Preperation for training

[Psyo]

Hey,
I've always been interested in martial arts and finally took one up in april, and being over enthusiastic thought me a tough lesson . after about 2 weeks of training, i had over-extended myself and injured my arm and leg.
But my interest is unaffected and i'm planning to start up again when college resumes in october ( maybe before that ). But the pain in my arm + leg is still niggling when i do too much or put heavy stress on them. I was wondering if doing light exercise for a month or two - some jogging/cycling, pushups and sit-ups every day - would prepare me for resuming training and if anyone else has had similar experiences when beginning martial arts training.

Some ideas/stories on this would be much appreciated

Thanks

[ryanhall]

What kind of training are you doing? This question would be much easier to answer if you were more specific.

[Psyo]

fair enough, I saw Cowboy Bebop and wanted to do jeet kune do but couldn't find any clubs in ireland so i took up Kenpo instead
The full name is Kosho Shorei Ryu Kenpo JuJutsu

[Paul Wilson]

So stretch well.

Here is a common injury due to not stretching that my teacher told me:

Some people damage their Achilles tendon. When it isn't stretched it attaches it self to your ankle. And when you come to stretching the tendon will shortly pull away and you can feel it slower moving and pulling away.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

You could also tri to do some sit-ups.

But depending on what you have done. And it sounds like a Soft tissue injury so it should heel soon. Tri to get back into training. Do it at home there is nothing stopping you.

I train at my home and at several gyms. I wish more people would do this because I want a good opponent to fight in this life.

I had an injury. I damage my lower tendon on my right kneecap. It came off. I was out for a year. It healed. The bad thing is, my doctors told me not to train again. Ha ha ha,,,,,,, I have.

Why you ask.

Well you properly think I am idiot for doing so but what Martial arts means to me Is life. It is the challenge. I always do the hardest route. It's not to become the best. But to take the challenge. To always hope I am second best to beat the best.

Now I am in my top form. And soon I will become a Martial arts Stuntman.

But stretch and there be no worries.

Good luck
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And start training ASAP so we could fight one day.

[Tom Yum]

Originally posted by Paul Wilson

Well you properly think I am idiot for doing so but what Martial arts means to me Is life. It is the challenge. I always do the hardest route. It's not to become the best. But to take the challenge. To always hope I am second best to beat the best.

Fun-knee. Paul, you're not the world's best garbage man, but you still show up at people's lawns every morning.

According to your own thinking, if you're not the best in the world, you are useless. Yet you are not the President of the world's Top garbage collection agency.

Explains for your misappropriated frustrations.

[Paul Wilson]

Lol.

Fun-knee.

You’re sadly misunderstood. I said I want to be second best so that their will always be the challenge to beet the best.
What is the point where there is no point?
If I was the best. Then I would not be happy because there would be no being left for me to challenge my skills.

Understand now my friend?

[Tom Yum]

Originally posted by Paul Wilson

You’re sadly misunderstood. Understand now my friend?

You're trolling. I'm not trying to mock the martial artists on this site - you are. I understand that you have issues, but weaving in and out of Bruce Lee quotes and mockery shows that you have a chip on your shoulder against people who develop MA skills, especially the younger ones.

You don't see us trolling your putt-putt golf range and mocking your triple bogeys.

Show some respect. Maybe you will get some.

[Paul Wilson]

Come on. Show some decency.
Lets stop this nonsense now.
Ok.
You’re just looking for trouble.
And I WILL NOT BE THAT TROUBLE.

[Tom Yum]

Your post about throwing as many kicks and punches for 15 seconds and high rep/low weight was headed in the right direction.

[Paul Wilson]

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
What does everyone else think of the preparations for training?

[skinny]

Depending on your location finding an instructor is hard. It's not like other martialarts where there is a school on every corner.

You can find an instructor if you search hard enough. You have to check every JKD instructor's web site and ask them for referrals, some have lists on their webpage. You can even find a list by searching for -JKD Instructors- right on the web.

There are also good video taped instructions available from Innosanto Academy of JKD, Jerry Poteet (both of whom studied under Bruce Lee, Burton Richardson's JKD Unlimited, Paul Vunak's website on fighting.net, Chris Kent's Dynamic JKD series and his Jeet Kune Do A-Z series, and Joe Maffie's Complete Fighter under Integrated Martial Defence Centers or IMDC.

As for stretching and training, I started last year and worked on general stretching, yoga,aerobics, and tai chi for several months before I attempted taking a lesson. It might be overkill but knock on wood I haven't hurt anything yet! You can also get the NAVY SEAL Workout book (of which there are several versions- only one includes weight training- so get one or two of them) at you local Barnes/Noble bookstore. These books give you a comprehensive stretching, calestenic, weightlifting, running/swimming exercise program as you will find anywhere.

Good Luck

[terry]

Psyo started this thread with an inquiry on what kind of preparations to do given his injuries. The nature and extent of his injury has not yet been established, so it's difficult to make a suggestion. Is this serious enough to go to a sports doc or a physical therapist? We could be talking about a soft tissue injury, a sprain, a muscle pull, a tendon or ligament issue or just normal muscle soreness--who knows.

[Tom Yum]

Skinny, did you check out the navy seal PT book? Did you like it? Which excercises where your favorite?

[skinny]

Tom,

The two books I have are The Navy Seal Workout by Mark De Lisle and the United States Navy Seals Workout Guide by Command master AChief Dennis C. Chalker.

Both books are great. My thirteen year old and his friend are also using them. The latter gives additional information on weight training exercises where the first focuses mainly on calestenics. I like all of the exercises. They include a begginers, intermediate and advanced level workout schedule.

My favorite would have to be the various types of pull ups and dips (but you need to go out and get yourself a pull up and dipping station for that which I did.) I also enjoy the push ups and stomach crunches of which they give you at least five types of each and break it down into super sets- I guess you can call them going in sets for example of 2-4-6-8-10 and back down for each type of push up less reps on pull ups and dips they can range from 1-2-1 to five sets of five.

Check them out!

[Tom Yum]

Thanks!