KIA!!!/KIHAP!!!

[Leo89]

It's not so much a TKD question, I know in American karate and in kukkiwon style taekwondo, we yell sometimes when we punch/kick.

How do you prefer to yell?

I pronounce it like Kia-eh/ay when I yell it out.

How about you? Or do you stay silent?

 

[Steve]

I like to whisper poetry as I apply collar chokes.

 

[Mattattack]

Mine varies from yelling "SAAAAYY," to "SOOUUP!", to "AAAAYYYY!" like a murderous version of the Fonze.

That's not a joke, even though it is funny.

My first teacher was really loud so I picked some of that up. We were told that our kiai should be so loud that it drowns out the kiai of the person next to us.

 

[Mattattack]

I like to whisper poetry as I apply collar chokes.

"To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream."

Nothing like Hamlet for some dark yet awkward mat talk

 

[Ironbear24]

HAaaaa! HUaaaghh!! Something like that.

 

[RTKDCMB]

I make whichever sound I can make the loudest and scariest. Usually something like this:

 

[thanson02]

My Ki-Hap has changed over the years. At one point, it was "huzza!" which got me in trouble quite a bit, especially during testing because my Instructors kept wanting to laugh.

Now it is more like a lion's roar.... [emoji12]

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[Ademadis]

I'm an eclectic mix of 'Ha', 'Tor' and 'Sai'. I don't think there's any pattern to it. Maybe there should be. 0.o

 

[Tez3]

I pronounce it like Kia-eh/ay when I yell it out

If you are actually using the word then you may as well do it in English because what you are shouting is 'Shout' which is really rather silly.
There are a number of reasons why one kiais or kihaps, it's not just to sound silly. it's not just to be loud either.

 

[Kickboxer101]

The only time I yell out is when some git blocks my kick with his elbow then I'm yelling very loud lol

 

[Dirty Dog]

Mostly it's my joints cracking...

 

[Leo89]

Mostly it's my joints cracking...

I've had my fingers pop once, not the knuckle, but the joints above the knuckles, hurt like hell.

 

[Mattattack]

I have sometimes told my students to try yelling "HELP!" so they more clearly look like the defender as they are knocking an attacker's teeth in. People don't want to jump in on a fight as opposed to an attack. Police often don't respond to reports of fights (EX: between two belligerent drunks down the block from the bar) since everyone is gone by the time they get there, but an attack is different (I would hope)

It's an idea

 

[Danny T]

"To die, to sleep. To sleep, perchance to dream."

Nothing like Hamlet for some dark yet awkward mat talk

"You give your hand to me
and you say good bye.
Your heart is bleeding so
as you prepare to die."

 

[Danny T]

It's not so much a TKD question, I know in American karate and in kukkiwon style taekwondo, we yell sometimes when we punch/kick.

How do you prefer to yell?

I pronounce it like Kia-eh/ay when I yell it out.

How about you? Or do you stay silent?

Curious as to why you say Kia as a kia?
That would be saying loudly 'Yell" as a yell or 'Shout' as a shout.

 

[Leo89]

Curious as to why you say Kia as a kia?
That would be saying loudly 'Yell" as a yell or 'Shout' as a shout.

It's what I was taught, I don't really care if it sounds silly or if it's a word for yell, in the end it's a loud sound.

 

[MI_martialist]

In classical Japanese bujutsu, there are 3 kiai that are used:

Aayy, Yah, Tou

Each for a different reason.

 

[Tez3]

Curious as to why you say Kia as a kia

Kia is a make of car.

It's what I was taught, I don't really care if it sounds silly or if it's a word for yell, in the end it's a loud sound

You should care, for a couple of reasons, if all you think is that a kiai is a loud noise then you are using it incorrectly which means you are cheating yourself of it's usefulness. It's more than sounding silly, it's sounding incompetent, which of course you are if you don't use a tool correctly. Would you use a hammer to saw a piece of wood, your foot to do an elbow strike? if not why use a kiai as just 'a loud noise'.

 

[Mattattack]

As long as it's loud, its timed with action, its instinctual, and it's coming from the gut instead of from the throat I think it's doing its job.

 

[Tez3]

As long as it's loud, its timed with action, its instinctual, and it's coming from the gut instead of from the throat I think it's doing its job.

I agree, but when used like that it's more than just a loud noise though isn't it.