Just started JKD, any basic footwork drills?

[Capoeirajc]

Any basic footwork drills or tips. I want to practice at home. BUt nothing to advanced, I wanna work my way up first.THanX...Juan

[JKD_Jay]

Jump rope- it really helps to get you light on your feet. Practice step-and-slide, clock step, and shadow box some, but make sure you move around while you're doing it.

[isot777]

first i'm going on the assumption that you know what the basic footwork . if not let me know and we will go from there.

Practice your footwork in front of a mirror first slow and then fast left, right, foward, backward, and be overly critical, making sure everything is perfect.

practice, practice, practice,

net running (like what football players do)

anything that is done with the legs and is more difficult than walking or jogging (technically not physically)

try to do all the techniques you can think of while advancing, retreating, sidestepping left/right, in front of a mirror.

as you can probably tell i'm a big fan of mirrors but i believe the best person qualified to help you is yourself.

hope this helps

isot777

[aseepish]

What JKD_Jay said - step-and-slide forward - work it until you can explode forward. Also work your pendulum (step-and-replace) footwork. When you shadow-box, be light on your feet, but take care not to be too "bouncy" - keep un-necessary movement to a minimum.

[mushinmaster]

Fast, light, and grounded?

I more of a karate fighter, and I'm just curious - Do you guys also practice being solid in your footwork too? Being light, fast, yet also grounded - immovable? Do you guys know what I'm talking about?

[isot777]

Yes i know what your talking about I don't know what particular style you are from but i did study karate for a bit and your stance is similar. there are some minor differences .. like the back foot is on the ball of the foot while the front foot is flat but light for quick movement in any direction, the front knee is turned slighty inward to protect the groin, and the upper limbs are in a position similar to yours the right elbow is three inches from the ribcage while the left is closer the whole stance uses the immovable elbow theory.

knowledge is power

isot777

[mushinmaster]

I'm very familliar with the jkd stance. What I was asking is do you try to be movable yet immovable? Do you practice this concept in JKD? I don't think I've ever come a cross this concept in JKD readings, and I'm wondering if you guys use it.

[isot777]

I have incorporated that into my stance mostly because a friend of mine I train with is a black belt in shoto-ryu karate. But as for most of the jkd world I cannot say I know of some who use it and some who have probably never heard of it , to them its just a oxymoron .


isot777

[mushinmaster]

confusing either way...

[Rockwell]

-Remember to keep your rear heel off the ground
-Step and slide in all directions, quarter turns right and left
-Male and female triangle footwork - /\ and V
-Stand on a tire in your boxing stance and move around, makes you keep shifting your weight, balance.
-slow, "timing" sparring with a partner
-make sure you incorporate footwork (circular, angles, in-and-out) into all your bag and pad training
-start learning wrestling footwork as well

best,

Jeff

[aseepish]

Yeah! Tire training is a blast! It's great for standing on (try slipping and bob/weave drills while on a tire) or for whacking with a kali stick. If you do any kind of weapons work (regardless of style) the tire is indispensible.

-T

[mjmnam]

DDR?

i recently played this game called "dance dance revolution" and watched some of the faster songs. looks like you could really learn to move you feet if you played it long enough.
the games is played standing on a pad and arrows on the screen direct you where to place your feet.

[Fighter]

Are you talking about those video games? I think you are. I think the should make one to help Martial Artists practice foot work.

Who agrees that would be cool?

[mjmnam]

i think that'd be an awesome training tool. have programmed fight scenarios where vary degrees of foot work would be needed to "evade" the attack. hell i'd buy one.

[Brokenmace]

That's got to be the coolest training idea I've heard in a long time! I'd buy it too. I just played a game at an amusement park not long ago where you had to duck and weave from side to side in order to get behind cover and return fire on street thugs. If you combine the two concepts, what a cool tool!

Trouble is, unless you'r well off or your dojo springs for it, it would be very expensive because of the sensors involved. I hear the pad alone for 'Dance Dance' isn't cheap on its on. The game I played had a metal cage rigged with motion sensors.

I doubt a dojo would provide one, since you get the same effect (but better) if you trian with a partner and your sensei gets on you about footwork all the time.