Shaolin stretching

[Noobmaster102]

Hey guys, do you ever think if China starts a war, would the shoalin monks back them up or stay neutral, and or try to stop china before massacring millions of people with their WMDs?

[martelly55]

Just a normal day in china..

[wushuton]

@canitasteyou321

Yes it will damage your joints & shorten the muscles IF you do it with out proper warm up, or do it beyond your capability. Over doing it may tear your muscle and develop scars. And as we know, scars are less flexible.

And of course, warm up stretching and stretching depends on what you're going to do next. If you're just gonna stretch & eat/sleep afterwards, I suggest NO BOUNCE stretching.

But if you're gonna do high kicks, jump kicks like what we do in wushu, GO and BOUNCE.

[AJDivaglia]

Sometimes I want to slap myself. This extent of flexibiliy takes a pretty long time to reach. If you start younger, you can cut down on some of it. I was never exposed to these things or encouraged to do so, and I'm pretty sure at fifteen, I've lost that potential and have to do it the hard way now...

[IceyPancho]

@AJDivaglia 15 is very young. If you were 30, you'd have a point.

[Zoza15]

Try to challenge them, and they will kick your ass :P

[lehnrik]

Ok. And how are kids in the western society doing...

[HANGER187]

is this how they invert their balls?

[BBflake16]

@HANGER187 xD

[guyluver123]

bouncing causes micro tears in your muscles...or so ive heard...

[Youtiubeer]

I wanna fuck these kids... 5 stars! :)

[Adje1431]

Holy molly

[dom214]

whats with the sounds in the background?

[pillsburydoughboy47]

most chinese are dirt poor as the country is overcrowded; not everybody can afford either a large apartment, or a house with nicely trimmed lawn. Heck in the house you live you can probably fit 5 Chinese families in there.

[ProjectILT]

@dom214 the shaolin grand masters having an epic battle in the back

[iwanttofight69]

yea u should u bounce hen u fight

[wushuton]

hmm..

[AaronStone2]

I'm feeling pain just from watching it.

[ELARROCK]

different schools of thought/ technique. basket ball coach says dont bounce. uber flexible yoga instructor says its ok to bounce a little. i know who im going with.

[pectorox]

Bouncing helps tearing partially your muscles, and then, later, when your body will be a bit older.... it's about myotatic reflex.

[jeetkunedo117]

I can do that but why do they bounce?

I don't get it because when i stretch it works faster and more effectively when i hold the position

[Shyaporn]

Helps build fast twitch muscles to move in and out of that extended position.

[jeetkunedo117]

i see. i am going to need that for my shaolin training in the future

[wushuton]

bouncing is for warming up your muscles to tell them that you're gonna use them for a strenous stretching (what you call Hold)

just like:

If I'm going to wake you up do you prefer to be dragged off your bed in a split second or just a tap on your shoulder?

[canitasteyou321]

@wushuton

bouncing aka ballistic stretching is damaging for the joints as well as possibly shortening the length of the muscle fibres. dynamic stretching is much more effective than bouncing.

[RoyalDragonusa]

@canitasteyou321

Yes, absolutely. The Chinese have some excellent skill sets. However, a lot of the training methods are counter productive in the long run. A good warmup, starting with a light jog, followed by soft, gentile, static stretching is much healthier and more efficient way to stretch out, than the bouncing thing.

[wushuton]

hmm..

[CBE20032003]

Yeah I can do that too.. never get back up again tho..

[Rowined28]

i can can do that

[lsdsexmetal6]

wow