Quantum Quack said:
Thanks for all that info....
My main interest at present is in the exhaling, [btw I am not a martial artist]
I get the impression that most people when exhaling do so with out any regulation in that they exhale in a way that allows the energy to flow in a way that is wasted. Normal breathing that expends energy needlessly. And wonder that if people learn to govern their out-going breath their energy levels would improve.
I have tried for example breathing into a restricted air space so that back pressure stops "a sigh that kills a million butter flies" to use a metaphor.
This is an area of curiosity for me and also necessity as I had to relearn to breath after an illness years ago and am attempting to polish up on it.
you would make a good martial artist though, your very correct there.
energy is wasted all of the time, with breathing with motion even with pointless emotional ups and downs wich you have to learn to control, you know the worst energy waster and biggest downfall for most fighters, its anger, learn to stay calm move only when needed breath only when needed, and do it all with perfect technique, then you will waste the least amount of energy, some martial art styles (usually very advanced methods/styles) concerntrate on using moves that use the least amount of energy to conserve it during a bout,
when you take a hit you should inhale, when dealing a hit you should exhale,
when you mastered them learn to inhale and exhale simaltaniously, (sounds wierd but it can be done kind of liek a circulation between nose and mouth. and can be used with explosive power striking,
read up on something called Fajing, simular to bruce lee's one in punch, technique (thats where he got it from)
if you want to test your breath contrl, look into qi gogn methods, and i can help on some good ones,
when in the passengers seat of a car (safely) lean your head out of the window and try to breath under wind resistance and G force,
dragon breating techniques, holding your head under water,
hang upside down and hold your breath,
grasp simple Qi gong breathng method (would take less than 20 mins) then breath up and hold, for aslong as you can (concerntrating only on Qi flow, Yi is very important (intention)) then breath down and hold for aslong as you can, and repeat, when you grasp simple qi gong breathing you will know what i mean by breath up and breath down,
a simple rule in qi gong is this, breath through your stomach, not your chest, you have to breath up into the chest then down into the stomach, many people breath up intot he chest then out through there mouth, that is very wastefull, and also dosent build up your Qi reservs in your dantien, as you merely pass the air into your lungs then out again, always breath deep up then down,
peace,