where can I get these books?

[mickey]

Greetings,

Does anyone know where I can get these books?:

1- Iron Legs and Power Kicks

2- Fleximetrics

mickey

[Shaolinlueb]

you check

www.amazon.com
www.wle.com
www.ebay.com
??

[cerebus]

Also:
www.bookfinder.com
www.abebooks.com
www.alibris.com
(for used books)

[mickey]

Thank you for your suggestions.

mickey

[mickey]

Greetings,

I found the book on fleximetrics and, boy. am I peeved.

This book was advertised in a little square in IKF back in the day and featured a guy holding his leg straight up in a side kick position, a la Tae kwon Do. Well the book is not about that at all. It is about achieving the ELBOW TO TOE/CHIN TO TOE STRETCH!!!!! Hot Holy Moley!!!! I could throttle the guy for not selling it right. I did not buy the book back then because I already had the splits down. Mark Bow Sim's book, "Wushu Basic Training", did very little when it came to teaching the approaches to the chin to toe stretch she taught.

I am presently burnt to a darker shade of darkness.

mickey

[Jimbo]

Greetings,

I found the book on fleximetrics and, boy. am I peeved.

This book was advertised in a little square in IKF back in the day and featured a guy holding his leg straight up in a side kick position, a la Tae kwon Do. Well the book is not about that at all. It is about achieving the ELBOW TO TOE/CHIN TO TOE STRETCH!!!!! Hot Holy Moley!!!! I could throttle the guy for not selling it right. I did not buy the book back then because I already had the splits down. Mark Bow Sim's book, "Wushu Basic Training", did very little when it came to teaching the approaches to the chin to toe stretch she taught.

I am presently burnt to a darker shade of darkness.

mickey

Mickey,
If you already have good flexibility, there's really no special approach to achieving the elbow or chin to toe stretches. As I'm sure you're aware, you simply have to keep your back as straight as possible, bend from the hips as opposed to the waist (so as not to 'shorten' your torso as you bend forward), and pull your toes back. I had achieved the chin to toe stretch in my 20s. But it's something that once you have it, you need to maintain it. I eventually got lazy and stopped doing the chin to toe stretch.

[mickey]

Greetings Jimbo,


Thank you for the pointers.


mickey

[mickey]

Greetings Jimbo,


Thank you for the pointers.

I got a glimpse of the benefits of that posture when I worked on one of the Shuai Chiao positions that YouKnowWho posted. The Shuai Chiao posture may offer more benefits.


mickey