Judy returned the bow.
Brandon smiled at them.
"At the beginning of every class, we do some warm-up exercises to limber up our bodies and loosen the muscles. This is to prevent injury to the muscles from some of the things we do, such as throwing and sparring. We won't be doing any of that today, but it's important that you know. Place your hands on your hips, bend your knees, and put your heels together. We're going to begin with ankle rotations."
He took his right foot and rotated the joint to the right, then brought it back and rotated his left foot to the left. After ten of those, he stopped.
"Now for heel rotations."
He arched his foot up on the ball of it and rotated his heel to the right, followed by the same thing with his left foot.
"Now, we're going to do knee rotations, ten in each direction."
He put his hands on his knees and moved the joint in a circle first to the right, and then the left.
"Now we're going to do some hip flexibility."
He got back into the same stance he was in before, then pushed his hip out to the right and then the left ten times.
"We'll do shoulder rotations next. You may have to step up or back to avoid hitting the person next to you."
He moved his arms in a circle forward ten times, then backward ten times.
"Lastly, we'll do some neck stretching exercises, but do not rotate on these."
Brandon crossed his hands over his groin and moved his neck downward, side-to-side, then backward ten times. After he was finished, he looked at his pupils.
"Now that we've got our muscles warmed up, it's time to use them. Is everybody ready?"