#120: Use It or Lose It - A Martial Arts Warning

Some people say martial arts is like riding a bike... I don't! I say use it or lose it!

In this episode, I'll break down the three main reasons our capabilities get rusty, then offer a four-step formula to help hold on to your skills for as long as possible.

Don't give up, my friend! Keep fighting for a happy life! :)

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[larslange]

Absolutely agree. 60 year old Black Belt and instructor. Whole life of training, marching and running with heavy backpackages, parachooting, obstacle courses and so on. Now of course osteoarthritis in the knees, herniated discs. Still trainig kickboxing and strength training, cardio on the water rower. But everything less, slower, less effort, longer recovery. No more jogging, walking with the dog. High kicks are gone, punching works still best in sparring. And some kicks to the body. Some days no sparring possible because the pain level in the knees is to high. But as you say, be thankfull for what you have. Never give up but training more wisely.

[sifuclarenceanwar]

😎Thankyou very much for your my friend and brother in the Arts!🍃🍎🍃🥭🍃🧄🍃💧

[timmyboy]

Sensai Ando

Happy 10th Aniversary! I hope I will still be around for your 20th!

Thank you for another insightful episode. Great reminder to keep going, review progress, and recognize the inevitable entropic changes.

Glad to hear that even you have some of the same challenges as the rest of us mortals.

Have a great day and enjoy a piece of pie, but only after working on that spring in your step!

[sifuclarenceanwar]

😎Excellent lecture on martialarts arts body and mind preservation! I strongly agree with alot of the points your. At 49 I have rough days where I can relate to your old man Shuffle example when I am running to catch a train! Ha!Ha! Thank you my brother in the Arts for sharing! I hope you stay motivated in your training and continue to love sharing your knowledge! May God protect your health and grant you more greatness!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍃🍵🍃

[makenjikarate]

This one actually hit me hard. As I'm heading into my later 20s and with my 30s coming in a few years makes me remember I'm not a teenager beginner anymore. I'm very much going into my prime(ish) years for training, although some injuries are starting to show.

A couple of months ago, I was at a seminar with Peter Consterdine in the UK, he's in his 70s and punches 10x harder than I can now and kicks above his head still at full force. Now that's a goal to strive to 👊

[sifuclarenceanwar]

😎Thankyou for your encouragement!I try advise myself with the words I advise others!Man Thabata Nabata Consistancy brings forth fruits!I intend to keep fighting the good fight!Thank you Ando my brother in the Arts!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🍃🍵🍃

[sifuclarenceanwar]

Thank you Ando!So very very precious is this life which passes so swiftly, every blessed breath bringing us closer to our departure! A pleasure to meet and befriend you during this journey!May God grant us and our dear ones the great departure my brother in the Arts!🍃 🍵 🍃

[ingridbashor]

"Martial Arts Over 50" courses are for those who seek to learn and to earn the best ways to improve their lives and to protect it! Count me in! Thank you, Sensei Ando, for your all your videos, podcasts, classes and courses that we can find on your outstanding website.

[sifuclarenceanwar]

😎You are very welcome! Thankyou for your great appreciation of the garlic tea recipe!Hope you have a great day my brother in the Arts!🍃🍵🍃🌅

[SenseiAnthonyTupper]

Perfect message! I let my arrogance get the best of me and didn’t prioritize my own training after I reached the highest rank my instructor gave. Instead, I focused on building my business and growing classes. Well, skills regressed and now I’m needing to essentially reteach myself. It’s been 4 years since I realized this and some skills still haven’t returned. Fellow martial artists: he’s serious! If you don’t use it, you lose it!

[anftrew]

Perfect timing for me. I've been largely inactive for nearly a year due to a health crisis. And having had a massive wake up call I've been reassessing my priorities. I'm about ready to get back into it, and I can honestly say, right now, as a martial artist, I'm completely rubbish. But I'll get it back, once I decide which bits I want back the most.

[sifuclarenceanwar]

😎You are very welcome Ando my energetic brother in the Arts! Great personality! Have a great day!🍃🍵🍃🌅

[annaromanova]

Thank you for another thoughtful video, Ando sensei. That was really deep.
As for me, number one priority is being self-sufficient till my last day. I want to be able to walk, see, hear, understand other people, even when I get old. And the second thing I want really bad, is staying a fencer as long as I can. Sometimes I imagine entering my training hall as a 90 yo lady and doing some freeplay with younger partners. That could be awesome, so this dream motivates me a lot

[andythousand]

Great video. Love how you address important stuff besides just the physical.

[bobbader]

❤ “mobility is King”. ~Sifu, that’s my last skill I want to have

[avilego]

I'm going to see this video many times. Thank you.

[ckhorwias]

Thank you, Ando. I needed to hear that.

[calvinwallis]

Thank you Sensai! You really put things into perspective. I’ll need to put some thought into my list and evaluate which are the lost important skills for me so I can keep training till the day I die!

[eriklindkvist]

Great video!I did chuckle a few times since I recognised myself in your message. Glad you’re back!

[Zenki-Dom]

Again wonderful topic worked out the Ando-Do. 🎉happy 'anniversary' first of all. The sound of your voice is one of the tiny details, that make a world, keep it up!

So, my experiences: during the dojo free time, I did a lot of 'home-dojo' and in fact, I was more focussed on karate then ever before, I read, wrote, learned a lot. So, when we went back to the dojo, the intensity of training increased a lot and I had to learn, I can only do two intensive trainings per week and need a lot of recreation time.
And the this year the flu hit me, then I got an inflammation in the hip joints, then I caught a cold, then summer pause, then vacancy, another flu - no corona by now, but there are enough illnesses out there, to keep you outof training. Sometimes, I wish the good old 'lockdown' (we didn't really have one in Germany) back. Lost focus, lost condition, lost ist all... but next year's gonna be my karate year! 2024 keep you guard up, I'm hitting you hard😊