Endurance/ Circuit Training in Arnis

[narra]

Guys,

Do any of you practice endurance traning in arnis? That is doing a certain technique for a few minutes over and over again, to develop muscle strength.

[Jax]

yeah i do, with a heavy rattan or sometimes 2 in the same hand, builds up wrists and shoulder strength well.

[Ular Sawa]

I do believe that some practitioners use steel pipe cut to the length of
their normal stick size. The trick would be keeping your techniques from
getting sloppy.

[JamieD]

I do it all the time,
I use heavy sticks any way (Iron wood and hickory) and always spend atleast 1 hour of my weeks training in endurance.
Usually based around siniwali and single stick with punches and kicking making every hit with intent ( as we always train, whether it be sparring or training). I have found this work wonders and means that to "crash through" a block or interuption I don't end up off lining my body and loose my "theory of facing" or balance. This of course develops whole body strangth.
Whilst I'm mentioning hickory does any one else use this as I haven't seen it mentioned on this site yet.Of course this is not authentic Philipino material (as far as I know any way).
I'm not sure if that made sense, but its starting to get late and I'm getting tiered :) .
Blimey I must be getting old !.

J

[Mandirigma]

Guys,

Do any of you practice endurance traning in arnis? That is doing a certain technique for a few minutes over and over again, to develop muscle strength.

Whats upper Narra
We do endurance training before every class which includes wind sprints,jump squats(with and without sticks),heavy bag work(with and without sticks),footwork(with and without sticks),rope,ab work,sinawalli(with and without sticks)2-3 minute rounds,15 second rest,12-15 rounds. :eek:
"Why?because the legs feed the wolf gentlemen...." Herb Brooks