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The kiai is the sound we make to startle our
opponent, give us more energy and power when preforming our technique.
How can it be technique? How? Easy! Knowing when to use a kiai,
and how to properly execute and apply it are just as important as
knowing the proper way to kick or punch. It is a technique just the same
as a kick or punch.
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3. It empties the air from the lungs. This is good, because if you are
struck after executing a kiai, the chances of having the "wind knocked
out of you" are greatly reduced. Also, by getting as much air out of
your lungs as possible, it makes you a somewhat harder, denser target.
Therefore, if you are a struck after a kiai, it should not hurt quite as
much.
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