Does Kai become easier with experience

[pers]

It should become more effective ,and ofcourse everything becomes easier with practice.

[Zanshin]

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.

[bushido_man96]

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...

[gosu]

Practice in the car. That's what I do.