The Best Martial Arts Teacher - the video camera

When bodybuilders prepare for competition, there goal is to lose a lot of body fat whilst keeping there muscles big and toned. To gauge there fat loss some take a fat loss test comparing themselves to a certain time before. Others uses the pinch test to determine there body fat but the best device they can use is the video camera. Nothing will tell them weather there ready for competition like this useful invention because they SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE when they move! A martial artist should have the same approach to there training. For instance, if you have a habit of dropping your hands low when you perform a roundhouse kick, it doesn't matter if a thousand people tell you you are doing it, you may not start to change until you either, get hit when you kick in sparring, or see it in action yourself when training alone. I know i would rather see it than feel it! Seeing yourself when practising on the heavy bag for instance will give you a clear indication of faults you have, and may not notice in your daily training. You will then be aware of what to work on next time around. Also it will show you if you have the habit of throwing the same techniques again and again. Remember, the faults you see on camera will be the faults your opponent will see when fighting you, except he will be able to act appropriately and use your faults to HIS/HER advantage.

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