Breath control in the internal arts

[Wong Ying Home]

Do not forget the contraction and expansion of the ribs, this plays a vital role in what your looking for

[Ray Pina]

Breath normally. Focus on connectedness. Later on, if you concerned about really fighting and maintaining wind, it's in the exhale. Just exhale. Forget about how to exhale. The lungs are like a spunge. Most people gasp when short of air. Better to exhale fully and let the lungs suck its capacity back in.

In the beginning people focus on this sort of thing. And I understand there's power in the exhale. But can I bench press on the inhale? Of course I can. You train your body what to do and the lungs supply the oxygen naturally. Be natural..... breath natural .... stand and aproach natural. Forget breathing and stance. Train connectedness and mechanics.

[GeneChing]

Read Tai Chi Chuan Breathing Methodology: Grandmaster William C.C. Chen Shares the Fundamentals of Proper Breath-work for Tai Chi Practitioners and Martial Artists by Robert Dreeben