Fiendlover
Black Belt
First I would like to apologize if this question was already addressed somewhere else.
Last night one of my instructors wanted to have a jump roping drill which is perfectly fine with me because I know there are great benefits from doing it. But as I was jump roping he told everyone to stop and for me to continue as he explained that the way I was jump roping was not the correct way to jump rope.
He said that one should not have heavy feet when jump roping or jump with rotating feet which I was doing neither of the two.
Instead he pointed out that I continued to jump even when the rope was not near my feet. He said that to continuing to jump that way lead to an up and down movement when sparring. That if I continued that drill that way, it would lead me to being easily read in sparring due to indicating what moves I would execute.
He then explained that the correct way to jump rope was only to jump when the rope was near my feet which would be one jump per loop and to just continue to build speed so there is little resting time between loops.
I tried to do it that way and I instantly became frustrated but I kept in mind that it would take practice.
Later that night, at home, I was watching the Ultimate Fighter with my brother and I paid close attention to how they jumped roped. One fighter jumped with alternating feet, which is usually what I do, but as I watched I noticed that other fighters were either doing that or continued to jump even when the rope was not at there feet.
So my question is, is there really a proper way to jump rope and do the results of doing different methods of jump roping affect how you perform techniques differently?
I know that there will be differences in performance if one continuously practices but if one does different methods of the same thing, how much will te differences be?
Maybe my instructor was telling us this because maybe it pertained to our particular style (Soo Bahk Do) and not to the Ultimate Fighter. But if that was the case, I would think that overall, jump roping would lead to better performance not only in sparring but for overall health and better self defense and that is what the Ultimate fighter is trying to achieve as well, right?
Last night one of my instructors wanted to have a jump roping drill which is perfectly fine with me because I know there are great benefits from doing it. But as I was jump roping he told everyone to stop and for me to continue as he explained that the way I was jump roping was not the correct way to jump rope.
He said that one should not have heavy feet when jump roping or jump with rotating feet which I was doing neither of the two.
Instead he pointed out that I continued to jump even when the rope was not near my feet. He said that to continuing to jump that way lead to an up and down movement when sparring. That if I continued that drill that way, it would lead me to being easily read in sparring due to indicating what moves I would execute.
He then explained that the correct way to jump rope was only to jump when the rope was near my feet which would be one jump per loop and to just continue to build speed so there is little resting time between loops.
I tried to do it that way and I instantly became frustrated but I kept in mind that it would take practice.
Later that night, at home, I was watching the Ultimate Fighter with my brother and I paid close attention to how they jumped roped. One fighter jumped with alternating feet, which is usually what I do, but as I watched I noticed that other fighters were either doing that or continued to jump even when the rope was not at there feet.
So my question is, is there really a proper way to jump rope and do the results of doing different methods of jump roping affect how you perform techniques differently?
I know that there will be differences in performance if one continuously practices but if one does different methods of the same thing, how much will te differences be?
Maybe my instructor was telling us this because maybe it pertained to our particular style (Soo Bahk Do) and not to the Ultimate Fighter. But if that was the case, I would think that overall, jump roping would lead to better performance not only in sparring but for overall health and better self defense and that is what the Ultimate fighter is trying to achieve as well, right?