Too much emphasis is wrongly placed in the development of ‘muscular control’ rather on the internal development of the energy, by the use of proper breathing methods. The words often echoed in the stable by the trainer, ‘syncronise your breathing with your muscular activity’. The art of directing one’s breath is the art of the concentration of one’s strength.
Each of us inhale and exhale 28,000 times per day, only one fifth of the oxygen is retained in our body, while the rest is exhaled. When your body gets the oxygen it needs, your muscles will relax, allowing greater speed in executing moves. Breathing helps you to have a calm mind (mushin), making it easier to focus on your target (although this takes more than just breathing). An adult breathes 16 times per minute, inhaling about 600ml of air per breath. This intake adds up to about 900 litres of air per day. The maximum a person can inhale or
exhale in one breath is called vital capacity. A good vital capacityis related to a greater life expectancy.
During combat or in daily life we should always breathe through our nose, not through our mouth. An exception to this rule is when striking, kicking, blocking, etc. in such cases you should exhale through your mouth using your trachea to condense and produce small bursts of air to guide your Ki.
Deep breathing increases the rate of toxic elimination by as much as 15 times the normal rate, increase oxygen to cells, so when cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not, cannot occur.
Each of us inhale and exhale 28,000 times per day, only one fifth of the oxygen is retained in our body, while the rest is exhaled. When your body gets the oxygen it needs, your muscles will relax, allowing greater speed in executing moves. Breathing helps you to have a calm mind (mushin), making it easier to focus on your target (although this takes more than just breathing). An adult breathes 16 times per minute, inhaling about 600ml of air per breath. This intake adds up to about 900 litres of air per day. The maximum a person can inhale or
exhale in one breath is called vital capacity. A good vital capacityis related to a greater life expectancy.
During combat or in daily life we should always breathe through our nose, not through our mouth. An exception to this rule is when striking, kicking, blocking, etc. in such cases you should exhale through your mouth using your trachea to condense and produce small bursts of air to guide your Ki.
Deep breathing increases the rate of toxic elimination by as much as 15 times the normal rate, increase oxygen to cells, so when cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not, cannot occur.
You are so right,breathing is so important in a fight but not all instructors teach it!
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