yelling in karate?!?

Question

in karate, the yelling makes you punches & kicks harder right? i got the yelling good, the kicking good.. but cant combine them for the correct time.
any suggestions?

its weird we have to yell out "hice" in ours.. its not like a reaction i would add to a punch. i guess it just seems weird.. any ideas to add that in?

Answer 1

Hello,

It's something that ALL SPORT KARATE SCHOOLS teach you for all that money, so the next time you may be a victim don't forget to ki! long & hard then if that don't work try one of those pretty or should fancy 544 kicks.

Sorry for being so negitive but those techniques like great in class, tournaments and Hollywood/TV. Is all that fancy stuff really going to work for you in a self defense situation on the street, elements, inviroment, attacker(s), no one to call out stop or start, no one just you and ??? (77)

Answer 2

It's called Kiai. Ki means mind and ai means unite. It means to bring all your inner energy and spirit together. By yelling when doing a technique specifically when doing it in competition or Randori it is supposed to intensify your movment and give you an extra boost to help followthrough with the technique. Just yelling for the sake of it while you punch the air or throw your Uki is not Kiai. The best way to describe ot is like when you lift something heavy and right when you feel the strain you grunt or yell to give yourself that extra power boost. Everyone does it from Football players to MArtial Artists to weight lifters or even just the average person moving a couch from one room to the next.
It is often one of the first things tought to new students of a martial art to introduce them to it and what it means but unless you are actually meeting resistance when you use your Kiai it really doesn't do much to strengthen your techniques but it can help to center you and put more into it...
It should come at the point when your strike is at it's full extention or as you hit the pad or your Uki. It is also good practice when taking strikes or being thrown to a mat to use Kiai as a means of releasing the air and tenseness out of your body to help absorb the impact to better protect your body.

Answer 3

Would you like to know how to stop a attacker dead in there tracks? The trick is to yell your kiai (STOP really loud works well too) (read some of the other question to figure out how to do this correctly) right at the moment the person is about to lift there back foot. This is not a 100% proven method and there are a lot of conditions to this though, such as if the person is in a run or is dead set on there intentions. These is merely giving yet another method to use your vestal Kiai.
P.S. when the attacker pauses you should ether attack or run LOL.

Answer 4

Your "yell" as people have said is a Kiai or Spirit Yell. When you "yell" while practicing techniques, you are training to breathe. Most people tend to hold their breath which robs them of oxygen and makes the muscles weaker.
When you "yell" during a kata or during a sparring class, you are putting an added bit of muscle power into that one technique. In kata, it is usually at the end of a combination meant to finish off that one imagined opponent. In sparring, it is usually when you have a scoring technique- not when your punch gets blocked, but when you actually land a good one. It is the same reason that Boxers "snort" when they punch- adding a bit of extra power by flexing your stomach muscles and core body muscles. If you doubt this, try it right now at your computer. Give a good "snort" or Kiai and see how many muscles you tense up at that exact moment. Actually, you want to see how many muscles you can MAKE tense up with that yell. Use it as a cue to yourself to spur yourself to added power.
Hope this helps...
Sensei Cox

Answer 5

well I'm in Kyokushin Karate! and we call this yelling a Kiyai except when we yell it is is pronounced Siyah! well the Kiyai is not just a yell! it tightens up your muscles and prepares you for the attack! and you only yell your kiyai right before you are about to hit the person this strengthens your hit through the tightening of your body muscles!
~Brian

Answer 6

hahahaahalol.
what else can you do?the object of a kiai(spelling?)or whatever your particular styles word for a sharp yell is,(that would depend on the language?)is to expel the very last bit of air from your body it has nothing to do with intimidating anyone or boosting your confidence.and yes it does make you stronger,but it's not that simple.to be honest i don't think you would be able to understand.and i'm not the person who should tell you.that is up to your sensei,in my opinion.i don't know what stage your at but it does appear you don't need to worry about that yet.but please ask your sensei,if your on or past your green i would be surprised if he hadn't already told you.
PS>it should be at the exact moment of impact after your stance and everything has locked.like i said it's complicated and i dont think your ready.
PPS>i dont and never have taught "sports karate" and i still teach how to kiai,and i teach it properly from the word go.

Answer 7

Yelling in martial arts does not make you punch and kick harder. Instead, it causes you to exhale. This is very important in any serious fight, if you are hit in the stomach you can be winded and therefore vulnerable. But if you exhale before hand the damage you receive is minimal. There is no right or wrong combination for a strike and yell, the yell is meant to come naturally. And therefore is slightly different for every person.

Answer 8

Proper breathing takes a long time to master. Keep practicing. Also, don' t think of it as a yell, think of it as a massive exhale.

Work on your form first. Learn to block and hit hard first then worry about your ki yell after that.

Answer 9

Yelling Is A Waste Of Time And It Wears You Out

Answer 10

The Kiyah is mainly to help you build power in your strikes, or to help absorb the impact of a strike.

think of a balloon filled with air, the more air inside it, the more chance of it to pop if struck hard enough due to the tightness of the rubber, but let some of the air out of it, and it's harder to pop.

your body works in much the same way, with more air in your lungs, the chances of getting a morer serious injury can happen because your body is more tense, with the hard exhale, your body becomes looser and more relaxed, limiting the chance of a more serious injury because your muscles are relaxed.

it should come at the moment of contact to the target, or making a strike connect with an opponent's body.

The Kiyah isn't a yell or a scream, but more of a hard or forced exhale when you breath, the sound is just more to forcing the air out at a faster pace.

it's also used to intimidate or disorient the opponent temporarily. as well as relaxes your body momentarily to avoid an injury if your opponent counters with a strike of his or her own.