Originally Posted by Don Blankenship
Dynamic stretching, to put it in plain terms, uses acceleration, speed of movement, or momentum and active muscular effort to bring about a stretch . Like kicking would, in a sense. Unlike static stretching, when doing dynamic stretching the end position is not held. So if you were going to do Karate kicks to bring about improved flexibility, which it certainly could, I would suggest kicking for a period of time at a height that is not your max, in order to warm up that area of the body first, then you could start to test yourself a bit, but keep it dynamic.
By the way, I can put both of my legs behind my head, but I would never do it cold and just because someone can do something like that, doesn't mean that they can do it properly. I'll give an example. When you are very young and you stick your legs behind your head, you might get away with improper alignment, or torquing joints without feeling any pain. However, over time, that will cause injury. That is why I suggest doing yoga with an instructor, or a DVD which stresses proper alignment along with a killer workout.
Hope that helps.
Like Abraham Lincoln said, ""Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
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