Eddie Bravo on Stretching

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I have a question regarding one of Eddie's stretches in this video... it's the one that start at about 1:51. Later in the video he says it increases "knee flexibility." I've been doing this stretch for a few weeks now and my knees are more flexible... but they feel unstable, a little painful. Should I stop doing this stretch? Will I have a shit rubber guard without flexible knees?

 

[dr.feelgood]

Don't stretch unless you are already warmed up

 

[killer_kicks88]

Don't stretch the knee ligaments. The rubber guard can be performed on hip flexibility alone. The knee ligaments, once stretched, can never quite return to their previous level of stability. Not worth it imo

 

[onepointeighty]

ya i think the knees shouldnt be messed with there pretty fragile if ya think about it

 

[CaliforniaLove**]

Lol I wouldn't do what he says right there tbh. I can't do the vast majority of those stretches hes doing and I get gogo's pretty damn easily.

 

[TsukinoKage]

Eddie Bravo says a lot of great, intelligent stuff. Stretching knees is not one of them.

 

[Super.Froggy]

Dynamic stretches should be used before training and static stretches at the end not to get stiff as fuck.
But yeah stretching you knees ain't that great ...
It's like lifting weights with barbells if you train in jiu jitsu or MMA. You're better off working with sandbags ropes those kind of things since you ll never be using the same amount of force EVER during sparring

 

[biscuitboy]

holy shit that guy is felixible

 

[esila]

I have a question regarding one of Eddie's stretches in this video... it's the one that start at about 1:51. Later in the video he says it increases "knee flexibility." I've been doing this stretch for a few weeks now and my knees are more flexible... but they feel unstable, a little painful. Should I stop doing this stretch? Will I have a shit rubber guard without flexible knees?

1. I agree with the previous posters who mentioned dynamic / static stretching, AFTER PROPER WARMUP. Stretching cold or "while you're watching TV" will increase your chances of injury.

2. Your knees are important man. ACLs, MCLs, etc. If you're hurting, ease up for a bit.

3. Your rubber guard is not worth hurting your knees over. It is not a magic bullet for your grappling game. It's a wonderful addition to the many guards in today's jiu jitsu, however not worth knee problems in your future.

4. Stretch safer, and develop your open guard. This will force you to develop hip dexterity and proper shrimping movement, as well as guard retention and pass defenses - all essentials ofjiu jitsu. Relying solely on rubber guard will kill your hip movement and impede other parts of your game (as a beginner). I'm not advising to shun out RG - just don't sacrifice all your time and knees for it. Hope this helps!

 

[Scooter Brown]

I don't really know what the means. Your knees aren't a muscle. Muscles are what you stretch. I've never felt anything in my knees when stretching.

 

[Scooter Brown]

Are you talking about where he says to put a rear naked choke on your knee? I think he had a brain fart there talking about that while talking about stretching. That's not a stretch, that's practicing "the squeeze". I think he just mentioned it because it's a thing you can to while shooting the shit.

 

[HuMz]

I did this stretch for a while and my knees were hurting when I was heavy squatting

 

[spiderguardman]

eddier bravo says alot of stupid shit, also some good, but most of the stuff he says is plain retarded.