Warmups
Blog about warmups Hello everyone! We have a set journey on which every student embarks each time they step on our mats. Each student bows in, and then we all do our stretching exercises! Stretching is important! Students from Chang’s Taekwondo Martial Arts in South Surrey, Cloverdale, Tsawwassen, Aldergrove, and Mission all spend at least five minutes of stretching every class.But why do we stretch?Stretching at the beginning of Taekwondo training helps us avoid injuries!Do we perform spinning hook kicks, and front turning kicks, or side kicks and jumping 180 kicks every day?The answer (maybe yes!) but usually no!So we our body needs to get ready to perform these unusual movements before we start doing them with speed and power.Let’s look at what we do during our days.
- Walking
- Standing
- Sitting (usually not cross-legged)
- Climbing stairs
What do all these things have in common?They are all performed in a straight forward way and in front of us.So we stretch our muscles every class to avoid injuries and help wake up our muscles and joints to get ready for Taekwondo Training!Make sure we stretch at home as well. 
See you on the mats.
