Flexibility Training For Martial Arts

Stretching And Flexibility Will Dramatically Improve Your Martial Arts Performance

Eventhough stetching should be part of every martial arts class, many martial artists do not stretch properly or they do not stretch at all.

Especially traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu stylists believe that stretching is not important.

Well, in our Wing Tzun classes we recommend stretching as a great tool to keep muscles, ligaments and joints from harm.

Why Every Martial Arts Practitioner Should Stretch To Achieve Maximum Flexibility?

Let's see what can stretching do for you:

• Relax All Muscles, Joints And Ligaments To Prevent Any Damage

• Increase Flexibility, So You Can Perform Martial Arts Techniques In Full Range Of Motion

• Improve Balance And Stability - Very Important For Any Martial Artist

• Increase Speed In Your Techniques And Explosiveness

• Improve Body Posture

Flexibility Explained

There are many great books about flexibility training for martial artists and I will not go into details. It's just too much to cover.

Therefore I will try to be as brief as possible, while explaining the idea behind stretching.

Imagine that flexibility is defined as your body's ability to move your limbs in certain direction and for full range of motion.

All while maintaining your balance, strenght and speed behind each motion.

Think about it.

If you cannot perform certain technique at full range of motion - your ability to perform it really well is very limited.

You will not have the reach or power or balance - therefore your techique will be useless.

So if your martial arts instructor really does not want to help you to increase your flexibility, find time yourself at home and stretch properly.

You will see many great results.

Maximum Flexibility Benefits For Martial Arts

If you want to achieve the maximum flexibility training in your martial arts, you need to know which stretching exercises should be performed for your specific results.

For You as martial artist, you need to get familiar with three stretching methods to increase your flexibility:

• Static Stretching: this is low intensity, slow motion, controlled movements to the point of little discomfort. Read more about static stretching...

• Dynamic Stretching: many people call it ballistic stretching method. the reason for this is that dynamic stretching involves swinging of the limbs to your current joint resistance. Read more about dynamic stretching method...

• PNF - ProprioNeuromuscular Facilitation: was developed by health practitioners for rehabilitation of their patients. Read how PNF stretching works...

Just keep in mind that for your martial arts practise, you should combine all three methods to get the best flexibility workout and achieve great improvement in your martial arts performance.