what martial art makes you the most flexibile ?

Answer 1

yes i would say tae kwon-do too but try Yoga. for flexibile or do the two of them

Answer 2

Personally, I would have to say a style like tae kwon do would be better for flexibility. Tae kwon do stylist do a lot of stretching and kicking and our encouraged to kick as high as possible. Now that does not mean that every tae kwon do stylist has that kind of flexibilty. It also does not mean that tae kwon do is the only style to promote flexibility. Let me take a minute to explain. Every martial art envolves some form of flexibility trainning. Some styles emphesize it more than others. But as with any thing, it mostly depends on the person and their dedication to trainning and just how far they want to go. Also some people have physical limitations that hinder flexibilty. It is very well posible to find some one in a non kicking art that is more flexible than tae kwon do. Their are other styles that are also excellent for developing flexibility such as muay thai, wu shu, and even some forms of karate (depending on the instructor) just to name a few. The main reason I chose tae kwon do to answer this question is that I am a long time practictioner and I have had excellent flexibility. Even when I go long periods of time with out practice, the flexibility comes back easily do the conditioning that my body has endured (elongation of muscle and things of that nature). When I am in class I see a lot of students doing full splits, doing side kicks with the bottom of their foot facing the ceiling and so forth. Some would say that wu shu is the best, and I must say the practictioners are very impressive, but the level of flexibilty they exhibit is not easily achieved by the average person. China's national wu shu team consist of some of the best artist in China and even the world, and that's a hard act to follow. Now I would like to address one more point concerning this question. As I stated earlier, I am a life long practictioner of the arts, and I have studied several. I am bothered by the question of "which is better" in martial arts wheter it concerns flexibility, technique or any thing else. there is no better because every thing depends on the individuals dedication to the technique and not the technique itself. Better only exist in your heart and as a said earlier, your dedication to trainning. If you want to be better at anything including non martial arts issues study, train, live a clean life and enjoy the reward. One last thing, since no one is perfect, there will never be a best because there will asways be someone better. The only person you have to better is YOURSELF.

Answer 3

You have been posted many answers, but you must ask yourself what is the reason that you want to train. Is it to improve flexibility, posture,strength along with mind.

All martial arts you must have flexibility in order to progress. for vitality and health there is one that is overlooked and that is TAI CHI many believe that this is a martial art for the old particularly as it is a very slow moving art. but in the actual delivery it is beautiful deadly and very efficient across all areas, especially health and flexibility.

best way is to contact various teachers of the art and speak to these ones and see the art in practice. also look into the background of the styles as this will help too.

I have trained and taught for the last 31 years in three different styles, BUSHIDO, KYOKUSHINKAI & TAI CHI

Answer 4

Hi there

No style makes you flexible only you can do that by doing routine stretching exercises everyday. There are martial arts that will benefit from you being more flexible but not the other way round.

Best wishes

idai

Answer 5

This would depend on what sort of flexibility you are referring to. Some styles require high flexibility in the leg muscles as they perform high kicks, some style require high flexibility in the wrists as they require practice in weapons and wrist locks etc, a good martial art is one that is balanced. The Yin and Yan are equally emphasized. Flexibility of the mind and flexibility of the body. keep searching and you will find what you are looking for I am sure! :-)

Answer 6

A lot of people will tell you that one of the weaknesses of taekwondo is that it concentrates too much on kicking. That's true and because of that fact the flexibility required to practice taekwondo lends itself to being the art that makes you most flexible.

That's not to say that other arts don't require flexiblity but my experience has been that taekwondo requires flexibility that other arts doesn't.

Answer 7

not a good question . every martial art has ,as a requirement certain exercises to perform to improve strength , flexibility,endurance etc . it really is down to your Sifu ,Sensei to explain in detail . Taekwando needs flexible legs for kicking,Muay Thai needs overall flexibility for jumping,use of knee,s etc . all martial arts need generaly good levels of flexibility for speed and power.

Answer 8

Forget martial arts, try Yoga.

Answer 9

i joined a freestyle martial arts group recently and we get to do a little of all of them but any of them is good for you. The best is probably thai chi

Answer 10

Kung Fu - shaolin style.

If you have ever seen there shows you will know what i'm on about.

(A more common name is praying mantis).
Training takes on a slower route (obviously) than what you see on stage, but the trainer I had vowed when I asked him, that he could get everyone in the room to do a no-handed flip.
And with time and training everyone that kept up with there training managed it!

(even a one guy who was about 12/13 stone)