Djuan I Couldn't See The Pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blYxIGHPYTQ In fact the angle of the thigh should reflect your skill level.--higher either means you are more functional user you fight or do applications. Deeper is more for training-better flexibility should come from drills as form practice a combination functional and training. Flexibility by drilling flexibility is more show and allows ability to get into position but require strength and functionality for better usable.
Keep your heels on the ground unless you do a cat stance /false step stance.
Rear foot is always toes forward flat foot. You can be completely straight if you step to the side of your front foot. This turns in the thigh supporting your stance I think.-Ernie Moore Jr.
When you step forward step-out some so the heels are not on the same line in that direction.
Use socks wit grip on bottom or no socks or a mat with more friction--slipping stresses your knees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hlxYxUhwjY&feature=youtu.be
Practical to Djuan's Knee Pain (Affect the Ends Of The Legs To Fix The Knee)-No_Know
There's things I like that might be different frommmmm much of the Martial arts communities..But here's this, For you and your situation as I might now get it better. Your people like that show it in full regardless of your skill...
Please understand Djuan the knee is not there--it is not a thing to exercise manipulate nor fix (but you have been working it.. so No_Know don't know...)
The knee is a capped area behind which two parts of bone come close and pressure off of each other perhaps with adjoining connectors for stability variation
Massage the calf--apply heat to open-stretch it. also above the ankle rub in here to stretch but manipulation. Two more the aft leg between hip and articulation--knee.heat-rubbing massage at bottom of thigh and where hip meets waist front side. [Where butt meets thighs and buttock might could stand relaxing to help your knee because in Squirrel its a connection of lines that tense and pull on the rest of the line. play with releasing tenion at places in the line small choice areas give the flexibility-Ernie Moore Jr.
Don't think of massaging muscle-think of polishing/scouring bone (Squirrel-Ernie Moore Jr)
No_Know
Less tension to the muscles on the ends--hip top- thigh bottom;shin top (front and back) Achilles tendon area leg bottom above ankle all the way around.-Ernie Moore Jr.
No_Know
More knee therapy as promised
heres a short clip of some knee mobility therapy I do for balance and stability. this small excercise, surprisingly has a lot of benefit to the whole body, specifically the core area, thigh, and KNEEEEEES! lol. the slower the better.
https://youtu.be/CB_4IxgxREg
theres a few ways to work into the position, I like to start in DuLiBu for the knee work.
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