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Can practicing martial arts in the water improve your martial skills? How exactly would you train for the best benefits? What are some of the pitfalls of wet martial-arts practice? Will you develop bad habits with this kind of workout?
Training Bad Habits
I applaud all of the martial arts teachers who spend time thinking up creative ways to train their students. And kudos to the students who seek to train in all environments on their own ... including water training. Have you ever practiced martial arts while swimming with friends and fellow martial artists? Maybe on your own? (Make sure you have an extra pair of eyes on you ... it can be dangerous to swim solo.) Unfortunately, unless you plan for controlled, precise practice, it's easy to develop bad habits.
Specifically, because of the drag on your limbs in the water, it's easy to telegraph your motions by mistake. In other words, since it takes extra force to move through the water, you use extra motion to facilitate this. These extra motions can be detected by your opponent. Imagine training thousands of repetitions with extra motions. You wouldn't be able to hide your intent in a real self-defense emergency. Make sure you train for precision in the water.
The Potential For Training Distractions
If you aren't in a pool, lake, or river every day, then swimming is a bit of a novelty for you. It might be an infrequent activity for others in your martial-arts class. The tendency for roughhousing or horseplay becomes elevated in the water. And while a little play can be fun, you are in the water for some serious training.
Oh, and there is one other distraction, too, depending on the mix of your class. There could be attractive bodies, wet ones, training nearby. Wet t-shirts, bikinis, and jeweled abdominals all have the ability to distract the attention.
Note: This could become the ultimate martial test. Can you train with alluring bodies all around?
If you are a martial arts teacher, what steps could you take to prevent interruptions in focused attention?
How To Train Martial Arts In The Water
Personally, when I am at the river, I practice two types of martial arts exercise: I practice forms (kata). For me, it seems to vary between Sil Lum Tao (The First Form) from Wing Chun or a basic set of Chi Gung exercises. Practice your forms slowly and precisely in the water.
My other way to train martial arts in the water is to practice self defense where you'd actually have to fight in the water. How would you defend yourself if someone started punching you in a river? Or what if some jerk tried to dunk your head under the water at the public pool?
When we train for defense in the water, there are some hard and fast safety rules. Safety is of primary concern.
Note: Also, many people panic when dunked. You need definite safety guidelines, restrictions, and ways to tap out for an instant release.
Last Thought
Also, consider practicing self defense "under" the water. If you were a scuba diver and ... Images of James Bond come to mind.
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