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Warm-ups

  1. Hop - up & down, side-to-side, back & forth, turn, high
  2. Stretch back - spread feet more than shoulder width apart, hands over your head as you breathe deep & reach back; exhale as you come over & touch the floor between your feet
  3. Stretch side - stretch down each side, then stretch with one hand on your hip
  4. Turn - turn from side-to-side just moving your torso
  5. Grips - keep elbows locked, palms down & grip and release 50 times; then turn hands over & do the same
  6. Pulls - grab & pull to ears keeping a palm-down fist; grab & pull to chest grabbing & pulling so that you have a palm-up fist
  7. Half Knee Bends
  8. Push-ups - judo style
  9. Touch-toes - lay on back, pick feet up slowly over head, touch feet to mat behind you
  10. Shoulder rolls
  11. Bridges - keep feet close to body, reach over head and to left with right hand while picking up hips up off the mat; repeat with left hand
  12. Circles - draw circles in air withfeet; reverse
  13. Headup - lift head & feet just off mat and hold
  14. Situps
  15. Head roll - drop head down, roll around; reverse; wobble side to side; up/down; turn; repeat steps one and two
  16. Push hips - hands on hips, thumbs foward, push in circle; reverse
  17. Stretch legs - bend right knee &stretch left leg, reverse for right leg several times; stretch with toes pointed up
  18. Legs - sit & spread legs as far as you can, reach down right leg then left
  19. Knee push - put soles of feet together and push knees towards the floor
  20. Circle knees - push knees aroundin a circle
  21. Leftoverright - left ankle over right knee & push left down; repeat for right knee
  22. Ankles - hold each ankle alternately& circle ankle around
  23. Wrists - hold right wrist w/ left hand and circle right wrist; same for left wrist
  24. Shoulders - while on knees, put hands in front & stretch right then left
  25. Hips - hands behind, feet & knees together & roll on hips
  26. Ukemi (Breakfalls)