Martial Arts Training - The Benefits Of Training On Your Own
While the benefits of having a good, knowledgeable
, and skilled martial arts teacher cannot be ignored, there are a lot of benefits that you can derive from training on your own. However, I still feel that it needs to be said that, contrary to popular belief... solo training is NOT for everyone.
I'll be talking about the pitfalls of solo training in another segment but, for now, suffice it to say that you must be a very goal-oriented, motivated, and self-accountable person for this Path to mastery to work for you. That doesn't mean that you must be that way now, or have been in the past. What it does mean is that...
...if you don't learn and develop these traits and characteristics, then being a master of Ninjutsu, or anything else in life - is going to remain a dream more than a reality.
That being said, let's take a look at some of the benefits of training on your own. Regardless of whether you choose to engage in solo training out of preference or out of necessity, training on your own allows you to:
1) Train around your own schedule
Any martial arts dojo, just like anything else where you must go to an expert or professional, operates on a schedule. Even if the dojo is open for day and evening classes, the classes are usually divided by rank, age and skill levels.
This means that you have to either already be able to
* a. Meet the established schedule requirements
* b. Re-prioritize your life to make things work, or...
* c.Be able to afford higher private classes which would fit your own schedule
Training on your own helps to elevate all of these situations because you are in control of your own schedule. You set aside time for your training when it suits you best. So, if you need to be doing your rolls and striking practice at 1am, after you get home from work, or the family has gone to bed, then so be it.
2) Focus on your own unique needs and interests
Just as with a set schedule, the dojo also has a curriculum, lesson plan, and agenda for getting you through stages leading from one rank to the next - and from there to and through the black belt stages.
Solo training allows you to determine what's important to you. And, as long as you're not fixated on rank and can stay focused on gaining proficiency with your chosen skills instead of hopping around from subject to subject, then you can literally tailor your training to what's important to you.
3) Train and progress at your own pace
Often, when a student gets involved in a training program, there is a spoken or unspoken expectation about how long it should take to go from one level to the next. Even if you find a dojo where this does not exist, often we can be our own worst enemy by setting up certain types of expectations about what we should be able to do.
Training by yourself, while not having the same one-on-one feedback that the student with regular time with a teacher has, gives you a sense of freedom in being able to progress naturally, at your own pace.
You don't have to worry about testing dates and deadlines, what everyone else is doing and where you are relative to your peers, etc.
4) Save money
Let's face it - martial arts training can be, and is, very expensive! And, regardless of where you live in the world, it is rarely if ever free.
I once priced how much it would cost me if I lived and trained in Japan. As an example, if I wanted to do the art of kyu-do, archery, the cost is staggering to most Westerners.
After I purchased my clothing, even an inexpensive bow, and a few arrows...
...it would cost me at least $400 dollars!
And, I would still need to pay the teacher for the class!
5) Avoid dojo and organizational politics
Any time human beings get together, there is always the possibility of alliances, friendships, and even tension from preferential "likes" and "dislikes" towards other students or groups. And, even if you're in a very accepting and open group, there is still the possibility of having to position yourself and tolerate negative speech, competitiveness, and even the condemning of other martial arts styles, etc.
Training on your own frees you especially from the feelings you might experience after watching certain people getting ahead in rank or position within the organization, simply because of who they know or what they have to offer the teacher.
Solo training frees you to...just focus on your training and progress.
As you can see, there are more than enough reasons for training on your own. And these are just the obvious ones. I'm sure that you can add others to the list; especially if you've done this type of study - whether martial arts or not - in the past.
by: Jeffrey Miller
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