What are the warm-up activities for Taekwondo?

Taekwondo is a martial art introduced to China from abroad. Many young people like this sport. It can make their bodies stronger and increase their defensive capabilities, so that they can protect themselves when encountering accidents. This is also the main reason why many people like it. When practicing Taekwondo, you must do warm-up exercises first. There will be many movements during the exercise, which are also full-body movements. If you are not careful, you will hurt your body parts. So what are the warm-up activities for Taekwondo?

"Stretching" actually refers to training the body's flexibility. The muscles most relevant to Taekwondo kicking are the erector spinae in the lower back, the latissimus dorsi in the upper back, the internal oblique muscles in the waist, the rectus abdominis in the front abdomen, the hamstrings in the back of the thigh, and the gastrocnemius in the back of the calf.

These muscle groups have a direct impact on our kicking CUTDOWN (HAMMERKICK), TURNINGKICK and SIDEKICK. To do the "splits" and "splits" more effectively and quickly, you must first avoid mistakes. There are many mistakes in stretching movements that will make the results of loosening the muscles counterproductive:

1. Traditional ballistic stretching

For a long time, most physical education teachers and sports coaches in schools have used "elastic stretching" as a "muscle loosening" (stretching) exercise. For example, when stretching the legs, they usually press the body up and down towards the thighs, intending to loosen the muscles little by little.

The only benefit of the "elastic vibration" method is that it can help you loosen some frequently exercised muscles, such as the thigh muscles, in a short period of time. But for muscles that are not trained regularly, such as back muscles and abdominal muscles, it is useless and may even cause harm. Moreover, "elastic stretching" can only be maintained for a very short time. The next day after training, your muscle flexibility will return to its original state.

2. Focus on stretching certain muscles

Taekwondo can be said to be a specialized sport, and most of the muscle movements are concentrated in the lower limbs. Naturally, when stretching, the focus is more on the lower limbs. However, in fact, Taekwondo's kicking action absolutely requires the cooperation of other muscles, such as the latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, etc. Therefore, you cannot be careless about stretching your back and abdominal muscles. If the various muscle groups cannot coordinate and cooperate with each other, the exercise effect will be greatly reduced.

Proper flexibility training can not only increase joint mobility and lubrication within the joints, but also reduce the chance of injury during exercise. In addition, flexibility training is also helpful for body balance and muscle coordination.

Not everyone's flexibility limit is the same. The degree will vary depending on the athlete's age, gender, training years and history, ambient temperature, body type, etc. Therefore, different athletes require different stretching methods.

However, you don't have to envy some people whose tendons are very loose, because excessive flexibility is actually not a good thing for the joints. This is also an interesting topic, let’s discuss it next time.

Stretching methods can be divided into dynamic and static. "Bouncing" belongs to dynamic stretching. Next time I will talk to you about another kind of dynamic stretching - "controlled stretching".

What are the warm-up activities for Taekwondo? This article explains the warm-up activities for Taekwondo. There are mainly two types of movements, traditional ones and muscle exercises. Every Taekwondo practitioner should pay attention to warm-up before practicing. Of course, you can make appropriate adjustments after becoming familiar with the movements, but you should pay attention to the coordination of the limbs in Taekwondo, and the strength and movements must be properly controlled. Do not exercise randomly as this may cause damage to your joints.