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Kung Fu Monkey Jumps

Monkey jumps are an intense kung fu exercise that fighters use to strengthen their conditioning. Learn to perform monkey jumps correctly from a martial arts expert in this free kung fu video.

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Hi, my name is Dan Schmidt from the Chinese Martial Arts Center. Today, we're going to be showing you the proper way to perform Monkey Jumps. Okay, so this exercise looks like this. So you go down, jump straight up as high as you can. Down and up again. Okay. Now there's a few things that you have to look out for. Okay. No. 1 - the feet. You want to keep your feet flat on the floor. You want to keep your arms on the insides of your knees. Okay. Now, you want to keep your head erect and you don't want to look down at the floor. This helps keep your back in proper alignment. Okay. You don't want to roll your shoulders forward and you don't want to try to sit straight up. Okay. So that, when you jump, you go straight up, you want to straighten up as much as possible. Okay. You want to shoot directly up and you want to keep your hands down. Okay. Try to keep your chin up and your legs straight. Don't bend your knees. Okay, so from the side. So as you could see, go ahead jump. See, your body is completely straight. So, one more, up and then down. That's the proper way to perform the Monkey Jump.

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Kung Fu Monkey Jumps

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