Pendulum Step How to not Get Tired

When we bounce in pendulum the foot, the ankle should be rigid. It allows you to push up your weight, perform the rotation. Soft ankles... Ok, only the the rigid ankles does allow you body to keep the balance. The soft ankles, dangling feet cannot hold your weight. It cannot stop you. The feet should work like concrete in car crash test, Rigid, tensed ankles. They allow you to keep your balance. They allow you to push up with your feet, to rotate your body with the punch. The soft ankles will not let you send your weight forward during the punch. Of course, you will punch somehow on relaxed feet. But your brain will sit you down, it will put down your center of gravity to prevent the master's body from falling. Even if you stand flatfooted you need rigid ankles for good punch. But we are talking about pendulum. Rigid ankles - that means that do not even touch the floor with my heels. never lower them. If need to stand lower, just spread my legs. When tense my ankles basically switch off most of my muscles, and only my ligaments are working. Here is little push up at the end of the punch for extra power. The rigid ankles help me to keep my balance. The muscles are off, the ligaments are on. can bounce for hours. Also can to sharply change my direction with ease. Hip muscles are not working. But if the ankles are relaxed you cannot push up your body with this short lever. As result you have to use your large hip muscles. And your hip muscles require lot of blood supply to get enough oxygen. As result with the rigid ankles you tire less. So this is it for today about pendulum bouncing. Use it, guys. Let's go.