I've started my new Wing Chun training routine. This refers to the practice I do on my own, not the class I go to once a week. I say once a week, but on a good week I can get down there twice and in rare weeks three times. I think that as long as I can consistently maintain once a week, I'm going to improve, albeit more slowly.
So in addition to the formal classes I attend, I practise on my own 5 days a week, Monday to Friday. I choose those days simply because I get to work inordinately early to beat the traffic, and I want to do something constructive with the free time I have before I actually start work. I have maybe 45 minutes before the fisrt of my colleagues start to trickle in and I am not going to practise with an audience! Ashamedly, I only use around 10 of those minutes practising. Here's the breakdown:
Wing Chun Timetable
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing! | Siu Lim Tao | Practise turning | Siu Lim Tao | Speed work | Siu Lim Tao | Nothing! |
I know - two days where I do nothing! I know that the time I spend training is pretty short but I think it's a good base and I know I'll get better gradually doing this. The key is consistency.
Who am I trying to fool, I should practise more! A mere 10 minutes a morning is pretty shameful but I have so many other things vying for my time that I can't spare much more. I'll have a think and see if I can juggle some things around. It would be helpful to know how much everyone else trains...
September 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I just want you to know that I absolutely love your site I found it just before I went away on holiday to New York a couple of weeks back.
I love the layout, the design, its very clean and very fresh… its very encouraging and very inspiring.
I love your sections on Gung Lik energy and on Training, it’s very insightful. If you are interested in my own personal training routines I would like to forward you what I am doing at the moment.
I check your site everyday for new postings and will post your link on my schools forum. Excellent work my Wing Chun Brother.
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September 6th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Hey thanks for the encouraging words dirtstyle! By all means send your training routine, it’ll be interesting to see how other people train (and maybe motivate me to do more
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October 6th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Wow, thanks for sending me your training schedule dirtstyle. The pole dancing routine that you do on Mondays is a little unorthodox, but if it works for you, go for it! Is it mandatory to wear the spandex body stocking, though…? Well, the pics look good anyway. Good work!