Breathing and forms

[SevenStar]

Do you breathe in and out through the nose, or in through the nose and out through the mouth?

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[Water Dragon]

nose

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[JWTAYLOR]

Usually, nose. If I'm breathing hard, the mouth.
JWT

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[Nexus]

Head, shoulders, knees and .. nose ..

;)

[Robinf]

For kung fu, mostly just nose, sometimes in through nose and out through the mouth.

For Taekwondo, in through nose out through mouth--it works better that way; it's also more tiring.

Robin

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[Braden]

Nose

[SevenStar]

I agree with that method being more tiring, but how does breathing out thtought the mouth make it better?

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[Johnny Hot Shot]

It was in through the nose out throught the mouth?

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[Shaolin36]

breath in through the nose and out for the mouth-CLF. Expand your dan tian(lower abdominal) when inhaling and contract when exhaling(opposite of westerners).

Shaolin36

[Robinf]

Sevenstar,

That's kind of how the timing in TKD forms works. It's hard to explain, but it's easier to work in rhythm breathing that way.

Robin

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[Sharky]

i've been taught as jhs, but slt is different

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[Wongsifu]

usually i breathe in through the nose and out through it , however , when i hit hard, sometimes i feel the need to open my mouth and a kind of cliche karate ki-ai is let out from it. THe other time i breathe out through my mouth hard and fast is when i get hit. IT tenses everything and expels out the air so that it doesnt hurt.

Other wise 90% of chinese styles i notice stress in through nose out through nose.
Japanese styles are usually in though nose out throgh mouth...

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[Braden]

Actually.. that's right.

Out through the mouth during fajing, nose otherwise. Always in through the nose. During some qigongs this can change, but the general rule is nose/nose for normal movements, nose/mouth for fajing.