Can anyone suggest a good way to practice my karate techniques at home?

Question

i want to practice at home whats the best way to do that, may be do 10 of each technique

Answer 1

I can recreate my boxing classes at home. All I need is a stop watch (actually, I use my cell phone alarm clock) and a punching bag and a few weights.

If you can memorize the routines and the amount spent on each, or the amount of reps for each, then you can definitely practice/train at home.

Answer 2

Have you got a brother? Only kidding.

Answer 3

Do a kata (or hyung) marathon.  Start from white belt and work your way up to your highest form then from your highest form to your white belt form.  Do them as breathing forms, tension/relaxation forms, start from the opposite side, and move from one form right into the next one.  Think about your hand/foot placement, imagine you are fighting an opponent, work on breathing, and do the whole set 5x every day.

Answer 4

I was going to say kata as well but the suggestion to do it real slow was a very good one, wish I had the energy to do it myself

Answer 5

I agree with stslavik answer.

Another way to practice Kata is to perform the footwork only, place both hands on your hips and get the footwork right. If you practise in slow motion with tension (like your under water) this builds muscle memory and makes your movements alot stronger. Another way to practise on the spot is to watch yourself in the mirror.

When I had practised enough and felt as if I should perform my kata, as in me and my kata are 1. I got my brother to video tape me from different angles whilst I performed Kata. I could view this and correct my mistakes.

Also with practising kicks, I performed these slowly too and held my belt in front of me so I would not disturb my upper body when moving back and forth performing kicks, I also put a glove on my head so I would keep my head up and not allow it to move when kicking.

I hope this helps.

Answer 6

The best advice, at least with kata, tends to be doing them painfully slow and repetitively. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the reasoning is that moving slow will focus on fine motor control, and the repetition builds muscle memory. When you do them faster later on, you'll be smoother and produce better movements.

Practicing at home is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, if you want to advance at all (and I don't mean rank, but skill), you have to practice yourself and do some sort of training on your own... Two nights a week in class is not enough. On the other hand, you don't have someone skilled to correct your technique, so you may only be developing bad habits.

Back when my Shidoshi (In the bujinkan, this is a licensed instructor) was in town, I'd go home from training and over the days between, take the technique I'd had the most trouble with and perform it slowly anywhere from fifty to one hundred times. Then I'd go back to class the next week and practice it in front of him. If the general attitude of disdain felt at all genuine, I'd messed up something about it and he'd correct me. If he just groaned and shook his head but didn't say anything to correct it, I knew I was doing okay.

Sadly, if he ever told me I was doing good, I was almost certain I had it totally wrong :D

Answer 7

kata

Answer 8

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