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Today, I learned a bit about the power of Foundation level movement. What I learned was truly amazing, and one of the more exciting experiences I have had to date at Oom Yung Doe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I recently signed up for a course specifically designed to address my mid-body strength and flexibility. As part of this course, I have the opportunity to learn a Foundation level movement passed down from the Master Level Teaching Team. This movement is supposed to target my ability to move my hips and midbody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was definitely curious about what to expect from a Foundation movement. To be honest,, the movement itself does not seem particularly remarkable to me. It is challenging, yes. But so are many of the movements I practice. Nothingaboutthemovementwasparticularlystriking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when I went into practice today, I noticed a few things that really shocked me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, unlike usual, I did not need a 10-15 minute warm up before I felt like I could begin to move correctly. Despite the fact that it had been 4 days since my last practice, my first few kicks snapped from my hip so strong and high that I thought I was going to fall over backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ThenextshockwaswhenIreacheddowntodosomestretching. Despitemyyearsofpractice,Ihaveaproblem with my mid body flexibility, and normally, when I get to school, I can stretch down somewhere halfway between mykneesandmytoes. OnceI’mwarmedup,Icanusuallyreachmytoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But today, still not warmed up at all, I reached right down, past my toes, until my fingers were entirely under my foot! Without the slightest trace of a bend in my knee! And it actually felt good! Never in my life have I done that before today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By now, I’m looking around the room to see if anybody else is seeing what I’m seeing. (Of course they’re not… I’m just stretching.) I start moving around, trying to see what else is going on with my body today, and I realized one more remarkable improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forthepast3months,Ihavebeennursingahipinjury. Itwasa bad sprain at first, but I was able to practice on it, and within a few weeks it settled into mostly a tightness and an ache. But it had hung around for the past few months, requiring that 10-15 minutes of slowly working into my practice to really get warmed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buttoday,forthefirsttime,therewasreallynosignofit. No signthat it waseverthere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were a few other moments during the practice, along the same lines. But it’s basically summed up in those stories. The fact is, my flexibility had changedpretty significantly, and in a very short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the most remarkable part of my experience is exactly how short a time it was. The benefits I’m describing will beexperiencedbyanyonewhopracticestraditional MooDoemovementsconsistently. ButIsawthesebenefitsas the result of a singlepractice<\/strong>. One 30 minute sessionpracticing this Foundation movement, and the next time I go into school I can wrap my fingers under my foot, and I can move in and out of T position in a way that has never quite felt comfortable before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To m e , t h a t i s a b i t d i f fi c u l t t o b e l i e v e , a n d h a r d t o e x p l a i n . I w a n t e d t o s h a r e t h e e x p e r i e n c e t o s h o w h o w p o w e r – ful the right movement can be. This movement, for me, at this point in my training, with all the work I have done to allow me to practice it more correctly, seemsto be just what I need. I’m very thankful for the opportunity to learn, and all I can say is, keep practicing hard; you never know which movement will be the key to unlock the next step on your path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brendon Bobzin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I learned a bit about the power of Foundation level movement. What I learned was truly amazing, and one of the more exciting experiences I have had to date at Oom Yung Doe. I recently signed up for a course specifically designed to address my mid-body strength and flexibility. As part of this course, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33815,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"oyd-specific":[481],"condition":[],"student-type":[475],"training-benefit":[],"class_list":["post-33790","testimonials","type-testimonials","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oyd-specific-mlt-seminar","student-type-adult"],"yoast_head":"\n