In this video I will talk about how I stretched during my time at the Shaolin Temple. The training routine changed with the masters so it wasnt like this all the time, but this mostly refers to my first year where getting more flexible was the number one priority.
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By the way do you feel pissed Shi Yan Lei left with real skills and started Shaolin UK and you have to be this Shaolin monk who goes back to eating meat being a beta shrugger saying do kickboxing if you want to fight, and then not being able to funnel the performance money with the other Shaolin monks who perform overseas? Not to mention selling yourself with Avatar Aang's head and patronizing disstrack vibe eyes.
at 2:49 it shows your instructor pushing down on your shoulders to assist you to complete your splits. i asked someone in my tkd class and ened up with a torn tendon and clouldnt walk comfortably for nearly 2 weeks. loool
would you get concussion from head hits in Iron head training?
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Rantoni: *breathes* His masters: *STICC TIME*
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"what's the quickest way to get flexible?" "child abuse."
😲
Children are very flexible in their childhood
@@sturts1234 yeah, undeveloped ligaments
@@sturts1234 “Children are very flexible in their childhood” As opposed to children being flexible in their adulthood?
“Man abuse even”
"how to get flexibility?" Enjoy your pain
No
@@lifer132 yes
@@everythingsfinett3903 yes, no
@@lifer132 ok
No, yes
The more Rantoni talks about the shaolin temple, the more I question how he's alive
Some people are just able to handle more pain than others. I can punch a wall at full strength (and I'm a natural born big boi so my muscles are already kind of large even though they're not well built) and I can for the most part go on with my day despite almost having lost the feeling in my hand. But I've also trained with people who are much stronger than me but avoid using punches in spars because they can't deal with the pain in their knuckles at all. You can apply that logic to the rest of the human body.
Idk I survived it. Barely, but I did it lol and I’m definitely not gonna do it again
@@Zazzy235 Ooh have you trained at Shaolin Temple?
Blainy Kid ya, Ranton and I have very similar backgrounds, though our specialties are different lol. I was only there for a month though
@@Zazzy235 I'm so jealous T_T. I've been training for about 3 years now with a dude that specializes in Hung Ga, but considering the facts that we train 3 times a week for an hour, and I have a food addiction problem, results are tough to come by...
Legend says that if rantoni stayed in the shaolin temple for longer, he would became one punch man.
who would be his Nemesis? Split Boros?
@@GhostCrowGamer ACG 😂
The legend speaks truth, he was almost getting bald for real, but he stopped.
Nani q
The cat at the window praise Sonic The Hedgehog Bowing cat meow
"My wife got overstreched by a Shaolin Master."
It's crazy that he calls himself a master, and that he keeps telling us about his sex life.
That's another way of saying abused.
Thanks God I'm not the only one who took that the wrong way
I knew this comment would be here 😂
@@lucasfranke5161 count me in🥴
I once slipped at home and accidentally made a split, I couldn't walk for three days because of the pain
😂😂😂
🤣🤣
This made me wince
Bruh.
R.I.P
I love how Shaolin Ranton and Gaming Ranton are complete opposites
Rantoni yin and yang incarnate confirmed?
Not this time though. This time not completely.
I'll be honest, sometimes I can find gaming Ranton slightly insufferable, however, I absolutely love THIS Ranton.
This is Shaolin Desciple... who's Ranton?
Rantoni dissosiative identity disorder confirmed?
"... got overly stretched by a master because they don't know when to stop." AHHHHHHH
Wat she said
gachiHYPER
Hmm
*curls up legs*
Sssso relatable But Cannot complain the results
"You cannot love the product, but hate the way it's made". This is much deeper and more universally applicable than one might think at first.
I think it is a good quote but when you see an exhibition there is no way of knowing the methodology that leads to the performance (I am not only speaking about Shaolin, anything can fit really). It is hypocrite if you actually know and still love the final product, i hope i made myself clear haha
It might seem correct, but doesn't apply always. I can love meat, but hate the way most slaughter houses treat their animals. So I try to buy meat only from those that are much more reasonable. Shaolin Monks might be super cool, but forcing a child to go through it is literally child abuse and indoctrination. Result shouldn't be then "oh well". It should be more like "Ok but is it worth it? Do we want this then? Can we change a thing, just slightly for the better?" Like I don't think you need to be able to do a split in 1 month. Is it not viable to do a much less brutal technique, but that would take 2 months? I'd rather take 2 months, than have my muscles ripped appart.
@@FishoD the fact is this method developed thousands of years to prove that it is just painful but barely hurt or in other words, reach a balance between effective and damage
@@FishoD And child are more stretched bcuz child body are more "flex" than adults who already formed its body
It's one of those fake quotes that make no sense if you think about it for longer than 10 minutes.
Bruh, he married someone who also trained at the temple :O!!! They’re gonna have baby shaolins!!!!
Hinata and he’s naruto 🍥
estrange mingles with a estrange the ritual is dull vague vagrancy is of the darkness of death.
That's not how that works, but that's what's gonna happen
@@brazyrist Hinata and Narutos are ninjas, its more like aang and katara
Imagine how they gonna start fricking, are they gonna use Shaolin Techniques like fricking Upside Down, or Doing it while hanging somewhere
Ranton at Review: AUTISM Ranton at Shaolin: calm and serious
I feel like in this one he's kind of half and half? Mostly serious but you can tell a bit of his hyperactivity trickled in
@@bill2734 Still a bit jarring lol
Media: "Oh shaolin are so esoteric and focused, they are all about meditation and self-control" Ranton: "They cry, torture each other and people are traumatized, just because their butt doesn't touch the ground. Also I like to touch myself, lul."
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Well its the same thing I do to my gym partner on leg day. You better drop that ass boy.
@@Altiveda Ha, gayyyyyy
"Stretching pain is a different kind of pain" I couldn't agree more. I started learning Kung Fu at the age of 5, and I remember those techniques that the teacher used. In the box split, she kept kicking my feet farther and farther and I wasn't allowed to lean down 😅 (just like he said in the video and showed) so yeah, it is a very funny memory, not back then but now yes. Also when you have to sit up straight while doing the normal split and the teacher goes behind you and sits down on your thigh behind. Those are the horror stories from my Kung Fu classes that I tell my friends and they see it as torture... which is basically right but I didn't think about it like that back then.
Can you still do the front/scissor split and box split NOW? There is a 78 y.o. dude that still can raise his leg vertical straight up above his head with flattened foot at the top. I have been practicing that for 10 years plus, still only at 60 degree angle, cannot straightened it up.. and I am 63 y.o. That senior 78 y.o. with chubby body beat me hands down.
It was same for me in Karate but I was like 7 that time so the body stretches easily.
How can someone just lean on you or push you down so you feel pain etc, WITHOUT any injury? I mean, tendons, joints, muscles under unexpected/unexperienced load must get fucked or broken no? I just can see myself doing it as it would break and tear loads of things in my body lol.
@@WhiteDraqon are you dumb? stretching hurts so much because youre litterally tearing the muscle fiber by fiber there is almost no injury unless you are fucking your body up way too fast like how you would do if you tried to lift weights that are too heavy, tendons and joints have nothing to do with this the only thing that can happen is you can tear a muscle if you go too extreme
@@WhiteDraqon i dont think they push u down with all their weight, im sure those teachers know what they are doing
You can achieve any flexibility you want, without pain. You just have to practice every day. Breathing IS key, as Ranton says, by breathing in oxygen, it allows your muscles to stretch more, but the "pain" is micro to full on tearing of your muscles. Also, your muscles should be warm, and you should be starting to break a sweat from movement PRIOR to starting to stretch. Can using pain increase your flexibility? Yes, and do they recover? Yes, but while they are torn, you are more susceptible to more serious injury. Just practice every day, when you are in a stretch, hold if for a couple of minutes, and as you take deep breaths in and relax, you will be able to go further in your stretch without pain, and everyday you will go a little further. You should, during that 2 min, go to the point it starts to hurt, but no further, and in 3-4 weeks if you are young and already fit, you will achieve what you want, if you are older and less fit, it could take a couple of months, but you will get there, barring any disability or other issue that otherwise prevents it.
You don't even need a full minute. Sport science studies show that holding a position has vastly decreasing benefits after 30 seconds continuously. Just make sure to use a stopwatch, cause 30 seconds in a proper stretch can feel like 2 minutes.
When your mind relaxes your body relaxes
It's also worth noting that torn muscle does not "heal" back to full condition. The result is permanent damage and loss of function, and a higher likelihood of future injury, evena after "fully healed."
How to get flexible: *shifu physically and emotionally abusing me*
Seeing Rantons face again makes me smile.
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Ha, gaaaaaay
@@RealRanton Rantoni Rigatoni did anyone ever tell you that you look very similiar to Lars Paulsen from Rocketbeans?
@@TheUncomfortable you're right, I never noticed. Sets both of them in a better light somehow :D
Nooooo shitt
when da master sneaks behind and grabbs you, you will make sounds you never heard before
You are one funny guy. I'm 74, I know I will never get to do any Kung Fu but since the covid hit I am doing the breathing exercises, Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing with Shi Heng Yi (a little bit more difficult) and I am very pleased with my progress. And now, thanks to you, I will start the stretching, slightly, no split... Thank you for your good humor!
Ranton: *Does not flex his big toe muscle in the right angle* His master: So you have chosen the S T I C C
PURPLE DAGGER the most underrated comment here
Media: Shaolin is all about focus, meditation and patience. Ranton: They are the opposite.
I don't even trust media to interview someone down my street. I'll have to experience it myself if I want to know how it is, I don't know what to think if this guy either.
Even the Buddha has his limits.
@@jsil_ exactly. Either these weren't real original monks or he isn't telling the truth but something is off for me
In a way, some truths in there I dunno eehhhhhh? Like focus on your form and shit like that, patience to be able to do the SAME SHIT everyday. And I have no idea if meditation can count as watching funny youtube videos after training
Thanks
When your workouts have a safe word you know you're doing some crucial stuff.
You should do a basic series where you take the stuff you learned in your years in martial arts and break it down to basic stuff that people can do at home to stay healthy or get slightly fitter, I'd watch the hell out of that
Master: " I was wondering what would break first, your spirit or your body" Ranton: "NANI !!!!"
what would your family jewels be considered? or is that another just another category?
Lmao
Just started watching and already am a fan! I feel people tend to forget about the artist part of martial ARTIST, you eloquently explain sensitive topics while not masking causality. You are an artist in that you express yourself freely, playfully, intellectually, and genuinely while creating. Appreciate yah
I love you videos and your balanced approach to explaining things, keep up the great work
Trauma was so vivid he was introducing more and more chinese accent into his engrish
I'm not chinese neither american or english. He's chinese or american ?! I Really can't hear any chinese accent on him, actually I can hear some accent but I still don't know if he's chinese or not
Ziraeal he’s half-German, half-Chinese.
It was actually a german accent. Ranton is from Germany.
@@vgrisingstudios7292 For the normal English, yeah. I'm referencing how when he gets into the explanation and some of the comedic parts he starts to speak English with an obvious Chinese accent for "Engrish" Good example at 5:00 - 5:16
Some more ritual illusion impoverishment collapse in the vagrancy of a estrange volume of darkness.
"It's all about breathing." Ranton a hamon user confirmed
Cody Z imma start calling my cutting technigues what use Breatj for more power from kenjutsu ranton instead of hamon
Or ramon lol
Stand name: temple of endurance
Is that a World Trigger Reference... Wait... Nevertheless also one of the TOP Tier Mangas!
Is that a Jojo's reference?
Thoroughly enjoy the Shaolin content, not only for the education purposes but also the stories of experience, advice, and the humor tid bits mixed in to portray intensity behind the experience. Please keep them coming as much as you can. :)
4:41 I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing. I'm CRYING
The funny thing is, I can’t tell if it was real or not 😂 obviously not the sound effect.
Oh ja shaolin stretch me daddy
Yes
Oh Yaaaaaaah
Oh Yaaaaaaah
Oh yaaaaaaa
Oh Yaaaaaaah
That question about abuse is the reason why when I was in the Marines we all agreed with our Senior Drill Instructor that it's better to just keep quiet about how we're trained for the most part around Civies. Where some civilian see's abuse, we see a correction. It's why you only ever see the bits where a DI yells at Recruits, cause if they ever saw the real thing they'd never understand. When bullets are flying you don't get a safe space, there's no stress cards. You don't get to think, you act. And the Discipline they taught us is absolutely crucial, the way it's done woks. I imagine it's something similar at the Temple.
Totally understandable
But like the temple isn’t training soldiers, also no amount of training is going to save you from a bullet. Its only so you can carry heavy gear and walk long stretch’s, maybe some of it is for stopping you from running out of cover or reacting irrationally but I doubt its necessary for them to train you so hard.
@@VainSick yeah I think a lot of it is to create traumatic memories so you act without thinking and have the thing you need to survive engrained in your psyche. It literally requires trauma and abuse to work and that's why it's so damn ugly (and also why real badasses are slow to action -- they've seen some shit)
Actually a huge amount of that is to create bonds with your squadmates rather than punishment. It's unifying in a fundamental way.
@@VainSick There is this twisted Chinese mentality (I'm ethically Chinese & I speak Chinese, to those who bother giving me flak of any kind) that hard work NEEDS to equal A HELL LOT OF pain & suffering & yes, torture. you literally CAN'T say that you've put in the work, if you actually ENJOY the process that's supposed to be grueling & torturous. btw, given how the temple has actually been involved in wars in the past, & warrior monks were really expected to do the 'warrior' part well, it kinda became a tradition, whether it needed to be so or not.
Your creativity in editing is insane. The breaks are exactly at the right time
bruh your perspective is super important. thanks for making videos. you're a smart dude
Ahh, stretching. One of my childhood friend spent a summer at Shaolin and whenever his master tried to "help him" he would just yell "No I'm only here for a summer you really don't have to do that!".
哈哈 去划水的吗
lmao 😂
Me: I'm gonna go to the Shaolin monastery to train.. **Watches video** Also me: Nah imma just work at McDonald's
Different torture, but same pain
Also Me: Nah Imma just eat at Mcdonald's
Also me: nah imma sleep in my room
Also me: commit to breathe
Geofan while eating McDonalds
Great humour, production/editing, also relevant to my interests, thanks dude
Awesome video, great job, great sense of humor too!!
0:47 he just can't control himself 😂
Loooool
Wow, I just realized, all my non-screaming stretching means..I never actually stretched in my life!
It depends. Some people scream, some don't.
and light strechtching will make you progress too. So its not for nothing but also not as effective
I have problems of back-legs flexibility, so sometimes in the physiotherapy for my legs muscles I do two types of stretching: 1. Is what I call light stretching, basically I'm laying on a bed and the physiotherapist pushes and blocks my leg upwards, it's painful but after some time it's bearable. 2. What I call the hard stretching, I'm laying on the side and the physiotherapist sits on the bed and takes my leg and pushes it in direction of it's stomach in rotation, kind of. It's so painful... After some time I start to shaking a bit, it's not bearable but every time I do it I resist as much as the physiotherapist does it. I never make a sound.
You want to scream, but can't, because if you do, it's stick time. But yeah, if actual stretching isn't painfull, you're not doing it right.
Next up they'll bend you and all your joints the opposite way just to hear you scream lmao
@Ranton Thank you for your videos. I did practice Kung Fu growing up in Puerto Rico and our main training was stretching. Man...was I flexible. Watching this video makes me want to start stretching again. Through out the years I have lost my flexibility.
Man I really dig your style and your content. You are not boring and you are very informative .. I will hit that ring bell for you. I like see what you got now.
4:53 "You are completely at the mercy of who is putting you down..." *... so just like real life then ._.*
dude, a life with a broken spine is a bit more than "sensibility" lmao
._.
I wanna see more of you talking about your experience at the Shaolin Temple
I will 🙌
@Kakashi commentor gj, you gave him stretching PTSD
Liked and subbed because the pain in your voice was very authentic. I would have died!
Grinded for the box splits during quarantine, thank you Rantoni
so what I have learned today: - Rantons wife got overstretched by monks - they have safewords there
A BDSM image.
Cool profile photo. Deus Ex rules.
@@renangeek47 oh yeah yeah
"At Shaolin they don't have the patience"
It's a paradox 😅
they learn the value of patience by going through what its like experiencing a process where there is no patience. The best way to learn.
So funny when you mention when the master shows up, you going into the splits whether you like it or not lol so true and definitely brings back some nostalgic fears of those times. Although I never could get my butt to the ground, that didn't stop Shifu from pushing the hell out of me.
Awesome video. Yes splits of both types are very important and may take time to achieve. The reason why the "weak" will break, and why are they "weak", is because they simply have one or more muscle and or fascia imbalances, same with back pains and neck pains, hips pains and shoulder pains. Address these imbalances and proper flexibility increases and posture can be achieved.
Flexibility is the ability to flex and Rantoni is flexing on us with his editing prowess.
Guess you really are the new Justin Y.
@@benjhnn it's what he wants to be
You are f*cking EVERYWHERE!!!
@@benjhnn ah, mustacheless man, we meet again
I fucking see you every where
I remember a mini-documentary made over 20 years ago where Sammo Hung was talking about Jackie Chan and explained how the training was done with kids for the Peking Opera... not a pretty sight, but he added that at the age those kids entered, the trauma to the body was minimal compared to a teenager or older person going through the same techniques.
So that's why they're encouraged to start at a young age
@@asillariya601 yes and kids are a lot more flexible so what they can learn and do in a week would be 5-6 months of work for an adult
"don't worry, children heal quicker when I stab them, it's not abuse"
There are indeed a wide range of factors that allow children to heal faster and more effectively than adults.
So Van Damme was truly amazing.
Sounds brutal! Well done for getting through it
"Even if it sounds counter-intuitive to you have to keep breathing" - Real Shaolin disciple 2020
Ranton: goes to temple only able to touch his toes. Also Ranton: comes back able to touch his toes backwards.
so true . that small tear ,that scream when you finish and quite loose concience . I do like most of your videos
Sehr interessant dieser Blick hinter die Kulissen - von einem Insider, der die Fähigkeit besitzt aus einer abgeklärten Distanz heraus - Fakten der Ausbildung und des Lebens im Shaolinkloster zu benennen Danke für diese Einblicke und Danke für den "Filter" der hilft, Dichtung und Wahrheit der einzelnen Protagonisten zu erkennen - bin gespannt auf weitere Videos - evtl auch mit Anleitungen zum Stretching etc
When your wive raised her leg to say hi, that was a mood.
At wat
When you're too lazy to even raise your hand
As a dancer being flexible is the coolest, but I've definetly cried a lot while stretching.
Yeah now that I think about it a lot of flashy movements often require being very flexible tbh
I understand the pain.. almost the same like Taekwondo.. when I first started day 1 at age 6, all the seniors were pressing my leg to ground as hard as possible to do all the stretch and all of my friends included me were screaming. But within a month my legs are super flexible.. kicking 90 degree straight high and maintained for 2 secs ! Zero Problem ! Easy Pezy ! No Pain No Gain !
2:59 that little nose picking tho lol
Lmao hahahahahaaha
Doing splits has the most beautiful sounds you’ll ever hear: “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”
Split and Stretch is 2 word with same and different meaning 🤔 or spread 🤦♂️
Nnnnyyyeeesss
Ikr
@@horacegentleman3296 eey b0ss
"GOD HELP MEEEE" -Me 2 years ago in my first stretch session
"Complete Brain Annihilation Technique" That sounds metal AF, also sounds like an Anime move a villian would use.
Hahaha. It's great when he remembers the pain his accent gets more pronounced. I can see the memories of much pain when he speaks about it. Martial arts has always been like marriage and love. Love and pain go hand and hand dont they? Keep up the great work. Love to hear your take and memories of everything!
Great video ! I try to stretch more, I'm always looking to get better at my distance running.
before going to become a Shaolin: aight peace, tranquility and peace of mind after going... master: so who wants to cry like a bitch?
Shaollin temple is social darwinism a t its best only the strong surviwe and the weak fail an who gets crushed deserve no better
Who*
How?
Sofian Shakshuki thanks i fixed it
@@douvaman np.
I'm a tall guy, I handle heavy tools regularly, I think of myself as a "strong man". This video made me realize I need to start stretching. I really am a poorly made tool right now, strong but I'm not flexible enough, and I'm lacking the discipline to stretch regularly. thanks for inspiring me to be better Anton, this channel really has everything.
But what's point of being flexible? It's useless in sports or daily life
@@kyu7238 It's so that you can maintain your full range of motion as you age
Kyu it’s very helpful if you do martial arts or things similar, it helps prevent random cramps and tightness in muscles as well, but it’s not necessary
Kyu it can provide a lot of health benefits, also prevents cramps from working out too hard, also it stretches your muscles which allows for proper healing do to proper blood flow. A lot more I could list but it’s good to stretch every now and then, if you have a sibling you can ask them for help to put less strain on yourself.
@@kyu7238 its very useful in sports, lol..?
Great video! Thanks for this insight.
The part where the master sits on you and holds your arms is hilarious lol
Have the intro burn out from the middle, rather than cut from it, that would be real sweet.
Good idea!
My wife got stretch by the master and the boys If you saw how they stretched kids back in the temple The pope: oh really
Me: inhales deeply through my nose, as my eye brows touch my golden blonde hair.
@@goaldin_0427 ok, you are of the aryan race, we get it.
I learned a lot
@@DravicPL _w a i t_
CPS: WHERE WAS THIS??!?!?!?! WE WILL ACT WITHOUT HESITATION.... YOU: UM.... China and in the Shaolin Temple.... CPS: click...
No wonder Ranton is this crazy. I love your content dude
I love your honesty and humour.
I love how real you got about the subject, while staying objective and lucid regarding the controversy it can imply.
Such a level of maturity is refreshing in youtube
"She got severely over-stretched by a master"
not just his wife
thx for all your hard work Sir
I think you amazing. I usually don’t like videos. But I’ve already liked every video I’ve watched. Of yours. Thankyou
I’ve been training to become zuko for the avatar the last airbender Netflix series and stretches are a huge part of it.
Are you using dragon style
How's the scar coming?
@@slothsong080 XD
Slothsong lmaoo just b you
Slothsong unfortunately I burned the wrong side of my face
"Komplit brein annailaishion teknik" I want to learn that!
very informational video as always and yes it totally made sense you explanations. I practice Judo for several years and even though the level of stretching is in no way near the Shaolin level requirement. I remember that I had a Japanese Sensei that when we were doing a Newasa technique that was incorrect he step on the part of your body that was incorrectly position or if you needed to get your body closer to the ground or be more stretchy and sure it was painful, but its sort of the hard way to do it correctly. I believe that most martial arts or even competitive contact sports, have to deal with issues like this. Great video
Awesome video, and really insightful maybe you can make a video showing the more in depth stretches that you actually did rather than the methods that the monks did to you, I watch other videos on how to stretch to do the splits but I would be curious to learn your way if you did it in one month
I remember after watching rantons first shaolin vid I tried the splits... big no no
@@mairimka8757 it's cuz there isn't a Shaolin monk there to help you
The idea of having a safe word for stretching sounds like a pretty good idea
Deine Videos sind allererste Sahne, es räumt mit unheimlich Irrtümer auf, mach weiter so :)
Lol I did splits in two directions without ever feeling pain just by stretching a terrible lot! Love your vids though man, keep going at it!
As a former gymnast and competitive cheerleader I can confirm that we use similar tactics for le splits 🤠
*When you started douing splits for the first time* Your balls has left the chat.
I mean Shaolin monks are literally trained to get hit in the balls and be totally unfazed. Their training involves repeatedly getting kicked in the balls.
@@eyeborg3148 Lol there's no way, that could lead to infertility which sounds pretty illegal and immoral.
It’s true that’s a training
@@kujaa1831 Human fertility is immoral these days.
@@nabsharma9655 Tell that to people who has 7 or more children in 3 world country somewhere in Africa not to latin civilization ones whose has any children and wants one or two because from my experience this type of message is directed to people from Europe and US not to Asian or African one
I got so much second hand pain from watching him explain the splits
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience!!! :)
"It breaks some people" "It broke me" That be hitting different😂😵
I for sure was the most flexible in my life when i was practising Wushu, later went on to do gymnastics and lost most of my flexibility. To do flips you dont really need to be flexible, but in wushu everything is stretching, all the kicks, and most positions are a form of stretching. Completely different ball game
Western and eastern comprehension of body mechanics, different.
Many get the mistaken idea of gymnasts being very flexible across the board, but that actually depends the KIND of gymnastics you're into. some could indeed be very damn limber, while some others, just about average. either way, gymnasts are actually wayyyy STRONGER than their image suggests.
@@FalconWindblader not sure what , or the type of gymnastics you allude to, as Stronger...... But I generally assumed gymnastics was being Flexibly Capable of Human Performance, not Weightlifting.....
@@affalee8216 Ok, this is gonna be a long one. The type of gymnastics that most people are familiar with are the rhythmic ones-the types you see girls dancing on the mat with batons & ribbons or just by themselves, THAT one requires a hell lot of flexibility to do, no doubt about it. BUT, if you were to lack strength, your movements would look clumsy instead of graceful. After that, there's the artistic types, the ones done on beams, vaults, bars, floor horses, still rings, just places that are generally tight, small, and most probably hanging mid-air, ESPECIALLY those of men compete in, flexibility takes a backseat. being flexible would make the performer look beautiful, but without adequate strength, they won't even be able to move in those places. Then there's the trampoline. flexibility is still important, but lacking strength would make it very difficult to bounce around & maintain your shit. & then, there's the group ones. flexibility requirement varies depending on the arrangement or repertoire, but you'd most probably need to lift SOMEONE ELSE up into the air, or you being lifted into the air. whatever your position, strength would be paramount in this case. you won't be able to lift someone, or you won't be able to keep your balance well, if you were to lack strength. flexibility, on the other hand, may hardly be required, if you're the one at the bottom. As you can see, flexibility requirement wold vary, but ALL types require a good amount of strength, some even more so. don't let their generally lithe form fool you, as they actually pack A LOT of power despite NOT being bulky. a decent gymnast could easily knock the living daylights out of any average person with the right technique, because they already have the physicality, specifically the strength, to do so. Speaking of weightlifting, one misconception is that gymnasts don't do weightlifting, but in reality, that really depends. in some of the types mentioned & positions practiced, weightlifting is actually CRUCIAL, as they'd actually need that much extra strength to do what they do.
@@FalconWindblader thanks for the uptake. Gymnastics I had, were the ones held, in Olympics....... China won lots of those, I believe.
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Excellent video!!!
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I love how Ranton is serious when it comes to his Shaolin vids but insane in his game reviews.
This is BY FAR so damn true. I can't stress that enough. Forget about learning Punching and Kicking techniques. If you don't have flexibility YOU WILL struggle with even the basics. I started Tae Kwon Do very late in life (Age 35) and I've spent a few years hard gaming and doing artwork and that basically destroyed any flexibility I may had prier to that and I am paying for it now. Still since I started TKD I am struggling big time to have both side and box splits and I can tell you, not having close or full splits will kill your basic techniques. And YES, I've pushed my self to do a lot of things, but stretching... No matter how or what you do IT WILL HURT. There is no way around it. With that said, My flexibility has gotten better. But sitting down for hours on in WILL DESTROY YOUR BODY. I really hope that I achieve my flexibility by the end of 2021. I really do. Ankle injury (from a year ago and still healing) and flexibility has held me back for far too long.
Suggestion -> I'd love for you to go through a comparison of the martial arts that you're proficient or knowledgeable enough about to talk about. For people new to martial arts, I'd imagine that making a small spreadsheet of sorts (can just be you saying it out loud in the video) about which martial arts correlates best with which goals, would be invaluable to those that would benefit from the information. Keep up the great work, I'm enjoying your videos very much