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pers
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Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Location: England
Styles: shotokan
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It should become more effective ,and ofcourse everything becomes easier with practice.
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Zanshin
Green Belt
Joined: 26 Feb 2007
Posts: 451
Styles: Wado Ryu Karate, Daito Ryu Aiki-Jujutsu, Ono-Ha Itto-Ryu Kenjutsu
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Kiai does not necessarily mean to shout. The shout is often how it manifests itself.
"Ki" (or chi in Chinese MA) = internal energy/will, and "Ai" = Harmony or focusing of.
You can actually perform kiai without making a sound, but that usually comes with a few years of study.
In other words, Kiai means to focus intensely in order to summons your strength, in much the same way as a tennis player may give out a shout at the point of doing a serve.
So if its good enough for John McEnroe (he is a god in my eyes), its good enough for me.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 12676
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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That definition of Kiai helps to clear up the way it was used in a work of fiction I was reading up just last week. The hero of a story was describing how his opponent was a practitioner of Kiai, and would immerse himself in it...
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gosu
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Practice in the car. That's what I do.
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on the post.
