Training to music?

challengemaster

Well, just wondering what the view on this is.

In my Karate club, generally, we'd have dance songs going for warmup and sparring, if not more. Tends to get the tempo of the class up a bit.

However in TKD, it's so quiet at times you can hear the floorboards squeak.

Is it just a case of different folks, different strokes - or is there any benifit to it?

oh, and also - just as a 'why not' question - do you train to music?

Pride Fighter

challengemaster wrote: »

Well, just wondering what the view on this is.

In my Karate club, generally, we'd have dance songs going for warmup and sparring, if not more. Tends to get the tempo of the class up a bit.

However in TKD, it's so quiet at times you can hear the floorboards squeak.

Is it just a case of different folks, different strokes - or is there any benifit to it?

oh, and also - just as a 'why not' question - do you train to music?

TKD is extremely conservative, there is nothing wrong with some motivational music to get the class jumping. Personal favourites are Jump by Van Halen, Final Countdown by Europe and Rocky soundtracks.

RedRaven

R.a.t.m., Slayer, Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, Sepultura Etc!!!:d

Baggio...

RedRaven wrote: »

Suicidal Tendencies

Sweet!!

Prolly my fav band - first album is pure genius.

RedRaven

What a band..saw them a couple of years ago...rockin

silat liam

In Silat we use Gamelan music in the classes to help students develop fluidility in their miovement. The tempo of the training will rise and fall in correspondence with the music. Its a very important aspect of Silat

Baggio...

RedRaven wrote: »

What a band..saw them a couple of years ago...rockin

Was that the gig in the templebar music center? Class gig. Muir was like a bull on the stage.

I missed 'em when they played in the top hat, their first ever Irish gig - that must have been about 20 years ago now.
I'm really showing my age here.

Really like Pantera and Sepultura to...

R.

Red Hand

A bit of Aha or Duran Duran usually gets the tempo going for us.:)

cowzerp

DI DI DI DI DIN DIN
DIN DIN DIN DIN
DI DIN DI DIN DIDI
DIN DIIIIIN no music!

3KINGS

In my Thai class.......we go form classical Thai music to Bob Marley.I find Bob keep's the sparren class,at a nice chilled tempo....seriously easy go'en....J:D

mark.leonard

Being well known for having the least conservative TKD class in the world, I used to bring in the stereo every now and again and belt out some crackers during warm up and sparring.

Point Blank is music all the time, one of the main limiting factors on class size is my musical taste! my personal favorites at the moment being the Swordfish Soundtrack, Lively Mind - Paul Oakenfold and wait for it....Justin Timberlake, what can I say I brought my girlfriend to see him over the summer and I was converted, to his music, not homosexuality, though he is a very attractive man.............

Colm_OReilly

We' have music all the time in CrossFit/Spartan MMA - otherwise you'd have to listen to me talk all the time.

Sometimes the music is deliberate - 2ManyDJs, Prodigy or AC/DC to hype them up, Amiina or Sigur Ros to calm the savage beast. We always squat to Johnny Cash - he adds 5-10kg to your squat, FACT.

Charlie3dan

challengemaster wrote: »

Well, just wondering what the view on this is.

In my Karate club, generally, we'd have dance songs going for warmup and sparring, if not more. Tends to get the tempo of the class up a bit.

However in TKD, it's so quiet at times you can hear the floorboards squeak.

Is it just a case of different folks, different strokes - or is there any benifit to it?

oh, and also - just as a 'why not' question - do you train to music?

I do karate too and I couldn't imagine training to music at any point during the class....just doesn't seem to fit in.

Havin said that I'd a bit of capoeira too and I loved the music element of it. But that's when there are guys playing there beside you and you have to react to the way they change the music.

If I'm doing some conditioning at home though I couldn't imagine not havin something blasting in the background.

So for me it depends on the type of training, but if I walked in to any MA class and found Eric Prydz "Call on me" playing in the background......I'd walk straight back out

Baggio...

Besides very heavy stuff - I think "Dark" Drum and Bass (not the commercial stuff) is great to workout to. It has a consistent rhythm but dark and nasty overtones. Great for thumping the bag.:)

Tim_Murphy

After 10 or 11 months training in Point Blank I actually dislike getting warmed up to anything bar Justin. :eek: Damn you Leonard! :mad:

HammerHeadGym

RedRaven wrote: »

R.a.t.m., Slayer, Pantera, Suicidal Tendencies, Sepultura Etc!!!:d

You can take the man out of Fibbers....

Judomad

mark.leonard wrote: »

wait for it....Justin Timberlake, what can I say I brought my girlfriend to see him over the summer and I was converted, to his music, not homosexuality, though he is a very attractive man.............

MARK MARK MARK i like ur style, but dont tell anybody ssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhh

but in all honestly if we have a class we dont use music during the class(pauls fault ) but i like it now because you can here any instructions and the likes....
but when im on my own hittin the bag or a weights session i love haven my ipod in the ears or cds in the system in the gym hehe....

house of pain-jump around.....run dmc-its like that....hmmm they seem to be my fave choices...

RedRaven

HammerHeadGym wrote: »

You can take the man out of Fibbers....

Guilty!!!

Roper

You haven't lived until you've done MMA sparring to ABBA.

Judomad

Roper wrote: »

You haven't lived until you've done MMA sparring to ABBA.

HAHAHA fun times im sure, sitting on my new fancy posh bus to work one of the drivers always plays an ABBA dvd when hes on.....delightful way to kick start the morning

cletus

Ger Healy plays "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC so much its like Pavlov's dogs, I hear it in a pub, and i go looking for somebody to hit (either that or a space to do bastard killers)

Tim_Murphy

Ger Healy plays "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC so much its like Pavlov's dogs,

True enough alright. He has been known to play a bit of Enya from time to time too, although mainly just to keep me happy.

Ali H

cletus wrote: »

Ger Healy plays "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC so much its like Pavlov's dogs, I hear it in a pub, and i go looking for somebody to hit (either that or a space to do bastard killers)

There is a reason for that. Thunderstruck rocks and it will be heard by some this weekend too

mark.leonard

Probably right before the Cannon enters the Tribal Warfare Cage!

wetdogsmell

ju jitsu and barry white don't mix well, bad things can happen :rolleyes: :eek:

Dragan

mark.leonard wrote: »

Point Blank is music all the time.....

There is a band called Nailbomb that did an album called "Point Blank", used to listen to that consistantly when doing bag work as a kid.

Might not be your style though!!!

Baggio...

Dragan wrote: »

There is a band called Nailbomb that did an album called "Point Blank", used to listen to that consistantly when doing bag work as a kid.

Nailbomb are class... Max Kavelera and the lead singer of Fudge Tunnel.

As much as I like some of the Souf Fly stuff - I wished he'd have kept up with NB best project he ever did imo.

Dragan

I'm with you dude, Nailbomb was fantastic, Soulfly had there moments but just don't compare for me!

Baggio...

Dragan wrote: »

I'm with you dude, Nailbomb was fantastic, Soulfly had there moments but just don't compare for me!

Aye, they have a few good choons, but not a patch on NB. Another band I really like are "Sick of it all". Saw them a couple of years back in voodoo lounge. Great gig.

What else do you like D?

FiannaGym.com

Pantera, Slayer, Sepultura, Nailbomb, Darkest Hour, drum and bass (especially "The Fast Lane") but mostly what ever Drummo brings to training... Or better yet, PCA!!!!!

In the boxing club its whatever is on the terrible radio station they listen too.

Peace

Raze_them_all

slipknot.... drowning pool.... adema....mushroomhead.... I've a thing for immortal by adema....love that song

Drummo

FiannaGym.com wrote: »

but mostly what ever Drummo brings to training...
Peace

Lately, that's been Ministry, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Clutch and of course THA FAST LANE!!! wut wut

RedRaven

Ministry makes me go to a very bad place, too bad for training infact.

Drummo

RedRaven wrote: »

Ministry makes me go to a very bad place, too bad for training infact.

Have you got your ticket for the gig in July? It's the last gig of the last tour of their careers, should be savage! If you're in a bad place, at least you'll be close to home!

conor rowan

how has noone mentioned "youre the best around" from the karate kid yet?

"Try to be best
‘Cause you’re only a man
And a man’s gotta learn to take it

Try to believe
Though the going gets rough
That you gotta hang tough to make it....."

lyrical genius!!:D

RedRaven

Drummo wrote: »

Have you got your ticket for the gig in July? It's the last gig of the last tour of their careers, should be savage! If you're in a bad place, at least you'll be close to home!

Yes I will be there, I will have to introduce Paddy C to the evil of ministry, I played some for him and Andy when we drove to Cork for Thai show a number of years back, he liked Slayer and Sepultura also,hes tryin to get me to go and see R.A.T.M. in Germany...he has the twist of cain I tells ya!!!

Ministry will be savage Drummo!!

Baggio...

RedRaven wrote: »

Ministry will be savage Drummo!!

"Ding a ding a dang my dang a long ling long".... I'm paraphrasing of course.

Think I'll be going also. Be a class gig.

RedRaven

Gerry Lee Lewis eh..who'ed of thought!!!

Yes should be killer!!

Ziycon

Anyone know where to get a copy of the tape that the Kokoro MMA club in Dublin use for warming up at the begining of classes, its 30 mins long and theres a guy talking over it saying do 1min of situps, 1min of push ups, shadow boxing etc!?!

cowzerp

I think that sounds like the bas ruttens cd, he uses it to train to himself, funny i thinks!!

ryoishin

The bas rutten cd is savage and if you give it your all its tough. You can get it at www.basrutten.tv

I remember seeing a cd online of sounds made from a speed ball.