Daily training is essential if you want to get the most out of your martial art. Why bother training every day though? Especially if you're not training "for" some event or other?
Imagine taking lessons to learn a skill, say, playing the piano. Why would you put all that time and effort into learning how to play if you're not going to actually play the piano? Bit of a waste of time.
Same with karate, learn karate in order to engage in the practice (or is that Practice?) of karate.
Health is more important than wealth, at least if you are healthy you can go out and earn a bit.
So, yes training for health is a valid reason for martial study. It's easy to dismiss the idea, after all who "only" wants to be healthy? (because yeah, being healthy sucks...)
The kind of people who laugh at the idea of being healthy are, as I write this, the sort who are hoarding toilet rolls because of that virus that's going about.
My daily training essentials:
8 pieces of the brocade qigong
Sanchin kata (closed hands and open hands)
Tensho kata
Standing post qigong
I normally add my other katas into the mix.
That's it, but the trick is to do plenty of it. This alone has improved my flexibility, relaxation, state of mind, and technique. Throw in some pad work, train with a partner, put in the dojo time.
And switch the sodding TV off.
Imagine taking lessons to learn a skill, say, playing the piano. Why would you put all that time and effort into learning how to play if you're not going to actually play the piano? Bit of a waste of time.
Same with karate, learn karate in order to engage in the practice (or is that Practice?) of karate.
Health is more important than wealth, at least if you are healthy you can go out and earn a bit.
So, yes training for health is a valid reason for martial study. It's easy to dismiss the idea, after all who "only" wants to be healthy? (because yeah, being healthy sucks...)
The kind of people who laugh at the idea of being healthy are, as I write this, the sort who are hoarding toilet rolls because of that virus that's going about.
My daily training essentials:
8 pieces of the brocade qigong
Sanchin kata (closed hands and open hands)
Tensho kata
Standing post qigong
I normally add my other katas into the mix.
That's it, but the trick is to do plenty of it. This alone has improved my flexibility, relaxation, state of mind, and technique. Throw in some pad work, train with a partner, put in the dojo time.
And switch the sodding TV off.