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Re: What is the workout/fitness part called?

Thank you for the replies. Today was a good example of what I am trying to define.

We began with Jumping jacks,
then quickly into jogging from one wall to the other (“20% speed”), and back, and forth
then jogging at 40% speed
Then stepping side-to-side from one wall to the other, and back, and forth
Then broadjumps (soft landing) from one wall to the other, and back, and forth
Then dropping to a squat position and keeping this position walking from wall to wall, and back, and forth
Then bear-crawl (hands and feet to walk) from one wall to the other, and back, and forth

Then find a partner and do:
Push ups head to head and clap your partner’s hand at the top of the rep
Then interlock ankles and do sit-ups, clapping your partner’s hands at the top
Then squats and then jump, clapping your partner’s hands
Then down to the plank position, grabbing your partner’s wrist (and he grabs yours) as you try to pull one another off balance while maintaining the plank with one arm
Then facing each other, on your backs, while you hit the soles of his feet with your own, trying to get hit off balance so hit feet hit the floor
Then your back against the wall, down to a squat, as your partner uses your knees to dips off of
Then switch this so you are doing dips

Then the normal stretches. I probably missed a couple of things, but you get the idea. Usually the fitness/warm-up/stretching part lasts fifteen minutes before we get into our fight stances and work on our straight punches facing the mirror before partnering up with pads to do the combatives.

I hope this sequence better helps in trying to give a name to it. I asked an instructor what I would call the fitness part in order to search online and replicate it at home, and he said he was not aware of any other definition besides calisthenics.

Thanks!
-Vince

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