Sand Training, an Ability Builder for the Martial Artist

For those of you that are unfortunate to not live near warm sunny beaches, with dry clean sand then I'm afraid you will have to wait until the next time you go on holiday to try this one. Training on sand is so beneficial to every type of martial artist and ten seconds into it and I'm sure the differences will be noticed from when training on a hard durable floor. When training in your dojo, home or wherever it is you normally train, its very easy to take for granted that the floor helps you with movement. Try getting up and jumping from side to side. If you stop to analyze the process of moving, you should notice that in order for this to happen, you have to push into the ground with your feet, so as to drive your legs to start the movement. This pushing into the ground with your feet is also achieved when walking, running, jumping, kicking and lunging. When a grappler moves when ground fighting, not only will he/she use his feet to push, creating movement, but also the hands are used. Having a hard floor surface makes this movement process a whole lot easier, but on dry sand it becomes harder as the surface is not durable and very soft and to move, you have to dig your feet (or hands) into the sand slightly so as to create the momentum needed to move. For this reason polymetric training becomes a whole lot harder but greater rewards can be obtained. Sparring on sand, either striking, grappling or both, becomes an extremely heavy, and hard workout, as the muscles are used more, but it is another out of the many other hundreds of great ways to improve the leg and arm muscles and stamina. So if you are one of the lucky ones that live near the golden beaches of the world, take advantage of this unique training method.

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