High Cardio

[disgruntled]

so i am teaching MA again. One of the classes they want me to do is really high cardio. luckily i take Muay Thai so i have tons of ideas.... but i really don't want to concentrate on just the techniques of one MA.

what are some of the toughest exercises that you do at your school? (cardio or strength training... anything really intense)

[sirdarksol]

Kicks.
Pick five different kicks, teach the students how to do them, practice them slowly (for proper form), then switch to high speed, ten reps for each side, striving for something close to a kick per second.

Really, though, any technique, when performed for speed, will yield amazing cardio results. When I'm doing the basic bo warmup as fast as I can, I end up breathing really hard.

[Hatori]

one of the classes I take is Wing Chun and I find their "chain-punching" drills are excellent for cardio plus theyreally tone the arms......although once you've done several thousand chain-punches you can't USE your arms for some time afterwards ha ha ha

[disgruntled]

can you describe chain punching? is it just several punches in a row?

[Hatori]

You are correct. From a Wing Chun horse stance you throw out continuous punches but loop them kinda like a chain and keep on throwing them. You throw them horizontal, then vertically up then punch down then change them to a palm heel instead of a punch. They are not static, solid punches like karate or tang soo do, but fluid, fast punches instead

[disgruntled]

interesting.... that is a good idea. plus they will have to stay in a deep horse stance which is always good tourcher