Monday, November 9th, 2009 at
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The body must first learn to perform the proper techniques at an extended range of motion comfortably and without excessive effort and strain. Flexibility, focus, and strength are the keys to graceful power needed for gaining skill in the martial arts
If you wish to make extremely rapid progress you must have a well designed martial arts stretching routine. The most effective programs consist of light morning stretching workouts, light evening stretching workouts, and intense main workouts. This may seem to be excessive, but staying with an aggressive martial arts stretching and workout program such as this will improve your flexibility in less than half the time of an easier regimen. When your flexibility has improved sufficiently, your workout regimen will become less time consuming.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at
11:31 am
Martial arts have grown in popularity over the years, and just as programs differ, the martial arts stretching requirements for them differ, also. Taekwondo, northern shaolin and savate all have many movements requiring extremely high kicks, and so flexibility stretching programs for them should emphasize stretching the legs, increasing the flexibility in hamstrings and hips; however, in the grappling arts the flexibility stretches would focus more on the core body and arms. A newcomer to martial arts should focus on overall flexibility, and develop more customized martial arts stretching program as advancement in the program is achieved.
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