Be reasonable. You have to WORK to exhale so hard that you only have minimum capacity currently in your lungs.
Deep, deep breathing like that when you’re doing a REAL athletic activity, like fighting, isn’t going to happen. It’s a short sharp exhalation and it’s for making sure you breathe back in. :rolleyes:
Lastly, take a full breath from the gut like you’re suppsed to, and have somebody whack you in the body. See how you like that. Oh wait… this is the part where somebody tells me about golden bell training, right?
Exactly! Holding your breath during strenuous activity drastically raises your blood pressure. This destroys the valves in your veins as they can’t stand up to the backpressure and increases the likelihood of clotting (small tears in tissue provide a rough surface for coagulation)
Come on people.
Of course breathing out while striking is necessary.
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No air, huh?
Be reasonable. You have to WORK to exhale so hard that you only have minimum capacity currently in your lungs.
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Deep, deep breathing like that when you’re doing a REAL athletic activity, like fighting, isn’t going to happen.
The best lack conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. That’s what they say, anyway.
Generally, when I spar new students, more than anything else I have to keep reminding them to breathe.
And when you spar them, do you get hot, tired, and short of breath? If not, why not? It’s a REAL STRENUOUS ATHLETIC ACTIVITY, right?
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[B][I]Generally, when I spar new students, more than anything else I have to keep reminding them to breathe.
And when you spar them, do you get hot, tired, and short of breath? If not, why not? It’s a REAL STRENUOUS ATHLETIC ACTIVITY, right? [/B]
Yes. Strenuous. Yes. Athletic. Very perspicacious of you to note that. Perhaps you can put that perspicatity to work on a problem I’m having.
You see, I’m not catching as many shrimp as I want. I set these little traps for them. It takes a long time to catch shrimp in them and I never really catch a whole lot of them. Can you think of some better way to get a whole load of shrimp?
It can depend on the strength of the strike. Heavier strikes require greater exhalation. You should never exhale completely - get winded once without air and you will understand why.
Yes. Strenuous. Yes. Athletic. Very perspicacious of you to note that.
I didn’t note, I asked. There is a significant difference. Like the difference between SKILL and ENDURANCE. Or the difference between martial arts and aerobics.
You see, I’m not catching as many shrimp as I want. I set these little traps for them. It takes a long time to catch shrimp in them and I never really catch a whole lot of them. Can you think of some better way to get a whole load of shrimp?
I didn’t note, I asked. There is a significant difference. Like the difference between SKILL and ENDURANCE. Or the difference between martial arts and aerobics.
Ah, yes. I’m sorry. How feckless of me.
What makes you think I know how to bait shrimp?
I don’t know. I just get that feeling. You know how it is? When you get that feeling?
Like when you’re strolling along in California and there’s just this strange, nonspecific quality to the ground that makes you think, “These may be those La Brea tar pits I’ve heard so much about. I do believe I’ll head back the way I came.”
Breathing is as important to kung fu as any other part of your training. There are a number of different methods taught for different reasons. If you don’t know the fine detail, just stick with the basic rule of exhale when you strike.
Ajax, dude you need a new school, big time!
[Censored], you’re an idiot. eulerfan’s being really polite, but you’re either taking the p!ss or really embarrassing yourself.
Yes, I’m an idiot. Welcome to the ancient Chinese art of steganography: don’t benefit the insincere. Anyway, who needs bad advice given politely?
You recommend that one should let their opponent control their breathing. That is ridiculous. I think you won’t dare address the issue directly, so start on the ad hominem or give up altogether.
What can you do? Some people just don’t want to know better cos they think they already do. [/B]
Serpent. Take a deep breath, step back, and look at the conversation with [censored] as a gestalt. This is not about breathing. I could suck this guy’s **** and he’d tell me the back of my head was ugly.
Serpent. Take a deep breath, step back, and look at the conversation with [censored] as a gestalt. This is not about breathing. I could suck this guy’s **** and he’d tell me the back of my head was ugly. [/B]
Dayum, that was funny! Well said, eulerfan. It’s not even any fun to poke him with a stick, cos he’s just so stubborn and … well … irrelevant really.
Well then, I’ve finally kicked the habit of holding my breath while striking. It does feel a lot more natural, and if it saves on just one little cerebral aneurism later on, then it’ll have been time well spent. Thx for all the responses
