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...
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...