Jonan Sibu (Kazumi Hajime) infamous morning training

Interesting and very hard...
Exercises for legs in morning is very exausting

[Miguel]

Originally Posted by kakatootoshi

Dear Aunty Ichigeki,
What I have read is quite similar. The book says you have to hold a big paper balloon. You cannot break it but you cannot let it fall either. And at the same time you must imagine yourself holding a ball between your knees.
I have also read that the fluid footwork of Shihan Kazumi Hajime comes from his practice of Iken (something like a zig/zag form of slowly walking back and forth?)
And my limited understanding of Yiquan/Iken/Taikiken stops here.

OSU!

Osu

I found a site on taikiken where it describes how to practice Hai I think this might be Iken you are reffering to when you mentioned Shihan Kazumi Hajime

http://www.taikiken.org/book_crawling.html

The site has a lot of info, including some profiles of what I guess are the most well known taikiken practitioners.

Osu

[Ant]

what is gundam training? gundam like the anime? lol

[kakatootoshi]

Dear Ant,
Gundam training is to have a partner dressed in very heavy protective gear (belly, arms, thighs, shins) and you can practice on him or her with full-force.

OSU!

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by killer_kicks88

what is the idea behind the ikken training?

The idea is to develop explosive short distance impact power .

a good exercice is : stand in kiba dachi , reach with your hands
as if you are pulling something heavy out of the ground while breathing in.
Hold your breath with your hands at shoulder hight.
not too long , just a little
Than trow your hands forward and release all the air that is in your lungs
(sort of kiai .)
Beware , you might get dizzy in the beginning (hyperventilation).
Repeat this 10X a few times a day and you will see
your punches will become much more explosive .
Just try and give some feedback .

Osu

[dacheng]

Originally Posted by kakatootoshi

Just found an informative website on the art of Yiquan(Iken) and there are articles, videos and a free e-book. It is worth checking out.


OSU!

New address of this site is: yiquan.pl

There is a new free e-book - "Yiquan. Kung Fu Revolution" for download. I'ts about history of yiquan (iken). Japanese branch (taiki-ken) and kyokushin are mentioned too.

[dacheng]

Above address changed to yiquan-academy.eu

[niceguy]

Originally Posted by BigAl

I know Kancho Royama is trying to bring back Ikken into Kyokushin as well.

Did this in Scotland in winter camp this year. This is very tiring(thanks Shihan Mac) but gives you a nice feeling inside when completed.Must do it more

[kabirlovero]

Originally Posted by kakatootoshi

Jonan Sibu, which was led by Shihan Hiroshige Tsuyoshi, was dubbed "factory of champions" by many kyokushin critics. Midori, Yamaki, Kazumi and Tsukamoto are but a few names from the list of their top students. Following is one of the many versions of their infamous "morning training".

Abs
Crunches (on a decending bench) 50x3sets
Leg-raise 50x3sets
Crunches (legs put on bench, body on floor) 50x3sets

Back
Back extension 20x4sets
Back leg-raise 30x3sets

Leg stretching

Big mitt section
3-2-2x1set with 10sec intervals
(During off-season, 1minx8-9sets)

Kick mitt
Depends on training theme of the day.
Following is an example:
left, right chudan mawashi geri,
2 left chudan mawashi 1 right chudan mawashi,
left jodan mawashi, right mae geri,
step forward 2 right chudan mawashi,
step forward 2 left chudan mawashi,
left, right mae geri, right hiza geri,
back step 2 right chudan mawashi
(2minsx2sets)

Iken exercises 15 mins

Sparring 1minx10sets

Gundam training (with low kick pants and special protective gear)
3-2-2 (just an example)

Jumping 30x3sets

Iken "Hatsu Riki"(force explosion) exercises with hand-grips
Right 30x3sets
Left 30x3sets

Body toughening
Left, left, right shita tsukix10
Seiken tsuki (countering waza of gedan mawashi)x10
Left, right chudan mawashix10
Inner, outer thigh gedan mawashix10

Ab stepping (have someone standing on your stomach)
Crunchesx50

Neck
Front, back, left, right 10 each

OSU!

Thanks for sharing that, now i have new exercises to add to my routine...

[Setsuna162]

After looking at the pictures in Kyokushinkan's site I just realised that Kyokushin used to have a kokutsu dachi similar to the Shotokan's one. Never known that before.