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Do you think Kihap is effective scaring or startling your opponent? What are the other benefits in Kihap?
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If a person is attacked the Kihop can attract attention and bring help. Sometimes the corner or center reff's judges may tend to notice a point being scored more than if you did not.
We all know that there are certain places in your Poomse to kihop, but I was taught that you can at any point in the form.
Lots of reasons, so don't be shy and "Kihop short and Loud " from your stomach ,not your throat.
Mainly just a spirit building tool IMO. Kind of along the same lines as breaking. Encourages you not to hold back on your techniques. (Techniques tend to really lose effectiveness if you choke at any point during the execution.)Do you think Kihap is effective scaring or startling your opponent? What are the other benefits in Kihap?
I think folks like that tend to end up like this when actually pressed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&NR=1
Do you think Kihap is effective scaring or startling your opponent? What are the other benefits in Kihap?
Yes. Though going by the clip, he could've been beaten down by anyone who wasn't willing to pretend they were a fish hooked on an invisible line while he reeled them in.He got beat down by some MMA fighter if I remember right.
I am one who is a firm believer that there is something to the concept of chi/ki/qi/(insert appropriate spelling here).I think folks like that tend to end up like this when actually pressed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&NR=1
I believe in the concept of energy. Good bio mechanics, efficient energy transfer, leverage, paying attention to the opponent's intentions etc. I don't really believe in a mystical Forcelike energy field though.I am one who is a firm believer that there is something to the concept of chi/ki/qi/(insert appropriate spelling here).
Something. But not that much. I actually felt kind of sorry for the old man. What a rude awakening!
I think folks like that tend to end up like this when actually pressed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEDaCIDvj6I&NR=1
Only if you have an inexperienced opponent or one that is not engaged at the same level as you are, i.e. a bully about to get the beating of his life from someone who is prepared to escalate the encounter physically while he is still at the emotional/psychological stage.
Kihap or kiai can have many physiological benefits but you have to actually train those responses ahead of time for them to work. For the vast majority of martial artists, kihap is 1) a primal yell to help release body/mental tension during physical engagement, 2) an attempt to prepare your body for contact and thus minimize physical damage, and 3) a mental focus, similar to mental imagery, to help your body recall the physical keys to making a great punch or strike as you have practiced in the dojang thousands of times.
Only if you have an inexperienced opponent or one that is not engaged at the same level as you are, i.e. a bully about to get the beating of his life from someone who is prepared to escalate the encounter physically while he is still at the emotional/psychological stage.
Kihap or kiai can have many physiological benefits but you have to actually train those responses ahead of time for them to work. For the vast majority of martial artists, kihap is 1) a primal yell to help release body/mental tension during physical engagement, 2) an attempt to prepare your body for contact and thus minimize physical damage, and 3) a mental focus, similar to mental imagery, to help your body recall the physical keys to making a great punch or strike as you have practiced in the dojang thousands of times.
I agree. There is also one more, very prosaic use for kihaps - since you can't yell if you don't breathe, if you are in the habit of kihaping, you have to continue to breathe in as well as out, rather than holding your breath, as many people do under stress. But like any other technique, if you don't practice it, it won't work when you need it.