What is your long term goal for your MA training?

My aims outside of coaching are -
1) Compete more,
2) Get to judo more regularly
3) Increase conditioning, incl my hands
4) Stop breaking my own fingers during grip fighting.

 

Long term, I want to be this guy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21295568

Only 46 years to go.

 

To give back the dedication and effort my teachers have given me during my training.

Explore Jujutsu across a wide spectrum from Koryu through to BJJ and self defence, especially incorporating kodachi kumiuchi (close combat with short sword).

Gain a deeper understanding of the writtings and teachings of Musashi Sensei and the ryu-ha.

Sort out the dam kinks in my kesa-giri. (a diagonal cut)

 

It's supposed to be "I have a cunning plan!" Sheesh...

 

Hes still learning

 

Ah, y'know, do karate and stuff.

Nothing more specific.

 

I don't have any class teaching goals kinda got into helping teach and even running clubs for a while in karate, taekwondo and ballet. I like not having the responsibility in Judo, though don't just rely on teachers for trying to improve my technique and understanding of MA throw by throw.

 

Heal

Return to training

Stay injury free

Stay consistent

Kill my enemie's first born son.

 

I've always wondered why places like this don't exist?

At least in my area, it's either a decent gym setup and the boxing or whatever classes are in the back with minimal floorspace/equipment, or it's essentially just a room with some heavybags and maybe a ring with zero workout equipment.

The part that bums me out is that the places with no equipment have the better teachers but you then have to pay for a gym membership somewhere else.

On topic though I'd like to be able to run around Ki Blasting anyone who gets in my way, while laughing maniacally and possibly flying. A guy can dream right? Seriously just having the snow gone so I can get back into cardio would be awesome. I just wanna get back into fighting form.

 

because most people getting into MA dont come from decent strength training backgrounds.

 

I understand the point, but that's always seemed counter-intuitive to me. If you can't break a hold, or throw a hard enough kick/punch/headbutt/whatever then why bother learning the techniques? Get a tazer or something.

Edit: Maybe I'm being negative? I guess I can't speak authoritatively on who should and shouldn't learn an art. Just an opinion.

 

You're not being negative. It's just that, for most people, this will never be anything other than a hobby. An organized social activity. So the motivation to do the parts of it that don't interest them (i.e., conditioning) is minimal. If conditioning were interesting to them, they'd likely already be working out.

Performance-based martial artists are going to condition because it improves their performance. Most people just want to learn something interesting.

 

I would like to own my own dojo someday. If I could teach karate as my only job then that would be awesome,

 

To fight proffessionally for a living (at least for a few years), and earn a purple belt in BJJ would be my goals.

I'm on track, and will be fighitng amateur in the near future.

 

Its also the new business model for the chav mma places, it means chav Sted heads get to tell each other their a cage fighter.

I think crossfit places often run in conjunction with MMA gyms too, which depending on the level of instruction could be excellent.

 

In my case, to get into better physical shape, increase my coordination and equilibrium (I could achieve that with dancing too, now that I think of it... but it doesn't cover my main reason for MAs, Self Defence.).

Longer term, and very long due to my clumsiness, etc. to 'master' TaiJitsu and Kyokushin (I got into them for the self defence aspect). That's 7-10 years ahead.

I'm 41, so too old to compete, but I will participate in some Kyokushin kumite. First objective, be ready in 9 months to do the 100 man kumitethlon. Almost 2 hours of fighting, but the objective is to last, not to KO everyone.