Overall
over the years I have developed a deeper understanding of breathing in karate.
There are a number of separate issues here.
1.
Breathing
to control the speed of kata training intra technique series. (an example might
be the use of inhalation for this)
2.
Breathing
to control the speed of kata training inter technique series. (an example might
be the use of exhalation for this)
3.
The
use of variation on these themes for varied training purposes, (one example
might be the use of exhalation on some series of techniques because they work
more effectively when adhering to the opponents center) (another might the
reverse).
4.
Utilization
of hard breathing patterns in Sanchin training. The use of it within Seiunchin
kata practice could be the same, to assist compressing the center into the body
movement.
5.
Use
of set breathing patterns in kyu development. To do so is to get everyone on
the same page so to speak, when the primary purpose is overall physical
development of the kyu. This would be accompanied with the use of group kata
training, where everyone focuses on audible breathing to regulate the timing of
the group.
6.
Training
the hearing to recognize the opponents breathing, then to use that for an
opening to exploit.
7.
Training
on reverse breathing to confuse the opponent hearing your pattern. Example
would be to strike on inhalation. When they are used to strikes done on
exhalation. For example there are tai chi systems of study that use reverse
breathing in their training. But then they are constant in that use. Rather
this is at a specific time in training the breathing pattern of the adept is
specifically changed permanently.
This
is but a partial list of the topics that present themselves. No they are all
not presented at the same time. Each has a use in the adept training, over the
decades.
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