Martial Arts Stretching Routines
Why
is stretching important in the martial arts?
What
is your martial arts stretching routine?
As
we practice the martial arts, we should also be looking to increase the range
and flexibility in our movement, leading to a wider range of safe movement, and
allowing more martial arts options in our movement.
Stretching
and regular walking is one way to do this.
A
good recommendation is to work on the warm up and cool down before and after
training practice with a stretching routine focusing on the major joints, and
the smaller joints of the body used in your martial art.
Building
on this consider adding a daily morning and evening martial arts stretching routine-
10 minutes or so when waking up and before going to sleep.
The
first routine is to prevent injury and increase blood flow before training,
while the second routine is to work on increasing your flexibility and range of
motions over time.
Another
good training tip is this-
As
you practice the martial arts, pause while working on techniques or movements
and take a moment to *feel* where you are tight in a range of motion or stiff
in your muscles. Taking not if any, add these points to your stretching
routine.
See
you on the mat!
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