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Originally Posted by kuri
I use alot of kb goblet and 2kb front squats with clients to work on hip mobility and forcing them to keep the torso upright too.
Have you noticed significant results concerning getting people to move from their hips with kbs and then MA?
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Yeah, that's a good question. First you have to really introduce the KB and sell what it can do for people in a MA class. That's not always easy, especially with arts like taichi. People who come to me to learn taichi have looked at me funny sometimes when i put the KB in their hands. It's not what people expect and you have to prepare them a bit to get them to put some effort in it and not blow it off until we supposedly get to "the good stuff."
Once that's out of the way, then yes they usually make progress in moving from the hips because having the KB in hand FORCES them to focus instead of spacing out, a constant problem with taichi beginners.
But I've also had people hit themselves in groin with the KB because they still don't move the hips enough in the swing. It's hard, KB or no, to get people with tight hips into the hip motions.
Has it worked for you? What problems did your clients have?