This week saw the introduction of our first Wisewarrior Challenge… The 7 Day Zenkutsu Dachi Challenge!!! On regular periods throughout each month we will be putting forward short routines to copy; aimed at helping students with their own personal practice. These will help improve martial art technique, but will also help towards fitness and body conditioning; which are also key factors in the subjects that we teach.
Modern day life finds people busier than ever, and often finding the time for practice can be really difficult. These challenges are a fun, quick way of keeping up with the demands of a complex syllabus and can easily be fitted in throughout the day.
As the weeks progress we will be encouraging students to work on stances, develop fitness levels, explore different techniques and increase the repetition of patterns. Also as i hope more of the dojo members take part in these challenges – then each of us is helped knowing that we are all working together! 🙂
But above all we would like these challenges to inspire students to ask questions about their syllabus, and how they can improve fitness and technique. Practice, after all: is as much about thinking as It is about sweating!
If you have any questions or maybe challenge you would like to offer up then ask me or the team!