I'm 32 y.o (33 in the end of February), just started learning general basics of martial arts, tried to split and now i feeling a bit pain in my stomach. Is it normal when you started to stretch hamstring / split?
@@-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_- Sure! Stretching can be considered a workout, eg for mixed martial arts stretching is very important because we need flexibility to kick and also some submissions require good flexibility, nontheless to defend/slip.
I feel you, I used to do TKD and made it all the way to 2nd Dan, but it’s been years and I lost all my middle split flexibility. My hamstrings are good and I can almost kick straight up into the air, but my side kick won’t even go waist level without me bending my rear leg. It’s important now even though I don’t do striking sports anymore because I practice judo and jiujitsu, and it’s the one area I’m not very flexible.
@@davidhaas3111 im sorry you lost the flexibility but i really envy your consistency! I sometimes tend to give up when its about sports and stretching to get flexible
I’m going thru your 12 week stretching program. As a 44 year old that only started taekwondo about 10 months ago, this program has been great. The biggest changes so far have been my stability on side kicks and an increase in the power I can kick with, and being able to get my front and turning kicks higher. Love it!
I remember when i started tkd and I literally died trying to do the splits and after 7 years I still can't do perfect splits. I am way more flexible tho
@@Andrewforgot it all comes down to muscular endurance and genetics. It took me a year to finally get the splits, and now I'm going for hyperflexibility. I'm sure if you don't give up, even after 7 years, you'll be successful with your flexibility eventually.
@@Gogetaover90000 Obviously it shouldn't hurt, but it does need to feel. If it doesn't actually feel like something is happenin', then most likely ur doing it wrong but yeah
Keep your back / bottom knee bent if you can still reach up, also lowers your surface area. You'll already be leaning back so you can use your opposite arm to help swing back to return to a guard position quicker.
Also try looking up ankle stability exercises, glute medius exercises, hip airplanes, and single leg balance drills. All of those can be really helpful for kick balance and balance in general.
as a taekwondo student, I’m just gonna note this: the first exercise (hard mode) hamstring depends on your height, and for some it may be easy. Just saying so, I’m not criticizing you. If you do, sorry!
I'm not a fighter in the slightest and have no desire to be one and I'm still totally doing these just so I can execute a perfect head height kick for no fucking reason.
I just started taking karate at my school in late November early December a few months ago. So far I’ve learned a lot, but my kicks are that great and neither is my kata. But I’m not giving up! I’m trying to practice in my spare time as much as I can to get better and hoping one day I can be as good as you guys! Thanks for the videos and for being an inspiration!!!
Hey I’ve hurt my hip flexor from doing kicks, now when I do them it feels tight, especially kicks where I chamber directly in front of me like front kick. What do I do?
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I'm 19 and man the only thing stopping me from doing any of these is my sciatica and hip impingement/ pinching during abduction of my hips. the only thing that can help is a very expensive surgery for my hips. Sad days.
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Truth is you don’t actually need to stretch. I’m nowhere near as flexible as these two but I can kick over my head or someone my head. I’m 6 foot foot context. You really just need to practice with good form trying higher and higher.
@@notlightbeam4889 no it’s not I could barely touch my toes when I started and couldn’t kick above my hip. It’s just kicking over time loosens your up. I am a bit more flexible for stretches now but only by a few inches where as my kicks are significantly higher by a few feet
About two years ago, I had just become unemployed due to severe shoulder and hand damage. So, I was like, I'll at least appreciate that I have working, nimble legs that have never showm the slightest sign of trouble. I stretched and practiced kicks for about 2h. Side kicks, back kicks, head height, ankle height, everything I could think of. My balance was terrific and I felt great about it. Next morning, I took the first step out of bed and fell on my face. Both hips, although perfectly okay during the practice, had gone to shit. Lesson: don't try to improve, just dwell in the misery.
Same height, same expression ( cool ☺️ ) Nat does frog splits still cute👍, it's nice to make a video together ( your other channel's music is nice, please use that song next time ) I'm standing between Nat and Travor is a cute little hamster 🐹 because I'm only 5"4.6 - 5"5, cuter than Nat's little brother 😂😂
Better start with easy and when you get more and more flexible then you could try for harder versions and exercises for higher improvements of your flexibility
if you keep doing the hard exercises like ten of each stretch every day, you can effortlessly reach professional levels of high kicks in like less than a week. im not kidding, i came back to taekwondo after years of not training with bad hips. for warm ups before stretching i recommend jogging in place and doing the same stretches slowly and little by little until you do the stretch fully.
