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

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