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[holley]

I am doing a lot better now.. Infact the cough final just ended last week

[SaiFightsMS]

Two issues here the kiai and germs.

Now germs are one thing and not to be shared. Training while contagious is far different from training through an injury.

The Kiai is a an expelling of energy to add force to an action or a move. Most kiais do have a noise component that just comes from the expellation of energy. Listen to an upper belt doing a kata and while there is not a kiai on every single move you will more than likely here a sound on every single out breath with every move. Not necessarily loud but noticeable and you can feel the force behind the move. While working on your own do moves with no kiai, with a kiai and feel the difference.