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Post by kensei on Nov 14, 2012 21:10:23 GMT
what gets you motivated to train. Not the "special training" for grading or tournaments but the regular every day training that pushes you to train hard...what is it?
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Post by malk103 on Nov 15, 2012 17:32:14 GMT
The enjoyment of training, the buzz of learning something new, or most recently, in meeting new people and learning something new! Most of all it's the good feeling I get after training, I will always try to remember this if I'm feeling tired which then encourages me to get moving. I will also start to feel grumpy/grouchy/annoyed if I don't train for a week or two, this is part of the de-stressing that training gives me, I normally round my week off with a tough session on a Friday evening. By the time I get home all of the crap from work has long been forgotten!
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Post by Paul Bedard on Nov 16, 2012 4:15:17 GMT
I have mentioned before that my main reason for training now is self preservation. I`ll give an example on how that works for me. I have a skin condition called psoriasis, along with having this condition for many years comes psoriatic arthritis. Mainly most of my joints can at times be stiff & painful. My belief in this type of discomfort is that if you sit on your butt because you are not comfortable, then you will be uncomfortable more often & it will last longer. So I have to get off my ass & get moving & work the kinks out. One thing that I enjoy & get benefit from is a good total body warm-up, one of the reasons that I run a 1 & 1/2 hr class is to give time for a 10-15 min warm-up. If I`m feeling good then 10 min, if I`m stiff it will take a bit longer. I then like to use the method of training basics with upper body then switch to similar with lower body. Then to some basic kata, do some sparring based either on the basics we covered or from the kata. Near the end of training I like to work my seniors on the kata of the month, so we start at a slower pace, to medium speed, to full speed, then back to medium speed while emphasizing points to work on. Sometimes it takes till this time for me to feel good. For example this month we are working on Nijushiho, about the third time through the kata, when we are going from back stance to kiba dachi & then again to back stance, I start to feel really good, my hips & lower back seem to relax & I feel younger. Also of course by this time my shoulders seem well lubricated & move freely & my knees are about as good as they are going to get. When I get home I can relax pain free most often & get a good nights sleep. If I skip out on training to often my body tells me in a very convincing matter that being a slacker is not healthy. So if I have any advice to give about pain it would be something like this: If you are hurt of course get treatment & allow yourself proper healing time. However there comes a time in our life when we can`t succumb to a bit of pain, because it will take over your life. Get off your ass & work through your discomfort & it will reduce somewhat, but if you stop just because it hurts a bit, you will find yourself stopping more often, doing less & being in pain more often & for a longer duration. `KEEP TRAINING`, just listen to your body. I don`t at all believe in the old `no pain no gain` thing, but I do believe that you have to feel it & your muscles getting a bit sore beats the hell out of your joints hurting.. Sorry for the long winded response to this post, but I tried to explain what I mean by; What keeps me motivated to train= Self Preservation.. I should add, that a good round of sparring is just plain enjoyable & I always look forward to sparring with my seniors & being proud of how they have progressed. But now we would be getting into a new post `What motivates you to keep teaching?`..
Osu
Paul B
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Post by dek1 on Nov 19, 2012 21:57:43 GMT
One word would describe it for me the Buzz, When your in the dojo and burst ready to give up and crawl away the others all keep you going and you get the Buzz. The Buzz was term from my marching band days when the band playing strong and well you got a feeling that we called the Buzz. Training makes me feel great, frustrated and scunnered (esp when learning a new kata and my left is confused by my right) but most of all i get a real Buzz from it. Sorry if this post does not make sense
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Post by Paul Bedard on Nov 20, 2012 0:02:41 GMT
Derek; The Buzz makes perfect sense!!! Paul B
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