Vegeta's Gravity Room Training- 500 x Gravity

This workout is a complement to Vegeta's Gravity Room Training and will help build further body control and strength in the movements from that previous workout. It can, of course, be used on its own or in conjunction with your current programming. This is a workout, but the principles found within this workout could theoretically be applied to any of your strength training sessions.

The concept that you'll be introduced to in this workout is referred to as Quasi-Isometric Training (or QI Training). You can find a great article written by Nate Morrison here.

Whereas Isometric training has you holding a particular position without moving or acting against an immovable object, the gist of it is that QI is moving slowly-- very slowly-- throughout the range of motion of an exercise. At the very beginning, we're talking 30 seconds concentric and 30 seconds eccentric, but it could potentially be as long as you wanted. The exercises can be loaded or unloaded, but loaded movements shouldn't go over about 60-70% of your 1RM.  Weighted or not, you're going to get very, very strong.

More gains than you can even hold.

QI can be further separated into "Active" and "Passive" QI.  Active QI will require you to squeeze muscle fibers intentionally throughout the range of motion of the exercise, which will help with muscle size, and will leave you shaking like crazy at the end of your set.  Passive QI involves relaxing as much as possible during the movement so that you are focusing on the neuro-muscular connections of your muscles to draw out the maximum amount of strength. This will take some practice. QI is said to support joints and strengthen muscles through the full range of motion of a movement, making you more resistant to injury.

My friend, James Whelan, who wrote the Avatar: The Last Airbender Waterbending Workout described to me a similar concept in the practice of taiji (Tai Chi).  When performing the forms for that martial art, the goal is to do the movements slower and slower until a form that takes a few short minutes to complete at the beginning of training takes as long as 45 minutes.  Apart from the low stances being absolutely killer on your legs, the practitioner is encouraged to imagine the slow movements of the arms and waist to be moving through water or some other thick fluid. This sounds very similar to Passive QI and would help to build the neuro-muscular connections for the movements that would later be used at high speed in combat. James once told me that in Tai Chi, you go slower to go faster, which would make sense in granting the practitioner greater strength and resistance to injury during combat.

Don't worry, I didn't forget Vegeta!!  With Vegeta training in such high levels of gravity, he would have to move very slowly at the beginning to make sure that he didn't tear his muscles, crack his bones, or destroy his joints. This workout is designed to mimic this concept. You'll start each of the following movements with the goal of 30 seconds concentric and 30 seconds eccentric for all sets before increasing time or load. Remember to breathe, with shorter, quicker breaths seeming to be more useful for this type of training.

Vegeta's Gravity Room Training- 500 x Gravity

Bodyweight Exercises (Choose 3 Exercises to apply QI for 3 Sets Active QI and 3 Sets Passive QI.)

1. 5 Push-ups
2. 5 Handstand Push-ups
3. 5 Squats
4. 5 Split Squats (each side)
5. 5 Pull-ups
6. 5 Body Rows

Combat Skills (Choose 1)

1. Active QI Shadowboxing- 30 Minutes
2. Passive QI Shadowboxing- 30 Minutes
3. Active QI Movement Training- 30 Minutes
4. Passive QI Movement Training- 30 Minutes

Notes:

1. When you can perform any of the above bodyweight exercises at 30 seconds concentric and 30 seconds eccentric for all the reps and sets, increase the difficulty by either 15 seconds on each portion OR adding 5-10# in the form of a weighted vest. Eventually, you may end up doing very long set wearing a lot of weight, but progress slowly and ONLY increase the time on the movements OR the weight at one time, but not both. 
2. Active QI Shadowboxing is very similar to the Dynamic Tension forms found in several kung fu styles, such as Hung Gar. You will perform whatever techniques you would normally practice during shadowboxing, but you will purposefully squeeze all of your muscles as you move through your strikes, blocks, footwork, and parries. If you start to cramp, back off a bit or call it a day. It will take a while before you can keep the tension in your muscles for 30 minutes at a time while practicing. Remember to breathe!
3. Passive QI Shadowboxing is more similar to Tai Chi.  You will practice your techniques like normal, but slowly and with as little tension as possible in your muscles. Imagine yourself moving through quicksand, but do your best not to tense your muscles any more than is necessary to complete your movements. The goal in both Active and Passive QI Shadowboxing will be to take longer and longer to do movements. You will not be able to throw as many techniques, but there are other workouts for speed and increased reps. 
4. Active QI Movement Training will involve things like bending over, crawling, kneeling, raising your hands over your head, twisting or any other type of movement you can think of. Just have fun with it. 
5. Passive QI Movement Training is very similar to Yoga, but instead of holding positions, you will be moving through them at a very slow rate. A good place to start, if you aren't quite sure what to do, is to run through something like the Sun Salutation or doing a distance of bear crawl using Passive QI.

That's all for today! Until next time, good luck and train hard!

Maito Gai's Basic Training

Before Rock Lee was the king of training, Maito Gai paved the way with his self-rule and devotion to Taijutsu. His father, though not a strong ninja, imparted to Gai the importance of hard work and effort and with very little talent, the young boy grew into the rival of the genius Kakashi.

Somebody had to be this awesome.
Guess it's me.

This workout is based on the training that we see Gai doing during flashbacks. As in everything, know your own body and stop if you have to.  You can always make the workout easier!

Maito Gai's Basic Training

1. Run 10km
2. Handwalk 500 Meters
3. 500+ Push-ups/Fingertip Push-ups 
4. One Leg Forward Hops- 100 Meters Each Side
5. Wall Sit- 5 Sets for MAX Time
6. Double Lateral Hops- 100 Each Side
7. 500 Punches to Striking Post/Heavy Bag
8. 500 Kicks to Striking Post/Heavy Bag

Notes:

• Do the workout in this order with 3-5 minutes rest in between each exercise. This workout will take you a few hours, so make sure you have water, electrolytes, and carbs to get you through it. Eat a good meal about two hours before you start training. Eat well after. 
• Feel free to scale this back, as it is quite a bit of volume. Try a quarter of the distances and reps at first and then work your way up. If that's too much, try 1/10th of distances and reps. 
• You may choose to use the concept of the Self-Imposed Rule during this workout. If you feel as though you may be coming close to a Personal Record on a particular exercise, but you are not sure if you can complete it, that would be a good time to challenge yourself. You can add it directly after whatever exercise you're doing or you can tack it on to the end of this workout.
• Vary your course on your run. Run on flats sometimes, run on trails, run on roads, run up hills. Make it different. 
• For the handwalking, it is very unlikely that you will be able to do all 500 meters of it in one go (at least not for a very long time).  Break it up as much as you need and remember that you can scale the whole workout back if you need to. 
• On the push-ups, you should try to do as many as you can before you fail. Getting 500 push-ups is one set is going to be very, very hard, so you can try to break it up into as many sets as you need. You can mix up the push-ups between normal and fingertip as you like. If you ever get to be able to do 500 normal push-ups in one set add a total of 500 fingertip push-ups following the completion of the 500 normal push-ups for a total of 1,000 push-ups. 
• One Leg Forward Hops are pretty simple. Stand on one foot and hop forward for the listed distance. Switch sides and repeat. 
• For the wall sit, your hand can be behind your head, crossed over your chest, or held out in front of you. Your thighs must maintain 90 degrees the entire time. Rest 30-60 seconds between sets. 
• For Double Lateral Hops, you'll get in a slightly lowered stance with your feet a little wider than shoulder width. Use on leg to push off to one side two times and then immediately spring off in the other directions twice. That will be 1 rep on each side. 
• With at least hand wraps on, hit a heavy bag or a striking post with 500 total punches and then 500 total kicks. 

That's all for today! Good luck and train hard!

Astraea's "Kill Tomoki" Training (Sora no Otoshimono)

Balance, Speed, Technique, Power,

Balancing on poles
Balancing on poles while holding pails of water
Slacklining/Tightrope walking
Gymnastic Bridge
Standing Cable Alternating Chest Press
Hanging Sit-ups
Sparring/Heavy Bag

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi (Workout)

This is the culmination of all of Kenichi's training that we get to see. This workout will not be in the same format as the other HSDK workout, as it will not focus on increasing levels, but on a steady increase in abilities and strength for as long as you continue to do the workout. Use this workout in conjunction with the other Kenichi workouts, as this one is a little more technique heavy.

Training never ends.

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi 

Run 2.5 Miles (Same rules as Fundamental Workout)

4-6 Hours Later

1. Walking the Circle- 10 Minutes 
2. Treadmill/Hill Sprints- 20 Seconds On/10 Seconds Off x 8 Rounds
3. Balance Running- 10 Minutes
4. Brick Balancing- 5 Minutes (each side)
5. Splits- 3 x 1 Minute 
6. Banded Strikes on Pad/Post/Bag- 100 Strikes
7. Technique Practice (Choose 3)- 15 Minutes
8. Continuous Sparring- 10 Minutes
9. "Stone Dummy" Training- 10 Minutes
10. Daily Activities w/10# Backpack and 2# Arm Weights

Notes:

• Below are some links about Walking the Circle. When you get better at walking the circle, you can Walk the Circle on red bricks laying flat on the ground. After that, you can turn the red bricks on their sides. When you are able to perform the skill with the bricks on their sides, you may turn the bricks up on their end. This will be require a lot of balance and a lot of time to get to this point. You should practice Walking the Circle for several months before even attempting to raise the difficulty. You can also walk the circle while holding bricks in your hands.
• Walking the Circle 1 
• Walking the Circle 2
• The sprinting is most effective on the treadmill because it is often hard to find a hill that is both steep and long enough to do 4 minutes worth of sprinting. This is high intensity work called the Tabata Protocol. Tabata is designed to raise your fitness very quickly and push your conditioning. 
• Balance running is just like walking on a balance beam, but running. You don't actually want to use a balance beam, because it is very short, but if you have a curb that is relatively long and away from traffic, that would be very useful. Start off slowly. The increase here over time is your speed. If you must, start out walking, then jogging, then running. Your goal is to cover as much balance distance as possible without falling. It doesn't matter how fast you're going if you keep falling. This mimics the training that Kenichi did with the Elder, running across the the tops of buildings. You definitely don't want to fall off one of those. 
• Brick balancing is best done with a partner. Your partner tosses a brick down on the ground and your job is to run to the brick and stand on it as fast as possible. Once you stand on the brick, in whatever position it lands, raise the knee of the leg you are not standing on as high as you can and hold it for three seconds. On the next brick, switch legs.
• When practicing for the splits, spread your feet as far as possible and lower yourself to the ground slowly. Hold the widest position you can get for 1 minute and then slowly bring your legs together. Shake your legs out and walk around for 30 seconds to 1 minute and repeat the process again two more times. 
• Using exercise bands, starting with a very low tension, tie your waist, each wrist, and each ankle to a stationary object behind you like a tree or a wall. Walk out until all the bands have no slack. This doesn't mean they are fully extended, just that they are now straight with tension. At this distance, the pads, striking post, or heavy bag should be just out of reach of your kicks. That will force you to push just a little further in order to connect with any strikes that you will throw. I recommend using a heavy bag or pads, because very few people would be conditioned enough to throw repeated full power strikes at a post. Do 100 total strikes. When you are able to complete all 100 strikes without being pulled back, I recommend getting a higher tension exercise band to increase the difficulty. 
• Your technique practice can be solo or with a partner. You select three techniques, striking or grappling, and practice only those three for the allotted time period. You could practice strikes on a target or a pad or a heavy bag, you could practice throws on a throwing dummy or a partner, or you could drill a combination or movement with a partner. You may also do them slowly with dynamic tension, in the water, or in other environments as well. Change it up so you develop your techniques in new ways and fight off boredom.
• For continuous sparring, you put 10 minutes on the clock and go as hard as you and your partner feel like you can go. I do recommend sparring gear during this process. 
• The idea for this training is to take an object and hold it from the top or bottom so that it is awkward to hold, like holding the stone dummies from the tops of their heads, as Akisame does. You will hold one in each hand, lifting in as many different ways as you can think, in a variety of body postures and stances and using the rotation of your waist. At the beginning, the movements may be as simple as raising and lowering the weights and they may be as difficult as performing a martial arts form, dance, or other intricate pattern while holding the weights. You probably do not have access to Akisame's stone dummies, so there are some alternatives you can use for this training.  You can use dumbbells held at one end, big jars with a lid on them to keep anything from spilling out of them, an upside down kettlebell to mimic grabbing the head of the dummies, sandbags, or a long stone in each hand. If you can't mimic all of the things exactly in one training session, it does well to try to train each of the things with several different tools. Try to change up what you are using each training session and increase the weight slowly over time. 
• After your workout, for the remainder of the day, wear the backpack and arm weights. Every time you do this workout, add 2# to the backpack and 1# to each of the wrist/arm weights. 

Ogata Isshinsai's Martial Arts Conditioning

Ogata is amazingly versatile in his martial arts. He can grapple just as well as he strikes and he possesses all manner of inventive techniques in each type of discipline he engages in.  This workout, while not giving you the martial skills of Kensei, will help cultivate the attributes that he possesses as a martial artist: balance, toughness, flexibility, and strength.

Ogata Isshinsai's Martial Arts Conditioning

1. Round Kicks for Balance- 100 each side
2. Nukite (Spear Hand) into Sand*- 100 each side
3. Side Kicks for Balance- 100 each side
4. Short Power Strikes- 100 each side (see notes)
5. Back Kicks for Balance- 100 each side
6. Tree Striking- 200 Strikes, as is comfortable
7. Front Kicks for Balance- 100 each side
8. Diamond Finger- 100 Strikes each side
9. Side Split Stretch- 3 x 2 Minutes
10. Gliding Step Foowork- 5 Minutes
11. Front Split Stretch- 3 x 1 Minute each side
12. 40-100# Sand Bag Throwing- 15 Minutes
13. Heavy Bag Work- 15 Minutes
14. Seikuuken Training- 30 Minutes
15. Sparring

Notes:

• You may do the kicks for balance with support to begin with, but ideally you should not use support for all 100 kicks. Your goal should be to not put your foot down at all during any of the balance kicking.
• For the spear hand strikes, it's best to fill a 5 gallon bucket or a big blue wash bin with sand for the strikes. After 100 workouts, remove a cup of sand and add one cup of steel shot and mix it all together. Continue to remove one cup of sand and add one cup of steel shot every other workout after that. In order to not dump out any of your steel shot, you should dump the scoop of sand into a strainer atop another bucket to make sure you catch any shot you may have picked up. There are 16 cups in a gallon, so once you start the process of removing a cup of sand every other workout (after the first 100), you should be completely steel shot somewhere around workout 260, if you were using the 5-gallon bucket. This should be long enough for you to build up a good base for your hand training and a gradual enough increase to keep you from hurting yourself.
• Short power strikes means that you will practice hitting a target from 3 or less inches away. You are working to activate all of your muscles involved in the strike as quickly as possible. Eventually, you should work up to being able to strike the target from point-blank range. If you're looking for an example of this power, check out a demonstration I did with a friend of mine a couple of years back. 
• For tree striking, you may use any strike you like-- punches, kicks, knees, elbows, shoulder bumps, chops or whatever. Do them as comfortably as you can and you will be able to build upon that later. This will take time, so be patient and don't get overzealous, because injury is a very real possibility if you hit the tree to hard. It's best if you start on softer, flatter trees. 
• For the side split stretch, you will spread your legs as wide as possible and reach forward for 30 seconds. Then reach to the left for 30 seconds. Then reach to the right for 30 seconds. Then reach back to the the center, trying to stretch just a little farther for 30 seconds. Rest by walking around and shaking your legs out for 1 minute. Repeat for the listed sets.
• For the front split stretch, you will put one foot forward as far as possible and one foot back as far as possible. You will place the back of your heel down on the front foot and the knee down on the opposite leg behind you. You will lean forward, the heel of your front foot sliding away from you, while your opposite hip is moving toward the ground. Stretch this way for 1 minute, then switch sides. Rest for 1 minute by walking around and shaking out your legs. Repeat for the listed sets.
• The footwork for the gliding step is not very clear in the manga, however, what you should practice is shuffling your feet to one side or the other as quickly as you can. One foot will reach out to the side in a step, the other foot will slide to meet it and you will repeat the motion as quickly as possible. You can also do this movement in a circle or change directions abruptly as well.
• For the sand bag throws, you can fill a canvas laundry bag with sand (it leaks, though), rubberized mulch or real wood chips, pea gravel, or steel shot. I think your best option is rubberized mulch, because it is the middle ground for cost, as well as not being super messy. You'll want to secure the bag with a good line or rope or even have it sewn up with fishing line. The actual technique of the exercise is up to you. You can throw the bag overhead, you can pick it up and throw it down, you can try to spin and toss it for distance, or you can practice any body throws from Judo or Wrestling that you may know. 
• The heavy bag work is time for you to play with your techniques. Throw whatever you like as fast or as slow or as soft or hard as you like. You can use it as a cardio or strength session or purely just to play with new strikes. I recommend bag gloves if you are not used to hitting a heavy bag, to save the skin on your knuckles. Eventually, you may remove the gloves as your hands toughen up from the other training, but always err on the side of caution with training, because injuries can sideline you for extended periods of time.
• Reference Kenichi's Seikuuken Training for the Seikuuken portion of this workout. 
• There are no limits or rules for your sparring. You may do no contact, full contact, just grappling or striking, multi-person sparring or whatever you feel. Just be careful and work up to more difficult things as you feel comfortable. I recommend wearing gloves, a cup, and a mouthpiece in order to keep yourself safe. The sparring sessions are really about skill. You've toughened yourself up with the rest of your training.

That's all for today! Good luck and train hard!

Hokuto Shinken's Handstand and Finger Training

The first real training scene we see for Kenshiro has him balancing upside down on just two finger of one hand. While that is not a lot of training for us to look at, just the process of getting to that level of skill and strength is far more training than many people will ever do in their entire lives. The progression is pain-staking and it is uncertain whether or not the average person can ever attain such a feat or if it is merely relegated to the realm of monsters like Kenshiro, Shaolin Monks, or Vass- The Super Saiyan. In any case, if you put the work in, you'll definitely get stronger. How much so is between you and your genetics. Don't worry, if you fail, I don't think you'll explode.

Hokuto Shinken's Handstand and Finger Training 

LEVEL ONE:

• GOAL: Continuous handstand for 1 Minute
• Practice Handstands for 15 Minutes or until you complete the goal. Every time you fall, do as many fingertip push-ups as you can. Try to keep working the entire 15 minutes. 

LEVEL TWO:

• GOAL: Continuous fingertip handstand for 1 Minute
• Practice Handstands on fingertips for 15 Minutes or complete the goal. Every time you fall, do as many fingertip push-ups as you can. If you are unable to stay up on your fingers during the handstand, continue practice using normal handstands. Remember, every time you fall, you must do as many fingertip push-ups as you can.

LEVEL THREE:

• GOAL: Continuous One-Arm Handstand on each side for 1 Minute
• Practice One-Arm Handstands for 15 Minutes or until you complete the goal. Every time you fall, do as many fingertip push-ups as you can. If you feel like you are unable to stay up very long on one arm, continue practice using fingertip handstands. If your fingers get tired, continue practice using normal handstands. Remember, every time you fall, you must do as many fingertip push-ups as you can.

LEVEL FOUR:

• GOAL: Continuous One-Arm Fingertip Handstand on each side for 1 Minute
• Practice One-Arm Fingertip Handstands for 15 Minutes or until you complete the goal. Every time you fall, do as many fingertip push-ups as you can. If you feel like you are unable to stay up on the fingertips of one hand for very long, continue practice using one-arm handstands. Make sure to train both sides. If your strength starts to fail, continue practice with fingertip handstands. If your fingers start to get tired, continue practice using normal handstands. Remember, every time you fall, you must do as many fingertip push-ups as you can.

LEVEL FIVE:

• GOAL: Continuous Two-Finger Handstand on each side for 1 Minute
• Practice One-Arm Fingertip Handstands for 15 Minutes, removing fingers as you are able, until you are using only your index and middle finger on one hand to support yourself. Every time you fall, do as many fingertip push-ups as you can. Utilize the previous method to continue practicing as you get tired. 

See? Doesn't look hard at all!

Notes:

• This is a long term workout. It will take years to get the strength and balance for you to be able to complete this feat. Do not train this every day. At the very most, train it three times per week and that's if you've been training for a while. 
• I would recommend practicing on a non-slip surface, but preferably not one that is super hard and definitely not a slick surface. 
• You're going to feel this in your hands, your chest, your shoulders, your back and your entire midsection. You may even feel it in your legs, as you get used to balancing. 
• This will not be easy. It will take a large amount of work and a great deal of time. 

Today's workout is a fun one! Until next time, good luck and train hard!

Samurai Champloo- Mugen Trains for Shoryu

Samurai Champloo has some really awesome fight scenes in it, but I was turned on to this particular training sequence by one of our readers. Mugen, one of the main characters, runs into a man named Shoryu, who has blended his Japanese sword style with Chinese Kung Fu to a startling effect. He is able to kill without causing external injury and his sword skills cause damage even though they don't hit. 

Mugen, met with the challenge of such a powerful opponent, trains for a month to meet the man in single combat. This workout is based on that training. 

Mugen Trains for Shoryu

LEVEL ONE

1. Splitting Wood w/Hatchet- 10 Minutes (see notes)
2. Handstand Practice- 5 Minutes
3. Walk Up Stairs Two at a Time- 1,000 Steps (2,000 Total Stairs)
4. Walk Down Stairs One at a Time- 2,000 Stairs
5. Practice Kicking Off Walls/Trees- 10 Minutes
6. Practice Standing on One Foot- 10 Minutes
7. Shuto (Knife-hand Strike) on Sandbag- 5 Minutes each side

LEVEL TWO

1. Splitting Wood w/Hatchet- 15 Minutes
2. Handstand Push-up Practice- 10 Minutes
3. Fingertip Push-up Practice- 10 Minutes
4. Walk Up Stairs Two at a Time- 1,000 Steps with 1/4 body weight (2,000 Total Stairs)
5. Walk Down Stairs One at a Time- 2,000 Stairs with 1/4 body weight
6. Practice Kicking Off Walls/Trees- 15 Minutes
7. Practice Walking on Upturned Logs and Bricks- 5 Minutes
8. Shuto on Sandbag- 10 Minutes each side

LEVEL THREE

1. Splitting Wood w/Hatchet- 20 Minutes
2. Handstand Push-up Practice- 10 Minutes
3. Fingertip Push-up Practice- 10 Minutes
4. Walk Up Stairs Two at a Time- 1,000 Steps with 1/2 body weight (2,000 Total Stairs)
5. Walk Down Stairs One at a Time- 2,000 Stairs with 1/2 body weight
6. Practice Kicking Off Walls/Trees, 2 Contacts- 20 Minutes
7. Practice Walking on Upturned Logs and Bricks- 10 Minutes
8. Shuto on Stone- 1 Minute Each Side (as is comfortable)
9. Shuto on Sandbag- 10 Minutes Each Side

LEVEL FOUR

1. Splitting Wood w/Hatchet- 20 Minutes
2. Fingertip Handstand Push-up Practice- 15 Minutes
3. Walk Up Stairs Two at a Time- 1,000 Steps with body weight (2,000 Total Stairs)
4. Walk Down Stairs One at a Time- 2,000 Stairs with body weight 
5. Practice Kicking Off Walls/Trees, 2 Contacts- 20 Minutes
6. Practice Walking on Upturned Logs and Bricks- 15 Minutes
7. Shuto on Stone- 10 Minutes Each Side (as is comfortable)

Notes:

• You'll need to reach the level requirements in each of the exercises, before you can advance to the next level. 
• When splitting wood with the hatchet, use only one arm to swing and try to cut the wood through with a single strike, which will be all that is needed for the first level. When you can cut a single piece in half with a single strike, place two of them side by side and, in rapid succession, attempt to cut them each with a single strike. That will complete level two. When you can do this, advance to three small logs and so on. 
• You should be able to hold a handstand for at least a minute straight before advancing to the next level.
• For handstand push-up practice, start where you are comfortable. You can use support at first, but since you should be able to hold a handstand in the second level, I would only make use of the support when first attempting the handstand push-up or when you are too tired to balance effectively. 
• For fingertip push-up practice, when you can do 25 fingertip push-ups with all fingers, don't use your pinkie finger. When you get to 25 again, drop the ring finger. which clears level two. When you get to 25 reps again, drop the middle finger, using on the index and thumb. When you get to 25 push-ups using on the index finger and thumb of each hand, you'll have cleared level three on this exercise.
• Fingertip handstand push-ups should follow the same rep count as fingertip push-ups. Drop fingers only when you reach 25 reps. If you're having trouble balancing, you may practice some with support. However, when you can no longer do fingertip handstand push-ups, make sure to finish the allotted time for training practicing normal handstand push-ups. 
• You should be walking up the steps relatively fast, but not running. 
• For the weight on the stairs, you can carry something on your back or in the front or wear a backpack or weighted vest. There is no prerequisite for moving on to the next level, except being able to complete the exercise. 
• When you are kicking off walls or trees, use a running start so you can generate the force for the jump and kick off. Later, you can try to jump from a walk and then a stand still. When you can jump and kick off from a stand-still that should be the end of level two. 
• You should be able to stand on one foot for 5 minutes on each foot without stopping before advancing to level two. 
• To advance to the next level of walking on the upturned logs or bricks (no more than about 12 inches in height), you'll need to walk without falling for the entire time period listed. 
• Practicing a knife hand strike on the sandbag will help build the muscles in your hand and prep them for striking the stone. When you finally advance to the stone, hit it softly at first so that you can build up slowly. 
• This is a complicated training menu and could potentially constitute the majority of someone's training, considering it's working most of the major muscle groups, as well as building some athletic skills. If you do make it your primary training schedule, try to space your training out so you don't over-train. 2 to 3 times a week as a primary training tool will be sufficient for the vast majority of people considering the difficulty and volume of the training. Don't expect to master it in a month.

That's all for today! Hope you guys enjoy this one! Until next time, good luck and train hard!