How physically demanding is the training?
There is no simple answer to this question since the goals and experiences of every person in the training hall are unique to themselves. I think that it is important for anyone interested to avail themselves of all the possible benefits achievable in a good martial arts curriculum, and one of those benefits is most certainly an enhancement of fitness. The archaic pictures painted in martial arts stories about the punishing and dangerous methods and regimens which damaged and scarred people’s bodies and, supposedly, instilled superior fighting skills and indomitable spirit, harbor some of the greatest dangers and are some of the most misleading directives in martial arts lore. Certainly training methods have been and continue to be concerned with establishing a level of physical rigor in the development of the individual. However, those schools, current or historical, which take pride in the badges of injury and physical discomfort worn and related by their students; and those students
