Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo

are large and clear and more importantly
easy to follow. Each stretch and set of
photographs are accompanied by detailed
instructions and advice on performing each
stretch.
The back of the book has 5 sample
routines including a class warm up and
loosening the hips workout, plus others. I
would have liked to have seen more of
these so there is more variety in each
routine, but overall they are quite good.
Finally, at the very end of the book is a
nice little ‘extra’ for the readers - I`ll leave
that for you to find out.
As this is an “Honest John” review I wanted
to include some negative points to equal
out all the good points, but to be honest I
didn't really have any, so instead I`ll list a
couple of things I found odd instead.
I found it a little odd was that each picture
is labelled with a number i.e. ‘figure 64’ but
these labels only sometimes appear in the
text. While its not a major issue as the
texts and pictures are clear and concise
anyway, its just a little ‘odd’ - well to me!
The book also has quotes scattered about,
they are fun to read but have no relevance
to the books contents - again, not a major
thing at all.. Just a little odd.
Finally, the book seems to have lots of
white space along the outside borders,
which makes me think that perhaps the
photo’s could have been a little larger!
Overall, this is an excellent book and will
make a worthy addition to any student or
instructors collection, due to its overall
coverage of stretching (which coincidentally
isn't just for martial artists but
covers many other sports too). I will
certainly be using it in the future to
(hopefully) increase my own flexibility and
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