doin a technique 1000 times?

Question

hey one time my instructor said i had to go home and do 300 side kicks do you think that sort of repetative action actually helps? whats your general opinion

Answer 1

Perfect practice makes perfect!
Repeating something in the wrong way wont't help it will make you worse cause now you must then unlearn it again!
Repetition works but make sure your form is correct

Answer 2

Repetition of an physical movement creates "muscle memory" . Your muscles remember having done the same movement before and each time they do it they get more efficient.
In every movement there is whats called antagonistic muscle action that must be overidden. By doing the same move many times your body learns to relax those muscles not needed and strengthen the ones that are.
In addition, the neural connection between brain and muscle is also strengthened. Remember when you were learning to ride a bike, or drive a car? Know (i hope) you don't need to consciously think about it.

Answer 3

Yes-a side kick is one of those techniques that you use muscles differently than what you are accustom to. The more you practice it the better the technique will become. It will get faster, easier to execute and more powerful. "Kickers" who compete will tell you that they easily practice their kicks several times per week doing 300-500 per each type of kick. Along with practicing them that way you can also use elastic bands to further train. Billy Blanks would use bicycle inner tubes for resistance when he would train and work on his.

Answer 4

just repeating a tech. over and over could help if your talking about "traditional" marital arts. It won't help you develop other aspects of the kick or what ever you are repeating. I can throw my leg out in a side kick but does it mean I can actually use the thing, no. Just for class and "tradition" I'm sure it'll help with your side kick. It may help you execute the skill well enough for your class. If nothing else is sure wouldn't hurt any.

Answer 5

Repetitive action is the best. The idea is to repeat, repeat and repeat. Repeat until you don't have to think about anything. Strive for perfection. Once you can do a technique with your mind completely clear, you know you've got it down. Then, you can start doing it again just for exercise.

It's a central part of all martial arts.

Answer 6

it only helps if you do them correctly each time. A person could do a million side kicks, but do them wrong each time and not improve.

Repetitive action only helps if it is done inteligently and while you are aware of it. Otherwise, you would fall into habitual stuff, which usually isn't good.

Be aware of each kick while you do it, and do them slowly. I found that practicing slowly was very helpful because it caused me to focus on what I felt, balance, and other important issues during practice.

Answer 7

As a martial arts practitioner myself for the past five years, I believe that practice makes perfect. The more you repeat things, the better you become at it. When I trained in Japan, we used to do that sort of thing all the time.

Answer 8

You see it's not by technique that you win nor by better odds that you win,it's getting that Budo feeling that wins all.

Answer 9

muscle memory. it give you a consistant technique... so if u do em all perfectly... a perfect kick will be second nature... but if you do it crappily... crappy technique will be second nature..

Answer 10

Bruce Lee's tactic is lots of repatition. the more you do the better you'll do it.