Hey, I'm not a very limber guy, and I'm trying to get a higher kick, and more flexablity. In my art, we don't kick high any way, but I want to beable to if I want to. I've been trying for like a year now. And I'm still not as flexable as to do a hook kick to the head. Any one got any tips?? Any stretching exercises? any thing??? HELP?!

 

PS. I'm not fat, i'm skinny, and tall, so I should beable to be flexable right?

Give a look through "why do we strive so hard to do the splits?" There may be a few good ideas and links in there.

 

 

Dynamic stretches in the morning and static stretches in the evening JKD Kid.

 

Do that everyday and in a month you'll kick above your head easily...

 

SuperMinh

well if you want to do the spilts you have to warm up everyday first them do some stretching intil after a long time you can finally do the splits. Well it's like that.

Hey SuperMinh, Give me an exampel of Dynamic stretching??

 

And static stretching. I think i know what Static stretching is, but not Dynamic stretching.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: The JKD Kid on 2002-03-17 00:20 ]

Dynamic Stretching is moving your joint through its whole range of movement. A great example of this is leg raises and leg swings. Do them gentle, 10 reps, front, side, and back, on each leg in the morning

At the end of your training session when you are nice and warm try a sitting inner thigh strtech, a lying hamstring stretch, and a lying glute and adductor stretch. To develop flexibility here hold each stretch fot 20 seconds. Inhale and as you exgale takel the stretch a little further and hold for a further 30 seconds.

 

You should by able to find details of these stretches in books etc. If you can"t I could mail you some.

 

These work for me and my students.

JKD .... I am going to refer you to check some threads in the Health & Fitness Forum re: Dynamic Stretching. Click on SEARCH in toolbar and put Dynamic Stretching in ... and a bunch of threads pop up! Imagine that!!! Go to "Bouncing/Dynamic Stretching" that will most likely answer most of your questions!