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Thank you, DragonMike, Jay and Aodhan! I guess I am just too nervous and somehow forget to breathe. I always breathe using the diaphragm through my nose, but sometimes I just keep my breath. So it is either deep breath or no breath at all for me I experimented at the "Body Combat" session at the "normal" gym today, trying to keep my breath, and I had exactly the feeling that I was going to be sick. (At least it is familiar territory there)! So, Jay and Aodhan, you were right

Ok, here it goes... I have had two karate classes so far, and at each of them I felt at some point that I was at the very point of throwing up. The first time I had actually eaten two hours ago, the second one (today) I had not eaten absolutely anything during the whole day, except for breakfast at 9am (my class was at 8pm). The worst thing is that it happens at random points: the first time when I was trying to get my side splits during warm-up (I did it ), the second while I was not doing anything at all (a black belt was trying to explain to me the technique for a proper mae geri - problem here: I do not know the words in French for the parts of the body and the various muscles, so it was mostly watch and repeat in slow motion). Note that at my "normal" gym I never get this. And I had not drunk too much on NYEve. Next class is on Wednesday. Someone enlighten me please... Karate is hard enough for me to have to focus on my stomach too. And if anything happens, I will die of shame

I have absolutely no experience in Karate (which I plan to remedy), but I took a class in Ashtanga Yoga (I had to quit because my teacher quit, and her successor was a total failure). Yoga, like Karate, has many variations, and it is not right to generalise saying that it is all about "relaxation". In Ashtanga Yoga, many postures include strength building and the intensity can (according to my teacher, ought to) climax to the point where one just cannot take it any more. Luckily, in my class, most of the people were beginners creating a mess with constant interruptions - nice coverage