Martial artists need "staying power", and extra carbohydrates are the norm for sustaining energy during tough training. Raw honey – unpasteurized – contains the perfect combination of natural carbohydrates.
Performance athletes, including martial artists training at an intense level, need endurance as well as skill. You can be technically fantastic, but if you "hit the wall", ( i.e. no energy left at all, cooked, baked, finito, put a fork in you) you're done. And in the martial arts that could mean the difference between walking away and being carried.
Some endurance athletes supplement before and during exercise with glucose gel. Typically glucose gel is used by those with diabetes and hypoglycemia to raise their blood sugar levels. For martial artists, this gives the body the carbohydrates (glucose) it needs to replenish and keep going.
Raw, unfiltered honey gives the perfect combination of natural carbohydrates and it wasn't created in a lab. I suggest purchasing locally – it's cool to know that maybe that honey bee you saw pollinating last Spring in your backyard contributed to that harvest!