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Originally posted by justinm
I see many people doing knee circles as part of their warm up routine (i.e. standing with both feet together, hands on knees, and performing large circles with the knees).
I have always considered this as very bad, as the knees are not designed to move in that direction to my knowledge. I wondered if this is true, and if so, does this contribute to the large number of 'bad knees' we see in aikido?
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What you describe is indeed bad for the knees.
Probably a lot of people misunderstand this kind of exercise.
Make
SMALL circles with the knees (feet and especialy toes should move freely) to make the
ANKLES loose and flexible!!