MUSCLE STRETCH AND NEURAL COORDINATION IN SHOTOKAN KARATE: INSIGHTS FROM A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Abstract

The education of flexibility inscribed in this pattern of logic implies the identification of the
reporting element for establishing the rhythm or algorithm at the point zero of the process, the
investigation of the initial parameters at the first point, and the establishment of a limit of
evolution that can be framed within a predefined time unit at the second point. As with any
intervention involving changes in biological parameters of the human body, flexibility training
must, at ground zero, be related to the natural limits of the biosystem represented by
unconditioned reflexes. In this case, the unconditioned reflex that regulates the process of
nerve-muscle communication and vice versa is the muscle stretch or myotatic reflex, whose
physiological role is to maintain muscle tone, regulate balance and thus prevent potential
injuries caused by sudden or forceful muscle stretching