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By Steve Goodfellow

To improve flexibility in martial arts is to do stretching exercises. The myotatic reflex is what every muscle is subjected to this can be sudden or extreme change. The myotatic reflex will tighten and then attempt to shorten to shorten when a muscle lengthens beyond a certain point. During stretching exercises this the [...]