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tkdan
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Dec 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Texas
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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 Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: Visualization |
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| How many believe using visualization is helpful in martial arts? I'm not talking about daydreaming about it but visualizing yourself going through the steps of a form or any aspect of your martial arts training. |
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elbows_and_knees
Black Belt
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
Posts: 1795
Styles: thai boxing, grappling
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe it's excellent. it's not standalone though - you still have to put in the sparring time, forms training (if you do forms) and other hard work, but visualization is a great technique. |
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alsey
Purple Belt
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 501
Location: UK
Styles: shotokan (2nd dan), jujitsu (3rd kyu), kendo (1st dan).
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, i agree its a good thing to do. i won't devote time to just visualising though, i just do it sometimes, before or after a kata, or before sparring, but its a spur of the moment thing for me really.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: Visualization |
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There have actually been studies done with basketball players on visualization. They had a group who would practice so many free throws, another who would practice so many and visualize making the same number, and then a group that just visualized the baskets. All groups showed improvement, and the group that used both techniques showed the most improvement.
I like to use visualization when I can't practice, like when I'm driving down the interstate, or just sitting on my duff at work.
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Jiffy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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I believe it's absoloutly crucial. The best way to train is to get in and fight for real. As this is not always a safe or realistic option, the second best is visualisation.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
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Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject: Visualization |
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I have actually used some visualization at work. When just gazing off, I think about getting attacked by a drunk or an inmate, and how I would react, what I would do. I visualize the attack, the parry, then an arm twist and a takedown. I try to vary the attacks as well, and come out with different ends.
The nice thing about visualization is that I always get to win! 
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hawkfish
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Joined: 04 Jul 2004
Posts: 114
Location: Chicago, IL. USA
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I feel that visualization is very important. I go through my kata's in my head over and over again. I see each move and make sure that I am doing them correctly.
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tkdan
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Dec 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Texas
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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| I was referring to visualization along with actually doing the training. I too have found it helpful more with forms or upcoming belt test. I have tried it with fighting but the unpredicable nature of some opponents makes it difficult to visualize every aspect of a fight. |
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Jiffy
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Bruce Lee used to talk about visualisation in a different way. Rather than visualising an attacker, he would visualise the whole situation from a third person perspective as if he were someone watching. This is something that most can't do, but he believed it was one of the ultimate keys to being an ultimate warrior.
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bushido_man96
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That would be an interesting way of doing it as well. From 3rd person, you could see where the attacker's body is at all times, and from 1st person, you can 'feel' what all is going on.
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on the post.
