10 Tipps for a successful Bo-Training on your own
- Find the right Bo to start your personal training. If you have a low ceiling use a shorter version of a Bo like a Yonshaku-Bo.
- Set up a room in your flat or house, in your garage and also find alternative ways where you can realize starting your personal Bo-training. For example in a friendly sports club etc.
- Create an atmosphere of a Dojo by putting mats on the floor, hanging pictures, posters, or Japanese kanji on the wall.
- Install lights that you can customize depending on your needs for example during relaxation phases after a hard workout.
- Begin your training by following the online lessons. Attend the class videos of each level.
- Invite a family member or a friend and train together. Come together with your peers, train and interact together by a Zoom-Meeting - It works fine and makes fun!
- Create a personal training schedule parallel to your online course. So you can combine and deepen your personal favorites in addition to the online study.
- Write a Journal to track your progress and to find out your personal improvements.
- Find a place to realize your training outdoors parallel to your home training to get a feeling for the long weapon.
- Expand your knowledge by reading Books about Kobudo, learn the History behind this Martial Art, the Japanese names of stances, the techniques, etc.
Make a Plan
Succes is the sum of planned actions.
With a plan in your pocket, you have a well thought-out training process that you can adapt to your needs at any time. For certain days on which you have much time for training, create a fixed schedule that contains all the essential content. Your Training always should be based on a warm-up, a main training part and a cool-down at the end of your training. For some days when you don't have much time left, make a fixed quickly workout-routine or do some repetitios of a Kata in such days. So you keep moving.