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Training on an annual, monthly, weekly and daily basis

6 Dragons Kung Fu has a well-defined training method, designed:

To build real martial skills (read How to acquire special abilities)
For those who have a real determination

Time management is one of the keys to achieve constantly growing performance and avoiding deterioration.

Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course practitioners on Patreon (see how to attend our home study classes here Learn Kung Fu online: a beginner-to-expert course).

The general subdivision of the practice

In this phase, the general subdivision of training hours is as follows:

Fundamental technical exercises – They must be performed every 1-3 days (described in Lesson 2.3)
Fundamental physical exercises – They must be performed every 3-4 days (described in Lesson 2.3)
Secondary technical exercises – They must be performed every 4-5 days
Secondary physical exercises – They must be performed every 5-7 days
Mental and psychological exercises – They must be performed (at least) every 5-6 days
Core techniques – They must be performed (at least) every 2-3 days
Special exercises (simulations, etc.) – They can be performed 1-4 times per year
Integrative exercises – They must be performed during daily life, in each moment at your disposal
A rest day – It must be inserted every 5-7 days (without it we do not give our body the minimum time to allow the increase in performance)

A note by Master Kongling – This is your discipline, to obtain real results you have to integrate it as a part of your life routine (read Having discipline: do not contradict ourselves).

The exercises to practice and their subdivision

Established a reasonable time of daily training (which can be staggered in 2, maximum 3 parts, more about this in the next lesson), we have to dedicate:

5-10% to warm-up / stretching exercises
20-30% to conditioning / resistance exercises
10-20% to cardio exercises
10-20% to techniques learning
5-15% to sparring exercises (for those who want to learn to fight)
5-10% to flexibility exercises
5-10% to recovering exercises

A note by Master Kongling – Naturally these percentages are only indicative (with time and experience everything must be recalibrated with your defects / endurance / specific goals).

Important:

It is not secondary to say that a lot of exercises cover more than one of these parameters at the same time
Even if a lot of 6 Dragons Kung Fu exercises are already online, if you are a beginner, it is better if you follow the pace of this course and concentrate on the fundamental ones (read Lesson 2.3)
About the technical part, we will talk about it in the following chapters (first you need to basically prepare your body)
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A step-by-step guide to your daily Kung Fu training

Now let’s see a training session sample, from the beginning to the end:

First of all, wear your training uniform (it’s a way to mentally prepare yourself)
Find the right music (especially for beginners a good playlist can be a “bridge” to start building determination, read Lesson 2.2)
Place the speakers in a safe position and adjust the volume to suit the environment (acoustics, respect for the others, etc.)
Never use headphones, they damage your perception of the environment (the isolation they create is only useful in some exercises that we will see in the future)
Take a paper, a countdown timer and a pen (or better a smart device)
Decide the amount of time to dedicate (it must be the same every day, and it must be time of pure training, pauses and losing time must be excluded)
If you have decided to train for less than 1 hour, most of the exercises must last, on average, 5 minutes otherwise 10 minutes
Create a bulleted list and write your workout plan (1 row for each exercise)
Take all the tools / materials necessary / useful for the practice
Set the countdown to the number of minutes of the first exercise and start your playlist
Execute the exercise and stop only after the alarm of the timer (no pauses, you can only drink water)
Terminated the exercise, draw an oblique line on the exercise performed (or check the list item on your smart device, do it only when the task is completed)
Write (rapidly) near the description of the exercise statistics / ideas / problems / etc. about the exercise performed (only 2-5 words, read Measure, analyze and eliminate defects)
Do not lose a second (read Intensity of training: depends on what?) and set the countdown to the number of minutes of the second exercise (and so on)
When you have finished, dry yourself with a towel, this is not allowed during practice (you need to get used to sweating and manage it without being distracted)
If possible change your clothes and do some regeneration exercises (self-massage, soft stretching, Yoga relaxation, etc., read 5 regeneration practices to recover after training)
Discuss (respectfully) with your partners and / or write the impressions about the session (after, it is too late, read Analysis and improvement of performance)
Have a shower (after 20-30 minutes after the end of the activity)

Maintain a training diary

Do not throw away the training sheet, keep it jealously, it is a building block of the three main focal points of 6 Dragons Kung Fu:

Preparation
Discipline
Concentration

Whenever you see the stack of your training sheets, you will remember the path you have made, the sacrifices and the relative satisfaction.

In the next lesson, we will see how to insert (in the most painless way possible) into our day a serious, constant and expandable training.

In-depth articles

Training sessions samples – A list of specific training sessions of 6 Dragons Kung Fu (individual workouts, for advanced, for experts, for beginners, in small spaces, etc.)
How to train in 6DKF: basic exercises – A small guide (not for totally beginner) to start the practice of 6 Dragons Kung Fu

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Author: Master Kongling

Founder of 6 Dragons Kung Fu.

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