Ultimate Flexibility: A Complete Guide to Stretching for Martial Arts
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- Author：Sang H. Kim
- ISBN：1880336839
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Reviews
Claire
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This book should be required reading for all martial artist。 It’s for every level of athlete。 It’s a great resource for those who are training。 It offers stretching plans and training advice。 There are stretches for each major body area that’s used for a martial artist with pictures。 I’ve already adopted the core workout for my daily stretching and will begin target area stretching in the near future。
Grant Germaine
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Very Good ReferenceI like the detail at the beginning of the book and I especially like the stretching routines in the back。
André Lucas
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Excellent book to study flexibility。
Ed
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Outstanding book on flexibility/stretching for martial arts and combat sports in general。 About 1/3 of the book is something you can "read through" for general information/education about the hows，whys，whats etc。 of stretching from a scientific perspective that works towards defining goals via measured progress。 The other 2/3 of the book contains a massive repository of stretching exercises that can be used as a warm-up， cool-down and suggestions for various types of activities。 This probably is Outstanding book on flexibility/stretching for martial arts and combat sports in general。 About 1/3 of the book is something you can "read through" for general information/education about the hows，whys，whats etc。 of stretching from a scientific perspective that works towards defining goals via measured progress。 The other 2/3 of the book contains a massive repository of stretching exercises that can be used as a warm-up， cool-down and suggestions for various types of activities。 This probably isn't something you would read from cover-to-cover， but it exists as an amazing reference that isn't going to remain useful for potentially the duration of a martial artist's career or even life。 。。。more
Belal Khan
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Great book for those who are looking to learn about basic flexibility exercises and should be in the library of any person who takes personal fitness and/or martial arts seriously。 However， this book lacks symptom based exercises。 For example， people who bike will get lower back pains。 The key to alleviating that is to better stretch your hips and quads， since they're very much connected to the muscles in the back。 This book helps lays the foundations， but then seek out YouTube videos and tutori Great book for those who are looking to learn about basic flexibility exercises and should be in the library of any person who takes personal fitness and/or martial arts seriously。 However， this book lacks symptom based exercises。 For example， people who bike will get lower back pains。 The key to alleviating that is to better stretch your hips and quads， since they're very much connected to the muscles in the back。 This book helps lays the foundations， but then seek out YouTube videos and tutorials on specifics and video demonstrations。 Personally， I have tight ankles and hips。 For ankle stretches， I found levering stretching exercises used by parkour specialists helped in that area。I was recently introduced to Kelly Starrett。 Looking forward to reading his book， "Becoming a Supple Leopard" 。。。more
PottWab Regional Library
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Contrariwise
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A straightforward collection of good stretching exercises for a range of experience levels。 I would have liked a little more information on the science behind the exercises and what combinations of exercises are most effective， but this will be a useful manual。
Josh Street
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Practical and to the point - gives you enough anatomy to understand what you need to know and then gets with the parts you really want， the stretches。
Nic Brisbourne
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Very good practical guide to stretching。 I would say it is for people who know a little and are in reasonable shape up to full experts。
Alan
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More torture。
Bwnichol
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An effective primer on the all-important topic of stretching in martial arts。 Like many long-term practitioners， I spend the first 20-30 minutes of my workout with static and dynamic stretching。 Still， I would like to deepen my splits and learn techniques for preserving my flex range throughout my 30's。 Sang Kim is a TKD stylist， and most of his techniques will be familiar to anyone who has spend much time in a dojon。 I appreciate the clear photographs that Kim's book uses to demonstrate techniq An effective primer on the all-important topic of stretching in martial arts。 Like many long-term practitioners， I spend the first 20-30 minutes of my workout with static and dynamic stretching。 Still， I would like to deepen my splits and learn techniques for preserving my flex range throughout my 30's。 Sang Kim is a TKD stylist， and most of his techniques will be familiar to anyone who has spend much time in a dojon。 I appreciate the clear photographs that Kim's book uses to demonstrate techniques。 He shows a variety of models， with a range of body shapes and abilities - not just the muscle-bound cage-fighter or "gumby" contortionist。 It's also refreshing to have an author approach the subject as a "mature" martial artist over 40。 Kim's attention to proper form and injury prevention outshines other guides in this regard。 I guess the explanation for the others is that most readers of martial arts manuals are in their late teens or twenties - when natural flexibility and recuperation powers are greatest。 Furthermore， this topic is far more mundane and hardly sells books like four-color prints of high roundhouse kicks and shovel punches。Interestingly， Kim also groups stretching exercises by category， such as non-contact or light sparring， grappling， and full contact。 This is very useful; however， I would have also liked the book to delve deeper into the "internal" and meditative aspects of this part of practice。 Spending 15 to 30 minutes "listening" to one's body through stretching is a form of meditation， and it can easily bridge into deeper forms of self-awareness。 But maybe that's the book I should write。Until that day， I would gladly recommend this book to my students as a reference。 。。。more
Jason Kelley
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I first picked up this book when I was studying Kung-Fu。 It helped immensely with me opening up my body for the stances as well as damage control from heavy training。 Although I'm not studying Kung-Fu anymore， I reference this book just as much if not more than I did before。 See， I got this physical labor job and it's super hard on my body， and I find that stretches for martial arts practice are perfect for offsetting the detrimental effects of this job。 Mans gotta eat you know， and he might as I first picked up this book when I was studying Kung-Fu。 It helped immensely with me opening up my body for the stances as well as damage control from heavy training。 Although I'm not studying Kung-Fu anymore， I reference this book just as much if not more than I did before。 See， I got this physical labor job and it's super hard on my body， and I find that stretches for martial arts practice are perfect for offsetting the detrimental effects of this job。 Mans gotta eat you know， and he might as well be feeling good while he's doing it。 。。。more
Mauri
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Surprise Christmas gift - from someone who knows my good points aren't speed or strength。 Surprise Christmas gift - from someone who knows my good points aren't speed or strength。 。。。more
Marguerite Nico
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