Battle cry screaming "kiai" in training?

So anyone do this? if so what do you say? i usually say something like ha but if I am feeling really crazy I shout sentences like "my name isn't Martha its James" or "I like french toast"

What do you all do?

Is there a Chinese term for Kiai?

 

It "psychs" you up and might scare your opponent.

 

It's a tad deeper than that.


What pitch does your kiai tend to be ?

 

what style do you train in?

if you train, say, a branch of karate, then you are 99% certainly approaching your kiai in an entirely wrong manner. other styles may vary.

 

I'd love to see a densho that mentions French toast.

 

are you guys talking about breath control?

Or are you talking about the"kiai shout" that can hurt people by shouting at them? if it is this one that is psuedoscience.

 

Once in a while I yell ARRGH! Like an angry pirate. It is so worth tbe extra pushups.

 

Breathing and more, depends how deep you want to go as kiai can have connections to mikkyo.

Also you don't have to vocalise to kiai.

 

Maybe kiai was the wrong term to use how about battle cry? also I practice kung fu hence the question if kiai has a chinese term for it.

 

In CMA, it can be called as "啸 (Xiao)". You decide that you are going to give "100% commitment" on the move that you are executing. It usually is either a "knock down punch" or an "over head throw".

Here is an example. You may make similar sound when you are doing your heavy weight bench pressing.

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I dont believe in esoteric things.

 

Its not required to be esoteric

 

I make my enemies do the screaming.

 

"Aaaaargh! It's ye dreaded butt scoot!!!"

Something like that?

 

Really?

I think that might prove problematic for you if you ever go into a highly specialised field.

However I'm going to assume that you mean concepts and ideas that you see as being supernatural etc.


Keep in mind that you asked about kiai and that has certain cultural aspects to it, anyway it goes beyond psyching yourself up and startling the other guy. You asked about what people shout for their kiai well that can have a direct connection to mikkyo, some of the older systems have specific sounds for their kiai or different kiai for different functions.

I think to look at the nuances of it you have to look at what the kanji means.

 

I breathe when I strike. When you start punching 100% you naturally stop breathing, so learning to breathe whilst striking is good. It also tenses your body and better prepares you for body counters and makes you less likely to get winded.

No idea about anything else though.

 

If you have time to shout this then you aren't actually training properly - at it's simplest level it is an energetic outburst...a "give it all you've got" kind of moment. Articulating a phrase is an indication you are half-assing it