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Fromvert · 16-09-2008 12:00AM #1

Anyone know of any stretches i could do that can help me improve my flexibility or any videos on the internet?
Thanks

Musashi · 16-09-2008 07:42AM

I found Tom Kurz book good when I did Taekwondo, he has a video as well.

YRG with Diamond Dallas Page is a nice stretch yoga style

Stretching Scientifically is a good book also.

What are you stretching for/hoping to gain from it? If we knew the why we'd be in a better position to give advice. Is it general flexability, kicking high, rubber guard, touching the toes? The more specific the question the better quality the answers should be

yomchi · 16-09-2008 10:08AM

Kurz wrote stretcing scientifically, you can find all his stuff here - www.stadion.com

spiderdan · 16-09-2008 10:09AM

I really need to gain more flexibility- an all round book would be good- legs would be a priority

ryoishin · 16-09-2008 12:43PM

Pick a stretch, do it everytime your watching tv and theres an add break. Sit in the stretch during the break.

Fromvert · 16-09-2008 02:07PM

Thanks for the responses.
Id like more flexibility to kick higher and to also to improve my rubber guard

Tim_Murphy · 17-09-2008 08:57AM

Fromvert wrote: »

Thanks for the responses.
Id like more flexibility to kick higher and to also to improve my rubber guard

The Tom Kurz stuff is good, I used it a bit back in my TKD days. I'm not sure about the science behind it, but the flexibility required for high kicks is different than the flexibility required for rubber guard.

jim o doom · 17-09-2008 11:18AM

In our kenpo club, our two most flexible instructors (one 5th dan & one 2nd) use a lot of pilates stretches - I'm pretty sure the 5th dan instructor actually does pilates for health in general, personally I only know the stuff he shows us in class, but I'm sure there would be a good bit of info in a pilates book, the 5th dan instructor also is our best kicker, in terms of both power, flexibility etc..

hope that helps

FruitLover · 17-09-2008 08:09PM

Fromvert wrote: »

Thanks for the responses.
Id like more flexibility to kick higher and to also to improve my rubber guard

Check out the links above for Thomas Kurz' dynamic stretching routine for the kicks. Do these twice a day. For rubber guard, look into static hip and glute stretches.

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