How often do you train???

Question

I just want to know - I do about an hour a day that keeps me fit but I have found the higher the belt rank you go the more you need to do in order to learn everything and remember it.
bumble (brown belt)

Answer 1

I find the accounts of the people above training all the hours they say just amazing - they must be doing nothing else but. I train as often as I can and afford, that equates to three classes a week (4 hours) and an hour on my own at home. With, at long last a full time job, and a TV to watch I am pretty sure that injury would soon follow if I trained more. Hope that puts a more realistic if not human slant on things for you, over doing it, or worse comparing yourself to others can have disastrous consequences. All the best with your journey

Answer 2

Well for Judo I trained 2 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week.

But now for MMA I train WAY more, but what I do is extreme, but is necessary to stay competetive.

4 to 6 hours a day, 6 days a week (not including conditioning)

But that is hardly necessary as far as being proficient, and there are many people who train much less than me, and do even better than I do. I have to fight against my body type so it requires an excessive amount of training to stay competetive against someone who may be more naturally athletic.

I think the average practitioner probably trains a little over an hour a day, 3 days a week or so. That was pretty much the standard for any of the other Martial Arts I took. Higher ranks are expected to go above and beyond a little bit with training before and after normal class times.

Answer 3

I am only a white belt. Going to my yellow belt about a half a month from now. I train every day about 1 a day. I want to land a spot on the US TAEKWONDO team. So, i dont have time of in Taekwondo. Because i go to class 3 or 4 days a week and than I practice and practice. I make sure that I know the form before I go to class.

And next monday i should get my 1st black stripe. Than I know i will be ready for the test.

Answer 4

Not as often as i should by the sounds of those above!!!!!
i teach 6 days a week 15hr per week and train when i can, before i was teaching i would train about 2 hrs aday and go to my club 3 times a week for an hour lesson,
I do train 4 hours twice a week in the Cane now

Answer 5

I train also an hour a day, 6 times a week. The higher the rank the more dedicated you have to be, but how much will depend on your skill, determination, and how fast you learn.

Answer 6

nicki berwick-now thats a name from the past!!-a real talent if ever there was one. coming up in the coloured ranks i trained three hours a day five days a week (and saturdays too if i had nothing else to do!!). on reaching dan i trained every day but toned down a bit. now i am older i train three days a week in instruction and learning under another instructor. currently i have an internal head injury that is concerning myself and the doctors a bit so the training is on hold for the time being.

Answer 7

repetition. work the drills to perfect the techniques.i have been involved in the martial arts for a very long time .higher the grade the more you have to train to hone the skills ,preferably with someone more experienced or skillfull than yourself. sorry back to the original point ,in the beginning 4hours per night 4 nights per week with every other weekend in competitions for approx 12 years ,then loads of seminars ,workshops every other weekend for approx the next 7years .less frequent now but still do 6-10 seminars per annum,plus regular training1-2 sessions per week 2-3 hours each.good luck

Answer 8

I trained 2-3 hrs a day from the age of 9 to 12
From 12 to 19 trained 4-6 hours a day

I got 4th grade black in Tae Kwon-Do at 14
3rd black Shotokan Karate at 15
3rd black Wado-Ryu Karate at 15
5th black in Lao Kung-Fu just before 16

Won under 18's at 13 years old.

Hope this does not put you off.

Answer 9

I wish I had time to train that much. I train two or three times per week for 1 hour although I try to practise my Kata whenever I get a few minutes (especially when a grading is coming up).

Answer 10

i train 5 days a week for about 1 hour 30 minutes which is hard but i also train before breakfast aswell so really its twice a day for me. however i can only do this when im on leave.