Components of Training
Stretching
Your muscles and your joints are what link the parts of your body together, and give power to your body. Strong, supple, and loose muscles and joints are required for maximum health. Anyone who has done any level of physical activity is aware of this. And to anyone who has sweated and worked hard at any physical sport, this will seem like pure common sense.
Breathing
Whether nourishing your body with oxygen or eliminating waste gases from your body, your breath is vital to you as a living creature. Breathing techniques are a common practice among various medical, spiritual, and martial traditions, and can be designed, in some cases, to achieve very specific ends.
Stances
This Is your link to the ground the very foundation of what your body's structure is. This is what gives us the ability to generate power in a kick or strike as well as the ability to move swiftly or strongly towards or away from an opponent. During training, practitioners will move through these steps and execute techniques. The different stances have different strengths and weaknesses. Students will learn to use these stances to suit their body structure and adapt if necessary to the opponent they may face.
Stepping
Martial arts require training in motion. Once the students learn the basic foundations, the training of coordinating the various parts of the body can begin. Stepping training enables the practitioner to move fluidly and quickly through the stances, increasing one's speed, quickness, and stability. Each style promotes various degrees of weight distribution, but in the end, stepping helps train the mind and the body.