Jukaado Academy Of Martial Arts

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More sparing or more drilling combinations, What to focus on?

There is a debate that continues whether one should spar a lot more than practicing basics or drilling combinations or vice versa. Different schools of thought or maybe just a personal preference of the instructor. But what is truly needed for a well balanced development of a student or practitioner in order to be able to successfully apply what was learnt in training into a real life self defense scenario? Let's look at what both these training practices bring to the table and understand what is truly needed. In reality if one is attacked there will always be an element of surprise involved. Yes, we may read the pre attack signs and gestures, but the actual moment when an attack begins remains a mystery and a surprise. When we are attacked, the time it takes for us to process the attack and respond to it, is already much slower than the time taken to execute the attack. So we are virtually up against something that should not be able to be stopped. Any defense i...

Are you obsessed with checking you weight?

Do you check your weight daily, weekly or monthly? It is good to check your weight once to have a reference point. However it is very unhealthy to keep monitoring ones weight on a regular basis. It not only impacts your physical health but also your mental and emotional health too. We call it monitoring our weight but it is actually something that causes anxiety and even hampers our health and fitness journey. The weight chart is just an average chart and not a hard and fast table to adhere to. We are all different - our genetics, our bone structure, our body type, our activity levels, our diet, our profession etc and so we can not compare ourselves to a prefixed table. Unless you are a professional athlete that competes within a certain weight category, you don't need to obsess about these numbers. It is sad that with so much information available today, people are still falling prey to false practices, perimeters and beauty or health standards. Weig...

Woman's Safety - What needs to be done?

There is a lot that needs to be done with regards to women safety by all the parties involved, by each one of us, the Society in general, Government bodies, NGOs, Corporates etc. I totally agree that crimes, sexual assaults and violence against women should not happen and we need to raise our boys to be better men. But till that change comes about, women should not sit and hope that they don't become the next victim. Just like robbery is bad and should not exist but we take precautions by locking our doors etc or cyber crime is bad and should not exist but we take precautions before opening unknown links etc. Similarly we need more women to take precautions and be ready to tackle a situation than just hope not to become a victim. The first line of defense needs women to get fit and tough along with training in a realistic self defense based combat training system. Just going for a sport based martial arts system will make you have the false belief in your a...

Why is martial arts called - A way of life.

Very often we hear people say that martial arts, is a way of life. Why is it so? What does it mean? One may start training in martial arts for numerous reasons. For some it could be just a form of exercise, for others it may be for self defense, or a childhood passion or anything else. It starts with just training physically but as one starts training over a few months, they either notice changes or they don't notice much change. Irrespective of that, in both cases one wants to get better. This desire to get better slowly starts creeping into various aspects of life. We start looking at all angles and aspects of our life, to find ways to get better at training. If one approaches martial arts training in a disciplined manner, the discipline enters other aspects of our life too. For example - one gets scolded for being late to class, may be the instructor sends us home too for being late often, now either we will stop going to the class or we will start being...

Looking fit or tough doesn't always mean you are actually fit or tough.

What does fitness or being fit actually mean for you? For many the standards are so low that being fit, means just the absence of any serious ailments. For others it means being able to do daily tasks of going to work etc. Then for some it is one dimensional, as in for example they are strong men, or are cyclists etc. Yes both of these and other one dimensional fitness enthusiasts are much fitter than those who don't do anything but are not holistically fit. There is nothing wrong in following whatever fitness or sports pursuit one wishes to or enjoys. But to follow a one dimensional approach will surely improve your strength, fitness etc in that particular area only. For example a strong man can easily tip over a sedan but may not be able to jog for an hour. Or a marathon runner can run 42kms easily but can't kick a heavy bag for 100 times with full power. The list can go on and on. This is exactly why looking fit or tough doesn't mean that one is truly fit o...

Motivation is a scam that is making us weak.

There are some words that are created or given a different meaning to an already existing word. Some of these words are scams on the entire human race, making us weak, soft and escapist. Motivation is one such word. It is one word that has made so many of us blame our escapist behaviours on something else rather than stand up to bring the change within. Just by saying - I don't have the motivation - we are trying to shift the blame onto something else besides our laziness or escapist behaviour. Trigger is another word with a new meaning. A few decades back trigger was just something on a gun. Today everything triggers everyone, making us softer than soft toys, crying or getting anxiety over anything anyone says. Coming back to motivation. The self help books hoax is another stupidity trying to mint money off gullible people. How is it a self help book, if you need to read what someone else writes to introspect or bring change in your own life. Self help com...