Jukaado Academy Of Martial Arts

I am often asked - How many days/ months to complete training? - by anxious parents who wish to see their kids wearing a black belt or people who watch some martial art movie and decide to join a martial art class . To them all I say is it has taken me 25 years and am still learning. Martial Science is like education can a 3 year old become a Doctor or an Engineer in just a few months? Even after completing his education and becoming say a Doctor if one does not keep on learning and upgrading he will not be a good Doctor. Similarly it is with Martial Science too. It takes a lot of discipline, devotion, dedication, effort, perseverance, determination, sacrifice and lots more.  It is the study of something which in no time completely takes over your life - the way you walk,  talk, think,  behave and lots more. It is very very demanding. No wonder at any authentic martial art school say if 30 students join at a time, by the time a few years go by there may be only 5 or l...

The above video is a variation of conditioning our students came up with so that all of them can do conditioning together and for different areas of the body. Conditioning is a very important aspect of martial arts. It is sad that many martial arts are moving towards point scoring in fights or sparring competitions also called as sports sparring. The sports sparring does not involve full contact kumite (sparring). As a result over the years organizations that have moved towards sports kumite have stopped or drastically reduced conditioning the body by kicking, punching or striking the various striking areas of the body. I was really shocked and upset when I met a black belt from an organization that follows sports kumite. That black belt told me that he is training from last 6years but he had never been punched or kicked any where on the body. He had never ever done any conditioning training in the 6 years that he had trained and reached to black belt. This is very very sad and ...

Sawadee Khrab I had recently gone to Bangkok and was eager to train in Muay Thai (Thai kick boxing) which is the national sport of Thailand. There are many Muay Thai gyms in Bangkok and it should not be difficult to find one to train at. Many American and European Tourists come to Thailand to train in Muay Thai. Most MMA fighters too train in Muay Thai. There is lots of passion for Muay Thai, as a matter of fact professional Muay Thai practitioners train for a minimum of 6hours a day 6 days a week. This is the level of dedication that is put in its training. There are many stadiums too where Muay Thai bouts are conducted regularly and a student needs his teachers blessings and permission only then can he enter the competitions. I personally was not satisfied by my brief training in Muay Thai. In view of that some of my senior students and myself are planning a trip soon to Bangkok to train for 6hours a day for a week at a well known gym there. Children start training and competing at...

The above video is about traditional body strengthening and conditioning training. The equipment used are all the traditional ways of training. The first equipment in the video is a solid iron rod of 15kgs which is rolled up and down the fore arm to strengthen the forearms. The second and third equipment are canvas bags filled with pebbles and small stones on which the practitioner slams the front and back of his palm to toughen the palm. The fourth equipment is a  bucket filled with iron ball bearings in which the practitioner strikes with his fingers like nukite or spear hand to strengthen and toughen the fingers. The fifth and sixth equipment are weights at the end of a medium sized stick they are used to strengthen and toughen the shoulder, latissimus dorci ( upper back), biceps, triceps, trapezius muscle and the deltoids. 

Speed throwing is a very good workout. It is a high intensity cardiovascular routine. Moreover since all the people that are standing around the mats are not of the same height, weight or body type it improves the reflexes and adaptation skills of the person throwing them as he or she has to constantly keep throwing people of varying height and weight. There is not much of time gap between each throw so the person throwing has to be alert and have fast reflexes. Over a period of time it will also improve the skill in throwing techniques too. Please do not try this on your own always practice under a qualified instructor. 

The above video and the one below are of a training session where students practiced combination techniques. Combining striking techniques of a kick or punch along with throwing and locking techniques.  

The students really did fight well during the 9 man kumite specially when we have to consider the fact that they had a tiring midnight session which got over at 3am and they started the kumite  session in the morning at 6:30 am with barely enough sleep or time for the body to recoup.   The above video has Shiv fighting well specially since most of his opponents are not only many years older than him but some even double his height. Keep it up. In the above video we have Hussain who also fought well. It is always nice to see all of them giving their best even though they had all injured their elbows with lots of crawling the previous day and only few hours sleep between the last midnight session. The above video has Sravan. Unfortunately our battery was running low and we could not shoot the full 9 man kumite by him. One thing am sure all who attended camp will agree is that Sravan has a very strong will power and never gave up through all the 8 days at camp even ...