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Martial Arts and Anti aging   Part 2

11/26/2014

 
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Musashi Miyamoto the greatest “Samurai” said,

“ When I reached thirty years old and looked back on my past, the previous victories were not because I mastered techniques. Maybe I just had natural ability, or that other schools of fighting style were not good enough. 
After that I study and train everyday, morning and evening searching for the ultimate truth, and came to realize the way of Martial Arts when I was fifty years old. ”

Fifty years old at that time would be about seventy or eighty years old in present time.


Martial Arts is not just for young people. Learning new techniques keep your brain and body working.

You can still keep improving, as you are getting older. Even if you were competing and fighting before, then retired from competitions, you should keep training and try to keep improving.

There is a Japanese Martial Arts saying, 
“ Great talents mature late “ 
That means the great talented people show their full ability when they become older. 

To be able to keep improving your technique, you need to know your body well. Try to get the movement that is natural for you, and find your way of fighting. 

Don’t give up something you want to do because of your age. Never say that you are too old to do something. 
If you change your mindset, your body will change, if your body changes your mind will improve, then you can reverse the aging process!!

Martial Arts and Anti aging  Part 1

11/23/2014

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One of my Martial Arts philosophies is that we should keep improving ourselves mentally, technically, and physically throughout our lives.

To be able to do that, we must always be ambitious, and have a mind with the desire to improve ourselves constantly. It doesn’t matter how old we are, if we have that mind, we can always keep improving, therefore that mindset will keep us young too. 

Japanese Martial Arts master, Yukiyoshi Sagawa (1902-1998) was training everyday, until the day before he past away at ninety-five years old. 
He did 150 push-ups easily when he was ninety years old. 
How many young people can do 150 push-ups properly? 

He said, “People who think they can ignore training their bodies and only work on techniques are amateurs. They don’t know anything. Actually, if you can’t prepare your body properly, you have no hope of ever perfecting your technique.”

Persistence and constant exercise are the most important things to keep improving physically. 
You don’t have to do too much, keep your pace and get an exercise routine that best suits you. 

Our general knowledge is that we get weaker as we get older. I don’t believe that, and I don’t admit that. The general knowledge is not always right.
Let’s change that, and get stronger as we get older!!

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Shadow Boxing

11/23/2014

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Shadow boxing is a very good exercise to improve your techniques.
There are a few different ways to do shadow boxing.

1. Slow shadow
This is a good way to practice your techniques, or as a warm up.
Move slowly and focus on the technique, and proper movement.

2. Speed shadow
Throw each technique fast. Try to improve the speed of your technique.

3. Stamina shadow
Try to keep moving for a certain time as hard as you can.
Try to keep the right technique and speed when you are getting tired.

4. Visualize your opponent
This is the most important and useful shadow boxing.
Visualize your opponent in front of you, and think about their reaction when you throw a punch and kick, or visualize your opponent throws punches and kicks, then you react to defend and counter.
This helped me a lot to improve my technique when I was learning.



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