Comments on: What Makes a Good Kicking Warm-Up Exercise? http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-kicking-warm-up-exercise/ Martial arts for personal development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: josh young http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-kicking-warm-up-exercise/#comment-10202 josh young Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-kicking-warm-up-exercise/#comment-10202 Brush knee twist step with an outside crescent kick, repeat on both sides across the room or space( I work outside) Repulse monkey with a heel or instep kick to reverse. Separate left, right, left, right etc I think I focus on kicks more than any other taiji person I have met. Since I also work with a tree I practice heel kicks on trees too. To warm up I walk and stretch, since I do not and have never driven I walk 4-6 miles every day. So I tend to warm up in the morning and don't have to do it again unless I have been lazy and inactive. I also love doing kick related stance work, the golden rooster posture and variations of it are what I tend to focus on for that. I think the kicks of taiji are unerestimated. Some of the kick stuff done by students of Shao hou and Ban hou are worth looking into, kicking is one of the things Cheng-fu altered a great deal in his public form transmissions. Brush knee twist step with an outside crescent kick, repeat on both sides across the room or space( I work outside)
Repulse monkey with a heel or instep kick to reverse.
Separate left, right, left, right etc

I think I focus on kicks more than any other taiji person I have met.
Since I also work with a tree I practice heel kicks on trees too.

To warm up I walk and stretch, since I do not and have never driven I walk 4-6 miles every day. So I tend to warm up in the morning and don’t have to do it again unless I have been lazy and inactive.

I also love doing kick related stance work, the golden rooster posture and variations of it are what I tend to focus on for that.

I think the kicks of taiji are unerestimated. Some of the kick stuff done by students of Shao hou and Ban hou are worth looking into, kicking is one of the things Cheng-fu altered a great deal in his public form transmissions.

]]> By: tanu chinoy http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-kicking-warm-up-exercise/#comment-10199 tanu chinoy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:45:41 +0000 http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-kicking-warm-up-exercise/#comment-10199 kick sprints would be a fine way of raising your heartbeat. You constantly keep kicking till you are out of breath. kick sprints would be a fine way of raising your heartbeat. You constantly keep kicking till you are out of breath.

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