Aikido Exercises & Stretches : Aikido Split Stretches

Stretching is very important in all martial arts including Aikido. Learn how to do the split stretch from an Aikido expert in this free martial arts video clip.

Expert: Cliff Derdeyn
Bio: Cliff Derdeyn has been involved in Japanese internal and martial arts for 26 years. He has studied sword work under Japanese sword master, Tetsuzan Kuroda.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

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[faro0485]

More like 3 hours a day for 6 months for some.

[CheKea]

I HEARD THE LEAST A WEEK. & thats not fair ! he has a bigger tummy to the floor =/

[TheRawcoder]

alkaline your body bro....

[GIwillo]

@soslabass one week is nothing dude.you can see progress in one month.aor maybe if you check the angle or distance between the feet every week.i improve the sidespilit for about 1/2 - 1 inch a day.sometimes more sometimes less

[soslabass]

@Kamy91 r u sure whaver i have 35y ears old ? i can open legs 95 degree after wram up only .....i dont force but i dont feel progrss i trained since 1 week

[acharad]

is this absolutely necessary for aikido ?

[thefantagefan02]

if u havnt streched it will hurt it doesnt hurt i can do a split now!!

[coolnerd92]

0.0 (thinks of possable pain at first )

dang

[ukatam]

id say 4 weeks

[Kamy91]

You need only 15 minutes stretching in a day for about two weeks and you can do split.