Hiya,

How long until I can do the splits if I stretch every day?

FIRST - Make sure you warm up well before trying to do any stretching.
If you don't you can do some serious damage.

Next - it all depends on you. Are you supple anyway or stiff as a board ?
I did it within a year but I was lucky as I was flexable to start with. Many never get there.

All martial arts require as much in mind as they do in body.

Hiya,

How long until I can do the splits if I stretch every day?

What is Taekwondo ?

What is Taekwondo ?

Way of the hand and foot.
A korean martial art known for it's high and flying kicks.

Techniques include kicks designed to dismount a horse rider and very powerful strikes than can break bricks and so on.

Way of the hand and foot.
A korean martial art known for it's high and flying kicks.

Techniques include kicks designed to dismount a horse rider and very powerful strikes than can break bricks and so on.

O.K. I was interested in the stretching part.

Depends on the instuctor but in it's best form it's a full contact martial art with very heavy training involved.

If done well stretching is a must as the fancy kicks demand that you are able to have free movement of your legs.

Depends on the instuctor but in it's best form it's a full contact martial art with very heavy training involved.

If done well stretching is a must as the fancy kicks demand that you are able to have free movement of your legs.

I do Pilates, so was interested in the stretching part. The other sounds too demanding & physical.

I do Pilates, so was interested in the stretching part. The other sounds too demanding & physical.

I did four sessions a week each of two hours with a stamina night once a month with no rest in the two hours.

Full contact sparing with no pads and sit ups/press ups by the hundred (not joking)

Not for the faint hearted.

I did the wussy version ;)

I also did gentle stretching at least 5 times a day and had good results, but that may be because I've always been supple anyway

I used to be able to put my palms on the floor and bend my elbows quite alot, almost folding double, and could do the splits - just

God I feel old now :( :rolleyes:

Where can you learn Taekwondo in Sheffield (preferably somewhere reasonably central)?

:)

Hiya,

after years of bad exercise practice (mostly playing football with out stretching) I'm stiff as a board. My hamstrings are really tight.

I stretch everyday now through and I'm 23 so I'm hoping a year will do it.

Where did you train upinwrath? I train at the Shefiield Uni Taekwondo Club, you don't have to be a student though. It's a big group 40+ sometimes with lot's of high dan grades and I really enjot it. We train in croft house, it's 2mins walk from tesco on west street. £2 for 2 hours so really good value.

I'm getting old now and am a few inches away from the splits. (front and side).
That's how it goes when you stop training.

I'm getting old now and am a few inches away from the splits. (front and side).
That's how it goes when you stop training.

where did you train dude?

where did you train dude?

Goldthorpe, thurscoe and south elmsall.

be very very careful, not important to do the splits to be good at martial arts, i made a big mistake trying to do the box splits, i had my own club and used to teach kung-fu, it ended my career, really not important, just be happy being flexible, and only hold a stretch for about 8sc, book on stretching by brian anderson, good luck, dont push it.