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Old 07-09-2009, 09:15 PM   #9 (permalink)
Dave Chesser
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Originally Posted by kuri View Post
Yes, it's a completely foreign movement for a majority of the population. I'd figure Taiwanese would have better mobility similar to Japan but guess not.

As for getting women to get the hip hinge I keep a poster size pic of JP's lamp shot handy (look it up if you haven't seen it).
Most people I'm training right now are foreigners. They tend to have really tight hips.

Yeah, the Taiwanese tend to be much looser, another problem especially when they need to be tight for military presses, etc. But getting Taiwanese to bend at the hips isn't as hard as getting foreigners to do it.
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