Here is an example of a very dangerous set of exercises.
It was described as a warm up set, and indeed it is taught as a warm up set, in this form or a similar form, in many styles of internal martial arts. Warm up exercises are meant to prepare your body for more vigorous and more difficult exercises that fallow. They are supposed to warm up muscles and tendons and lightly stretch them and twist them. But the above set of exercises, the way it is performed, relies on the body being exceptionally strong and flexible. If a beginner or an intermediate tries to copy this exercise set the way it is presented, he will definitely injure himself. Before you can do this set, you need to do a lot of joint opening exercises, a lot of muscle and tendon strengthening exercises and a lot of preparatory twisting exercises. Then you can start with this set, but do all the twists and stands at only 10 percent of what is shown in this video. And maybe, if you are lucky and don’t injure yourself, you might be able to do it like this in about 10 to 20 years time.
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