Comments on: Breathing (Ho hup) http://corralesonline.com/breathing-ho-hup/2007/07/08/ corralesonline.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:28:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Brian http://corralesonline.com/breathing-ho-hup/2007/07/08/#comment-684 Brian Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:14:26 +0000 http://corralesonline.com/breathing-ho-hup/2007/07/08/#comment-684 Thanks for the comment Ashley. It is interesting how many martial artists don't audibly breathe. There is a train of thought out there that audibly breath will make it easier for your opponent to find a rhythm to your technique, thus making your offense less effective. I tend to disagree with that idea. Most boxers tend to have an audible breath as they execute a punch and all of the high level practitioners I know do breath. Whether or not our breath is very audible or not, I believe the core principle we can learn here is that your breath MUST match your movement. Thanks for the comment Ashley. It is interesting how many martial artists don’t audibly breathe. There is a train of thought out there that audibly breath will make it easier for your opponent to find a rhythm to your technique, thus making your offense less effective. I tend to disagree with that idea. Most boxers tend to have an audible breath as they execute a punch and all of the high level practitioners I know do breath.

Whether or not our breath is very audible or not, I believe the core principle we can learn here is that your breath MUST match your movement.

]]> By: Ashley http://corralesonline.com/breathing-ho-hup/2007/07/08/#comment-682 Ashley Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:52:33 +0000 http://corralesonline.com/breathing-ho-hup/2007/07/08/#comment-682 I really like the thoughts you listed on the two types of breathing...interesting! I really learned much about breathing while practicing with you and I am very surprised how many Martial Artist don't audibly breathe! I can't imagine not "making some sounds" now in all my techniques. I am going to try and incorporate the two different sounds (Sh, and Ch) and see what happens. Ha! It makes total sense that different noises would construct different energies! I am going to have to experiment.... I really like the thoughts you listed on the two types of breathing…interesting! I really learned much about breathing while practicing with you and I am very surprised how many Martial Artist don’t audibly breathe! I can’t imagine not “making some sounds” now in all my techniques. I am going to try and incorporate the two different sounds (Sh, and Ch) and see what happens. Ha! It makes total sense that different noises would construct different energies! I am going to have to experiment….

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