Breathing

[Killer Miller]

My background is traditional JKA International. And that would always be my reference...

- Killer -

[SlowHands]

thought i'd chime in with a video i found last week on youtube that mentioned the breathing (although briefly)

[Espina]

I have only seen Mastar Kanazawa performing kata, and the Shotokan katas, never the goju ryu ones.

[Kuma]

Uechi Ryu also does a forced exhalation in their Sanchin kata, though theirs tend to be more hisses than the louder Goju ibuki style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESYN8thbFUQ

[Espina]

Thanks Kuma. This confirms what I thought: Goju Ryu has a more forced exhalation than other styles.

[Traymond]

In my experiences I have done only extremely deep ibuki breathing like in the video I posted during Goju Ryu. Uechi Ryu made me feel like a snake, but I love their style. Kyokyushinkai had me doing some of it in the yoi and thats all. but none were as deep as in Goju Ryu.

[Espina]

I once heard that this particular breathing is specific to Goju Ryu, but I'm not sure about this

[Traymond]

Im pretty sure it is, now.

[Espina]

Hehehehe, yeah, me too

[Traymond]

I would like to know how the whole breathing thing came up though, of all things how did they figure out breathing?...