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Hi all. Just want to send a quick thank you to everyone for their amazing work. I purchased a few of Kit's classes (and one of Dave's) and really love the high quality material! Frankly, just one go 'round with the boxing the compass stretch in Master the Squat and my heels were already brushing the ground...it felt amazing ;)! However, I have one question in particular if the title wasn't a dead give away. Bit of extra info--about fifteen years ago I was an avid practitioner of Tae Kwon Do...my hips were great and I was able to bend my big toe almost to where I could rest on the ball of my foot. Now...not so much. I didn't even think of this as a necessary ability until I moved to Japan. I've begun my martial arts practice once more (Iaido and Karate) and both pretty much necessitate my being able to rest on the ball of my foot, especially Iaido as that is how I push off to perform many strikes and sitting back on my heels is also crucial. Sadly, my big toe won't cooperate! A simple lunge becomes even more difficult because my lack of toe mobility causes my (already) tight ankle to tilt outward, which throws my knee off track, which really messes up my balance :(. Also, I'm spending a lot more time on the floor, and lacking that key bit of mobility, on top of tight hips, makes that harder than need be. I don't know what to do, basically, nor where to start really! I've tried doing a kneeling toe stretch (basically trying to tuck my toes under as I try to rest on the balls of my feet) but frankly it becomes excruciating and it's impossible to relax and breathe into it when my thighs are shaking from the effort. Honestly, I'm afraid I've made things worse as I immediately associate that movement with pain and sometimes I feel myself tense when attempting the stretch. I can't even really sit back into it, as I'm always leaning forward. Does anyone have any thoughts? My lower half is pretty tight, so would my toe dorsiflexion improve with that? I don't know. Regardless, thank you very much for any insight.

Been doing some filming with Craig - is it possible to embed youtube here?: