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Standing Wushu Stretchkick Stretch
In this lesson you will learn how to do a standing wushu stretchkick stretch.
This exercise is a good preparations for the wushu stretchkicks and should be part
of your warm-up routine whenever you are working on your basic wushu kicks.
The stretchkick stretch emphasizes on knee, hamstring and calf flexibility.
Its aim is to bring the toes to the forehead or even to the chin.
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Description: Wushu Stretchkick Stretch
- Stand approximately 1 meter from a ladder wall or a chest high plateau and close your legs.
Your feet are closed & parallel and your toes point straight forward towards the wall.
Stand upright and hollow your back slightly.
Then lift one leg and put its heel on the wall / or / ladder wall.
You must not twist the foot of the standing leg.
The toes still point straight forward.
- Grasp the ball of the foot of the leg you are stretching with both hands.
Extend both knees and keep your hips as low as possible.
Don't elevate one side of your hips.
If you would draw a line from the left side to the right side of your hips,
this line would be parallel to the floor and parallel to the wall.
So don't twist legs or your upper body.
Pull the tip of the foot of the stretched leg down and try to look to see the sole of your shoe.
But don't round your back. Actually try to push your head up as high as you can.
- To increase the stretch, push your hips slightly towards the
wall. If the foot of the stretched leg is much higher than your head,
you are probably trying to stretch too high, round your back or elevate one side of your hips.
Trainer advice: Standing Wushu Stretchkick Stretch
- Do this stretch with shoes.
- Bringing the head to the shin is not right.
You should aim for the toes or even try to see the sole of the foot.
If you brought your head to the knee, you would automatically elevate the hip and
round your back. Try to keep your spine in a straight line with your standing leg.
- Click here, if you think your legs are too long for the wushu stretchkicks.
- You can apply this stretch dynamically, isometrically, and statically.
For example, move back and forth to make this exercise dynamic and
don't move at all to make it static.
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