* Stretching: I ditched the stretching routine I wrote about in an earlier post long ago. Instead, I've been doing dynamic stretching before class, and static stretching after class, as Kurz advises. I think its worked well for me. My goal now is to stretch every morning in addition.
* Forms: I've managed to practice my forms 5 times each everyday during my break. I want to take it up to 20 times each everyday. The only thing I'm worried about is without someone to point out my mistakes, I might just be doing things wrong many times over.
* Testing: I want to pass my next test the first time round. This is going to be the toughest...its not that the tests are impossible, but I need to be able to make it to all classes and practice a lot at home. Unfortunately, I'm travelling a lot next semester. But I will try for this goal as hard as I can.
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Stretching...ugh! No matter how hard I try, I'll never be flexible.
Yeah, I've never done a lot of stretching. That's why I like the dynamic kicking type stretches better than doing splits etc. But it does feel nice to do some static stretching after class.
I HIGHLY recommend using Tom Kurtz method for stretching. I implemented dynamic stretching (in the format described by Kurtz in his book Scientifically Stretching) at the beginning of my classes about 3 or 4 years ago and it’s helped my students (and myself) tremendously.
20 Reps a day! wow, that’s a lot! Good Luck!
Gordon
It's good to hear confirmation about Kurz's book. I always feel out of place in class doing my vigorous kicking warmup while everyone else is doing splits!
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