Karate Tournaments Tips And Tricks

Today's tips a little bit longer, martial arts is a very personal sport. Everybody has a different body type or build so it stands to reason that you're martial arts needs to be adapted to your body type. The way each martial artist develops power can vary between styles and body types it important to look outside the square and sometimes outside our own systems to grow your own martial art. Here are some of my views when it comes to customising your own form and understanding the difference between impact and power. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

I have spoke about this a few times before, but now I decided to put it in its own category. Understanding how much aggression can be used in different situations it is imperative for being successful in martial arts competitions and it also flows over into real life situations. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

In this step I get into the nuts and bolts on how I used to psych myself up for competition. This may not be suitable for everybody however I have taught it to many people and it seems to work extremely well. Enjoy. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

This tip is about understanding your physical attributes and using them to your advantage, whether you're tall or small heavyset or light in frame, understanding your advantages and disadvantages is extremely helpful to be a successful competitor. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

Being brave and having courage doesn't come easily to everybody, certainly some people find it much easier than others. I believe that everyone has courage and bravely, but just like kicking and punching some of us need to learn how to develop it. I have put together five steps that I hope you will find helpful. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

As discussed in previous tips, closing the gap is super important if you want to score a technique on your opposition. There are many ways and methods to close the gap. Many of them involve sheer speed. In this episode I'm going to discuss two ways of closing the gap in a very sneaky manner so the opposition doesn't realise what is actually happening making scoring so much easier. The first way is very straightforward and no doubt you properly do it now, however understanding the second way in what I call "cutting back" will make you more sneaky in the sneakiest ninja... If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

When it comes to competition fighting, to win we must use every available strategy available to us. It's great to be able to initiate an attack or do great counter-attacks but sometimes our opposition may have or may seem to have fantastic weapons. Or in other words there kicks and/or punches just seemed to be fantastic. So how do we deal with this? In this tip I explain how to pick a technique and destroy the oppositions willingness to use them no matter how good they are. These techniques are not easy to do and certainly take courage and heaps of practice but if you can master them is a fantastic way to gain the upper hand on someone that has good or great technique. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

This is a question I have been asked many times, over the many years I have been teaching I have seen many explanations on this sum I agree with some I think are very wrong. In the tip today I give you my take on where you should look when you are sparring whether it be in the class or in a tournament. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

How many times have you gone to a tournament and you have seen someone doing hard stretching and high kicks and really showing off before they complete? I don't know about you but I see it all the time! So, is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well here is my take on it. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

In this tip I explained the way I separate multiple forms of training different arts. Or in other words how to switch from training karate then to ju-jitsu or even different styles of karate for example modern karate compared to traditional Goju. I have come across quite a few students that have trouble separating different arts and stopping one bleeding into the other. If you have any other comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me my e-mail is, scott@pollets.com.au

Many martial artists and competition fighters either forget or don't understand the result of a technique delivered at different angles. I'm talking about when a technique is delivered from a low position to a high position or vice versa and the effect it has on the target. A certain amount of this is obvious but if we look at it more carefully some things aren't so obvious. Have a listen, and enjoy my tip number 26 and I hope you get something from it

As martial art artist we are constantly told to correct and form, and generally speaking that's good. But sometimes we can do bad form on purpose. Have a listen and learn why....

Recently I had a question from a listener asking for some advise on new situation. It was a new student in his mid-40s and he wanted to know some things that would help him in his sparring and is general training. I have put together five tips that will help mature age students when it comes to sparring and their general training in class. Because I have five tips in the one episode is a little bit longer than normal. If you are a younger instructor then these tips may also help you in dealing with your older students.

In today's tip I way examine the best way to move and how to learn to move. Many students want to go hard thinking that the best way to learn fight but this is not so, Have a listen and make up your mind.

Today I am talking about footwork. It's a huge subject by itself so I'm only going to touch on a few points. I will come back from time to time and revisit footwork because there's so much to add. But have a listen to this to start with.

Many students make a basic mistake when it comes to using setting up techniques. Expressly when it comes to the first part of this technique. So have a listen to this quick tip so you don't fall into this trap.

In this tip I explain why blocking is the last resort, not your first option.

Being able to deliver a constant barrage of techniques without breaking your own rhythm is really important, no matter what type of competition work you are doing. This tip revolves around this subject and methods you can use to improve your sparring.

This tip is more about training a method rather than competitionn. Having cold flexibility is very important for both competition work as well as real-life applications

Everything in life has rhythm, and everything in the fight has rhythm also. Here is two ways of looking at the rhythm of a fight.