Your Kiai.

[kotegashiNeo]

Kiai is a technique just like everything else, it must be trainned. If you know sanchin it helps with your kiai because you draw the breath from your belly. I am known for my kiai, I can startle someone who is expecting my kiai because it is so sudden I say YA or HIYA real old school but effective

[username9]

I am known for my kiai, I can startle someone who is expecting my kiai because it is so sudden

 

U go Girl!

[AngelaG]

Has anyone ever kiaied when they have a cold and are losing their voice? I did this once and it started off ok but then ended up as a strangled high-pitched squeak. Everyone just looked really shocked for a few seconds and then burst out laughing!

[username9]

Yup - it has happened to me - with a chest infection type thing (I shouldn't have been training really).

 

Just sounds pathetic when that happens don't it?!

[Goju 4 Life]

In creative forms: Yaaaasssss, AAAtttttooooo, IIISaaaaaa. and many filler grunt s and sounds in between major kias.

 

Anything else it's a SSAAAAA

 

but at the school I'm in they are taugh to say Osssss

[manuelito]

good topic red triangle student.

 

okay my kiap sounds something like....eeeup

 

long e sound and the p is almost silent

[username9]

My TKD instructors Kiap was quite funny.

 

it used to go Ay-O (as two very distinctive sounds as one "word" kind of thing)

 

And he used to tell me off for my breathing in techniwues cos i started to sound liek a "leaking train"!

[June1]

Hey, here's an idea! For those of you who can, why don't you actually record a kiai in .wav or .mp3 or something and post the URL here? That would be really interesting to actually hear it after reading the description.

[ShotokanKid]

I've heard people go like this:

 

AAAEEEEE or UUHHHSSS or HHHAAA

[aefibird]

There's a kid in my beginner karate class who must have the worlds loudest kiai. It's like a drawn-out scream, rather than a shout. I appreciate his entheusiasm...but my eardrums sure don't!