This article is about the importance of breathing and how to do such. Breathing is one of the most powerful and essential parts of the human life however this vital ability is taken for granted. When people come by our school and see the time that is spent on breathing they look at me like why? I am a firm believer that the way a person practices is the way that person is gonna perform. First off breathing calms the mind and relaxes the body when done correctly helping the practitioner to get over something that will be a hindrance during a fight or flight situation ADRENALINE! When adrenaline pumps through your veins your body starts shaking , and your mind goes through what i call fight goo. Everything slows down and your motor skills become slow and clumsy unless you are able to push oxygen through your body and blood stream. This is one of the major reason why martial arts style like hapkido or aikido put so much time into breathing exercise, because when faced with danger the hapkido/ aikido practitioner depends on very finite motor skills for survival, martial artists that don’t train and elevate their breathing ability find that the smaller motor skills are useless because they are also fighting against the adrenaline factor.
So here are some tips
1) Breath slowy from your naval and not just your chest to get maximum amount of air.
2) uses counts of 8 or 10 seconds when you inhale
3) hold your breath at the end of the inhale for 8 to 10 seconds
4) exhale slowly using the same 8 to 10 count seconds and then repeat until you notice a complete clearness and awarness of your surroundings
i find that meditative deep breathing like this works best when sitting , wether in a kneeling posture or stitting with your legs crossed indian style helps your spine stay straight giving you more of a benefit fromyour breathing training
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