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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being interested in the martial arts I have a desire to be as flexible as possible and this is what made me buy this book. I guess when I saw the "complete" guide to stretching I was hoping for some secret formula to make me flexible within weeks - and thus I was inevitably disappointed when I started to read the book. This is because a lot of the book described stuff I knew about from practising martial arts. There were bits of interesting information, theories and ideas in the introductory 9 pages (which I would have enjoyed more of), but the majority was made up of his stretching routine. This would be a good book for beginners who have little or no idea where to start when stretching. It can also be used as the basis of a decent exercise routine and can be followed as a helpful reminder so that you do not forget some stretches. However, it is not a miracle cure to inflexibility, but it does set out an answer to it involving time and effort. This is a decent book on a rarely documented subject with the potential to help people in any sports, and definitely worth a look, however, it contains no surprises and is more of a textbook to stretching rather than a complete guide.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
this book is ideal for todays martial artist at the beginner stage but for the more advanced student this book is very much useless. jean frenette knows what he is talking about when doing the stretches but there is no explanation of how to get the full mobility out of the stretches. if he went into more depth then the book will be better. overall good book for the beginners.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A quite good book about stretching.......
10 May 1999
Format:Paperback
Jean Frenette is an amazing martial artist, and in this book he shows you streching exercises for combat sports. You will learn proper warm up, breathing etc. Stretching programs are also included.
I think this book makes confusing... A lack of describtion for each exercise is a big disadventage!!!!
All in all, this book is very good and the author has perfect flexibility!! However this is not the best book (about this issue)on the market.....
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent. It improves my flexibility in just 7 days!!!
1 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
I think Jean Frenette is the best stretching instructor. I tried using almost all stretching programs/books/instructional tapes of different Martial Arts Champions/Instructors but nothing gives me not only safe but effective results.
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