Written by Joey Alvarado, creator of Kettle-Jitsu
Animal style movement training seems to be pretty popular nowadays. Its hardly anything new. Animal style training can date back to the monks of the Shaolin temple. They used many different animal movements in their Kung fu. I first was introduced to animal style workouts back in about 1994 when I Trained at Romero Calvacanti’s(jacare) Master BJJ gym in Atlanta.
Animal movements are one of the standard warm ups used in a lot of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gyms world wide. Now animal movements have caught on to the mainstream. Since functional training is so popular now, animal style workouts fit right in. They are full body movements that can be performed almost anywhere. In this video I am doing some variations that I have developed my self.
The movements in the video will help with your conditioning, agility, mobility and coordination. I will do a more in depth video in the future. Enjoy!
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