. I’ve been here in central florida for near 4 years now and never seen it below 40 degrees in this area, and thats usually from cold fronts that are gone in a couple days. On average it’s 70-75 degrees in the winters here.
ahh inland, I miss semyrna beach and wakayvia springs 2 of my favorites near Orlando in FLA but OK no ocean winds and what not. yes the dessert is super cold during the night even in the early and late summer, nothing to hold the heat in. Been to the mohave when it was 107 and went down to 42 at night.
[QUOTE=WinterPalm;1062852]We’ll see…I’d like to fight. Doing 8 weeks at a camp in Thailand so we’ll see what kind of shape I’m in.
And it’s a matter of fact that everywhere I go, the hotties come to chill…par for the course.[/QUOTE]
