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Post by Will Senn on Apr 23, 2007 21:14:39 GMT 8
Over on supergroup7's blog: supergroup7shodan.blogspot.com/ there's a new post on stretching as warmup. I was intrigued as I have never been a big fan of the static stretch, in general. I prefer to warmup with movement, starting slow and increasing the tempo slowly over about 10 minutes. Big sweeping movements slowly gathering into more precision over the same 10 minutes. A good warmup, in my mind, is a few minutes walking/jogging followed by some arm and leg swings, then some slow kicking and punching, maybe some fast feet (sugar ray style).... How about y'all - what do you think of the traditional sit down stretching sessions that nigh on everyone does before the real deal class begins? An interesting article on the subject: www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/stretching-exercises.html
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Post by Colin Wee on Apr 23, 2007 22:56:50 GMT 8
How about y'all - what do you think of the traditional sit down stretching sessions that nigh on everyone does before the real deal class begins? Fortunately I run my own class nowadays Will ... and I don't have to put up with 'traditional' stretching. There was one event some time ago where I allowed one of my intermediate belts to take over class and warm us up. I was aching for the next two days ... just because there was heavy stretching before anyone was really warmed up. Not good is it? Our group starts doing some slow jogging and knee raises by themselves before class starts. During class, we do easy whole body stretching interspersing leg raises and calisthenic exercises (pushups, squats, etc) to get body temp up. Only at the end of the warmups do we do some moderate to difficult stretching exercises. One suggestion was to do the stretching at the end of class. But the classes I have are variable on cardiovascular output. So we might all be cold by the time we do any real stretching - which isn't good. Cool downs follow at the end. Seems to work nicely. Colin
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Post by Will Senn on Apr 24, 2007 23:59:16 GMT 8
Yeah, well, somebody's gotta convince the rest of the world! Warmup - not stretchup.
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Post by mat on Apr 30, 2007 23:35:39 GMT 8
Yeah, well, somebody's gotta convince the rest of the world! Warmup - not stretchup. Works for me too. But I still follow Sensei's sometime strechup. I do talk about various things with him on the subject. Such a fine Sensei I have! ( i mean I'm lucky to have found him ) I much prefer warmups.
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Post by supergroup7 on May 3, 2007 2:53:44 GMT 8
I have found that there is no escaping the "pre-class" stretch out that has become the tradition for me. As soon as the Sempai is up there guiding the class, we go into the splits, and start the routine. However, now that I have the knowledge within me from all of the medical studies I handle it all differently. I show up a good 20 minutes early to class, and do some moderate kata as I wait for the person who comes to open the door. When it comes time to do our warm up stretches, my muscles have been warmed up already. Even so, I do not stretch with gusto in the first moments of class.. What I do is I just stretch lightly.. until tauntness... not until pain. I relax, and picture these moments more as an extension of meditation to prepare mentally for the upcoming class than to increase my flexibility.
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Post by Colin Wee on May 7, 2007 11:23:13 GMT 8
I show up a good 20 minutes early to class, and do some moderate kata as I wait for the person who comes to open the door. Exactly as any serious practitioner should do. I've always done that ... and can't understand how people would show up and sit around until class starts before doing anything. I mean ... aren't they interested in learning martial arts? What are you sitting there for? Colin
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Post by supergroup7 on May 14, 2007 12:05:22 GMT 8
Gee Colin... I've seen people just stand around, or sit around and talk before class waiting for it to start. I guess that this is how they prepare themselves mentally for the upcoming demands. They might be saving their energy, and gearing up so that they don't expend themselves before class. Others need to move, and do something to get ready. I bet you it's like how some people learn through seeing, some through hearing, and some through manipulating. We each have our own way of getting "in the zone".
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