| Many Kung Fu students have knee problems
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| | While stretching may not be as fun or
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| later in life. This is not because the
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| | interesting as lifting weights or
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| Kung Fu is poorly designed, or that Kung
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| | practicing strikes it is an important
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| Fu should not be trained. This is because
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| | part of training. Many Kung Fu students
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| many Kung Fu students jump around too
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| | do not stretch enough and this takes a
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| much, put too much stress on their knees,
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| | toll on their body when they train
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| and do not use flowing footwork. Using
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| | movements over and over for hours.
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| flowing footwork allows a Kung Fu student
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| | Kung Fu also places a lot of importance
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| to move around quickly, but minimize the
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| | on footwork. Fast footwork is very
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| stress put on their knees.
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| | important to performing moves and
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| Training in martial arts and self-defense
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| | defending against attacks. But Kung Fu is
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| is important because it allows someone to
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| | not about jumping around or trying to
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| defend themselves against an attacker.
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| | show off. Kung Fu requires flowing
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| Martial arts are a matter of
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| | footwork that allows for speed and change
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| self-preservation and self-protection.
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| | of direction to be accomplished without
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| But to be able to defend yourself in a
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| | putting too much stress on the knees.
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| stressful real life self-defense
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| | Your body should give to each step and
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| situation you have to train for many
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| | react like a spring, not a stuff board.
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| hours. Simply knowing the moves will not
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| | This does not just help protect your
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| help in a real self-defense situation
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| | knees during hours of training, but
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| because you will be very stressed out and
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| | actually helps you move faster and change
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| very excited. It is very easy to forget
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| | direction sooner.
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| the things you learned in such
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| | It is possible to learn Kung Fu by
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| situations. This is why martial arts
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| | yourself, but getting a teacher can be a
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| students train for so many hours and
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| | great way to make sure you are doing the
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| repeat each move and motion so many
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| | movements correctly and that you will not
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| times. The goal is for the movements to
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| | end up hurting your joints in the long
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| be committed to muscle memory so that the
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| | run. Sometimes it takes another set of
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| student can do the moves without having
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| | trained eyes to watch what you are doing
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| to think about them.
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| | and tell if you are doing the correct
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| The downside of all of this training is
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| | movements or not. It is a shame when a
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| that it can take a toll on a body. This
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| | martial arts student, who is seeking to
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| is especially true if the moves are
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| | defend their body and health, ends up
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| practiced wrong or performed without
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| | hurting their body by training in
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| proper preparation. Kung Fu puts a lot of
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| | self-defense incorrectly.
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| emphasis on stretching for a reason.
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