Combination post on mild combat issues

[Former castleva]

You heard me.
We´ll be dealing with some parts of bodily functions and their relation to survival.

I´ll be breaking it into three parts:
1.breathing (knowing that competing styles exist)
2.timing of adrenaline rush
3.combating distracting physical functions related to stress build-up (above)

Breathing:
as previously mentioned it seems there is no correct way to breathe when it comes to dealing with combat,may it be buddhist or "western" thoraxic breathing.
What are your thoughts? First and at times,a hard thing to do is to regulate breathing and even to keep it flowing (abdominal breathing is said to help) also methods of bringing down the heart rate with rapid,calculated breathing pattern.
Deep breathing seems to gain some succes,at least when it comes to beginning of possibly threatening situation to clear the mind (wondering about all this it would seem sinking energy to lower dan tien combined with related abdominal breathing could cause succes? But that may be slightly too simplistic and perhaps difficult solution unless you´re very proficient) What are your thoughts? Comments on such methods as defeating pain trough certain kinds of breathing and breathing slowly and deeply while at long range are things I´d be happy to hear of)

2.Timing of adrenaline rush:
By that I mean the connection between the peak of physical performance where body has taken immediate action (as if in a sudden threat where this "boosted" level can be reached within a couple of second) and the fall of it.
I´ve seen a statement that the best level of performance/boost coming from the danger lasts roughly ten seconds,after those ten seconds your strongest (even though confused state,remember about loss of fine motor skills etc.) drops rapidly resulting in trembling and loss of strength.
From here we come to the conclusion that threat should be eliminated in that limited amount of time,or it becomes harder.
The common idea that conflicts often last only some seconds supports this,how about concept of "empty mind" and it´s relation to this?
Besides that,share your thoughts if you mind.

3.Combating unpleasant symptoms of fear:
Everyone´s aware of "butterflies",trembling hands,dry mouth etc.
Concern here is fighting against fear with softening of these symptoms.There has been some empathy towards the idea of fighting fear trough fighting symptoms,such tips including;keeping one´s mouth moist to stay calm (any opinions on this?) warming hands etc.
I find this interesting,do you?

Thanks for any input.

[SanSoo Student]

1. The issue of breathing, in a real combat situation my best advice is to breath, there is no exact way you should breath, because if you stop and think of the right way to breath; that 1 second of thought can cuase you to get hurt and lose the fight. Just breath, but if you are in a choke hold or head lock, the trained fight should be aware of how to hit while breathing in. This method of breathing is dangerous if not practiced carefully as it can disrupt normal chi flow, because it goes against the "right" way of striking which is done when you breath as you strike.
2. The Adrenaline rush is hard to explain how your will react, the only way to be able to utilize this is practice with adrenaline in your system. Each MA has a different way of dealing with adrenaline fighting (ex: sparring).
3. the fear or bodily distractions are contributed because of adrenaline, because adrenaline will either help a "fight or flight response." If you want to fight it will give you better reaction speed and strength. If you want to run away, adrenaline will give you speed and temporary endurance.

[Former castleva]

OK.
Thanks for your efforts,sansoo.