WOW!!! martial arts competitions on espn 2

[madbomber31]

some weapons thing... these chicks are going fuckign nuts with the screams... why scream? they arent fighting anyone... its just a display.. and how do you judge who spun the staff best?

 

[casavant]

I saw some of this. We were sitting around the bar at 3 am after closing. It was interesting to see how many had mullets. There was some impressive stuff, but the mullets were cracking us the hell up.

 

[circusgirl]

The purpse of yelling (aka "kiai") when performing a technique is firstly to clear the mind of any other thoughts and secondly because a technique is apparently 40% more powerful if you vocalise while executing it. (Olympic weightlifters I have seen on TV also yell when snatchnig/cleaning). It's also a normal part of martial arts training to get the students to kiai a lot because it improves confidence and increases aggression. Eventually it becomes automatic, execution of a striking technique -> kiai. And it also makes stage performances more "fierce". It doesn't intimidate anyone during sparring as it's such an integral part of the practice.

 

[Train Harder]

The purpse of yelling (aka "kiai") when performing a technique is firstly to clear the mind of any other thoughts and secondly because a technique is apparently 40% more powerful if you vocalise while executing it. (Olympic weightlifters I have seen on TV also yell when snatchnig/cleaning). It's also a normal part of martial arts training to get the students to kiai a lot because it improves confidence and increases aggression. Eventually it becomes automatic, execution of a striking technique -> kiai. And it also makes stage performances more "fierce". It doesn't intimidate anyone during sparring as it's such an integral part of the practice.

I thought it was also used to get the air out of your lungs quicker in case you get punched in the chest it doesn't affect you as bad as if they were full of air. I think I learned this in kakrate class years ago, but I could be wrong.