How do you warm up?

[Darce]

We simply play football.

[G95champ]

In a dojo? Who's the QB lol. No I assume you are taking about a game with kicks.

 

We usually goof arround some on our own before class starts. Once it start we stretch and do some general basics (or as I just read speed kata) to get a sweat going then that pretty much does it.

[Tibby]

After we stretch, we do some isometrics and body weight Exercises, and a few light kicking and punching combo's.

[karatekid1975]

We do anything from running to light (low) kicking, to leg jumps (different variaties of jumping over your partner's legs while moving), jumping jacks, push-ups, ect. Then we do stretching.

[Darce]

And after the football we stretch, of course.

[Budderfly]

we play fun games like various forms of tag, running, follow the leader, even games we played as kids. whatever gets the cardio up. Afterwards we stretch.

[Practise is the Key]

Running have a warm bath ammm skip etc.

[Goju1]

Our 'official' warm up is the same every time and fairly lengthy. We stretch and work every muscle from head to toe (including toes ) Of course if you get to class early most people stretch on their own or practice kata, but the warm-up is like a ritual, even written in books as how to do it correctly and why.

[sindian]

Strecthcing, Jumping jacks, joggng, pushups, situps, move around a bit, some half-speed light shadow sparring, etc.

[iolair]

Here's the sequence I use with the Junior Kickboxing class I teach

 

1) Warm-up & Cardio

 

1) Jogging on the spot

 

2) Jogging – raised knees

 

3) Jogging – kick backs

 

4) Star jumps

 

5) Twist jumps

 

6) Calf jumps

 

7) Knees-to-chest jumps

 

Dodging side-to-side

 

9) Dodging forward-backward

 

10) Ski jumps side-to-side

 

11) Ski jumps forward-backward

 

2) Dynamic stretching

 

1) Neck: roll, side-to-side, up-down, shoulder-to-shoulder

 

2) Shoulders: shrugs, circle forward, circle backward

 

3) Reaching side stretch

 

4) Twisting side stretch

 

5) Front kicks

 

6) Side kicks

 

7) Back kicks

 

(see http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=256 for 5-7 above)

 

3) Strength training

 

1) Calf Raise

 

2) Squats

 

3) Lunges

 

4) Standard push-ups

 

5) Crunches

 

6) Back extension

 

7) Abdominal Obliques

 

Leg Raise

 

9) Close-hand push-ups

 

10) Neck resistance