Door frame stretching

[YouKnowWho]

Have you ever tried to stretch your legs by using the door frame? You face one side of the door frame and put one leg on top of the door frame (above your head) and use both hands to pull the door frame toward you so your groin area can be as close to the door frame as possible. When your groin area can touch the door frame, you should have no problem to do a perfect forward and backward split on the ground.

[CLFLPstudent]

Have you ever tried to stretch your legs by using the door frame? You face one side of the door frame and put one leg on top of the door frame (above your head)

If I'm picturing this correctly, and you can do this, you don't need that much help getting into a front split.

-David

[Reverend Tap]

Sounds like a way to make split stretching harder, actually.

[TenTigers]

sounds like a good way to fall and bruise yer bum.

[Kansuke]

Have you ever tried to stretch your legs by using the door frame? You face one side of the door frame and put one leg on top of the door frame (above your head) and use both hands to pull the door frame toward you so your groin area can be as close to the door frame as possible. When your groin area can touch the door frame, you should have no problem to do a perfect forward and backward split on the ground.

You are very, very bored, aren't you?

[YouKnowWho]

Actually I learned this training method from my TKD friend long time ago. That guy could side kick 90 degree straight up.

[eomonroe00]

not legs, but i like door ways to stretch my shoulders, hung gar sets have the dynamic tension sections, one where your hands at the side of your chest, pushes strait out to your side, feels cool to do this in a hallway while actually pushing something not just air-
now i cant help it in any door way or hallway to stretch

[Kansuke]

Actually I learned this training method from my TKD friend long time ago. That guy could side kick 90 degree straight up.

Did you mean 180 degrees?

[YouKnowWho]

Compare to the

- horizontal ground, it's 90 degree.
- downward vector, it's 180 degree.
- upward vector, it's 0 degree.

[Mr Punch]

Please make sure the door is open when you practise this stretch: it can cause considerable harm if someone opens the door mid-way through this routine. Remember: always practise safely, kids!

[chaiwai]

If I understood what you are saying some martial artists do this with a tree.