bcbernam777
Brown Belt
I wanted to start this thread with a view of gaining other peoples thoughts of drills and their real place in Martial Arts. Before I continue let me define what I mean by drills, the repeating of patterns of techniques, singulary or in combination in attack and defense for the purpose of practicing those techniques, or practicing the attack/defense of certain zones of the body. In my opinion performing these types of drills tends to create what I refer to as dead hands, they trap our brain and freeze it into a set subconcious track that in a real situation will be repeated automatically in a real life situation. For example if someone learning Wing chun drills a Tan Sau in in a certain way, then they become fixed in that way, they lack aliveness and fluidity.
In my opinion the only way to drill so called technique is in broken patterns, with no indication of where the attack is coming from, either through sparring or in some type of reaction based training approach.
Not only do I want yu to post your opinion on drills, i want you to let me know what you view as the zenith in training.
In my opinion the only way to drill so called technique is in broken patterns, with no indication of where the attack is coming from, either through sparring or in some type of reaction based training approach.
Not only do I want yu to post your opinion on drills, i want you to let me know what you view as the zenith in training.