Bags of Ego

kravicecreama

Interesting post from a Uk site. I have seen this time and time again.Just wondering what you think

"The other day we were locked out of the Community center we were to train in and I was ready to go home, but one of the junior instructors suggested we run around back and train outside. We set up some of the pads we had yet to train with and started working out. Three things I got from the impact training that I never would have expected....

One, Some of the Brown belts technique went for a crap in the lake when they had to actually hit something, and a few were throwing kicks like they were tapping the pads. I had to correct so much to make sure they did not hurt themselves and to increase the effectiveness of any kicks they were throwing. It was a eye opener, I suggested that many brown belt kicks turned into white belt kicks the second they needed to land one.

Two, we train WAY to much with out impact training. To many of the students were not used to nor could they land an effective kick against a partner if they needed to. I am old school and we used to land medium impact kicks on each other all the time, but the "modern safty" oriented Karate has stopped so many from being able to land a kick effectively that it is scarry. I will be brining the pads out even more!

Three, Students need to learn how to hold pads as well as actually kick them. Not only are they great tools to demonstrate kicking power and force but can also be humbling to those that think they kick hard. I was holding the kicking sheild for the students and one cocky brown belt was "Whalling" on the bag thinking he was good. I was trying to correct him and he was just ignoring my instructions ( not my student mind you just their for a work out) he did Mae Geri 10-15 times and was acting like he put a hole in the bag every time...I did not agree. He refused to adjust and so I gave him the bag...and kicked it once, He ended up on his ass! He is a good foot taller than me and did not think he would have an issue with the kick. Real humbling.

I suggest every instructor grab a few bags and bring them to the club to work out with. it is one modern inovation that every instructor should get a hold of!"

This was lifted from
http://www.karatethejapaneseway.com/karate_underground/viewtopic.php?t=10455&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=steve+morris&start=0

Doug Cartel

If they'd never trained with pads/bags before then I don't see how he could be surprised that they didn't do well. Nobody ever gets anything right the first time they try. I don't think he's being fair.

Zen65

Doug Cartel wrote: »

If they'd never trained with pads/bags before then I don't see how he could be surprised that they didn't do well. Nobody ever gets anything right the first time they try. I don't think he's being fair.

That pretty much sums up everything there is to say about this, I think.

Cheers,

Z

kravicecreama

yeah...that was my reaction too. But on reading further I think that his shock was that this was an impromptu round of bag work...outside of the norms of the dojo. Both senior and juniour students had to engage.
I have seen plenty of examples of senior students setting up bag work and then walking away to do more "important" stuff, like talking to other people of the same grade, while letting the juniors get on with it with little or no input.
Its just a personal opinion....but sometimes I think pad work is just seen as a way of occupying student time as opposed to an intergrated part of training.

corkma

Im always trying to improve my pad work. it always seems to be a struggle to find time to do it properly. ideally it would be a big part of the training

FruitLover

kravicecreama wrote: »

Interesting post from a Uk site

Actually, a US-hosted site run by a Canadian from Japan :cool:

(long-term member)