…..Tonight we will be practicing outside. What even makes it better is that it should be raining so some environmental factors will be coming into play. Training in different areas and being out in the weather is a great way to keep your training real as well as interesting. When you train in rain, snow or summertime heat you have to adjust to the climate and the clothes that you are wearing. That adjust should be another variation in your training that may help you in a moment of extreme violence. You see we need to prepare and have variations in our training so that when some thing does happen we are simply not shocked and we go into a neutralize the threat mode! Constant training with shifting variables can really help prepare you for an adrenaline dump and also with how to deal with that adrenaline. When the flight or fight response kicks in we want to be able to make it work for us and not against us by paralyzing our response. Constant variations in training is just one way to prepare for that kind of a moment!
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Fully agree, if you only train inside on a flat floor in perfect lighting and temperature you are in for a shock the first time you have to do something outside on a hot humid day or night.
Some of the best forms training I have ever done was outside, on uneven ground in the dark. It is a great way to improve root, balance and posture awareness. And one of the most productive Sanda tuishou sessions I had was during a rain storm that turned into a thunderstorm, probably the mist “Kung Fu” theaterish too :). However we did stop and go in when the lightning started
Sounds like a lot of fun Tim! That outside training on uneven surfaces is essential as is understanding what you are working on and if it has a give to it like grass or if it will really hurt to fall on it like concrete. I like to try and split up my training to about 50/50 inside to outside. I do not always achieve it but I am a firm believer that the world is your Training Hall!
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