HOW and WHY to Stretch

[Alan Armstrong]

Here is a video on the essentials of stretching by Dr. Lee Pierce.

Very worthwhile ideas that can be adapted for martial artists.

[MasterPain]

Haha, I went with a friend from work to his gym to lift today. I started my workout with my usual joint mobility routine, and he kind of laughed about me limbering up. 20 somethings just don't get it. I quoted Zombieland. "You ever see a lion limber up before taking down a gazelle?" Nothing stretches more than a cat. My little black furred buddy stops and does yoga poses in front of me while I'm trying to walk all the time. I try to learn from the little lovable sociopathic predator.

[Alan Armstrong]

Limbering up joints before using them is a part of the pandiculation process that cats and dogs do naturally.

Yes we can learn much from our furry psychopathic (cat) friends.

I was told by my Tai Chi master that Tai Chi was developed and inspired from the movements of the cat.