If anybody can provide links to articles on studies showing physiological benefits of pre-workout static stretching it would be appreciated. Not aware of any.
(Graham this is not a reply to your post but a continuation of mine)
I would also be interested in such articles. However I suspect, given the esoteric nature of the activity being practiced, that they would be few and far between. At the same time, I'd like to see more evidence regarding how these studies into preparing one's muscles for usage (correctly or incorrectly) is relevant to aikido.