Questions tagged [breathing]
Through breathing, the human body absorbs oxygen from the air to produce energy. Use for questions about breathing training or practices.
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Why do martial artists "shout" in the execution of a technique?
When I see people doing forms, competing, or breaking blocks of concrete or wood with their hands, they are always vocally expressive in what they are about to do. What names does this "shouting" have ...
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Which kind of breath provides the most striking power?
Power is defined exactly like in the wiki article, and the units are also as in the wiki article:
The dimension of power is energy divided by time.
Breathing is largely composed, as far as my ...
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Is chi kung just deep breathing?
Chi kung is supposed to be at the core of our style, but we don't cover it very much in class, for various genuine reasons.
From what I gather, it is largely just controlled, deep breathing, from the ...
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Yang tai chi breathing (when to inhale/exhale)
I'm doing a Tai Chi class and am pretty much a novice at it, so I also youtube'd around and read a lot. I'm now confused about breathing.
My class teacher (old guy, but aren't they all?) says for the ...
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Explaining how to breathe deeply
One of the things we emphasize heavily in my Hapkido group is breathing. It tends to flow with your motion and be very deep in nature. We also have deep breathing exercises along these lines (...
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how to use o2 mask to training martial arts
Recently I have seen the number of people using O2 masks for training increase a lot. Many of than just use the mask and do the same traditional training as before. I don't believe this is the way to ...
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Should I follow the class or instructor's breathing rate during Tai Chi breathing exercises?
I'm new to this forum, and new to Tai chi (and martial arts in general). I started last week and have had 2 classes so far, having my third one today.
I would like some advice on how to breathe ...
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