John Wild Buckley pointed out a good point about breathing. I applied that very concept to Krav Maga fighting skill. I stopped smelling (inhaling from nose) and did all respiratory activities like a combat swimmer (People who have Draeger LAR V connected to their mouth).
Interesting results.
With combat swimmer type breathing, my mobility improved. Anyone assaulting me started to flipp themselves to the floor. They are not instructors (instructors have skills to resist), however breathing technique convinced something.
Down side is striking power reduced a little. Inhaling from nose provides harder punches and kicks. This is a simple trade off. Which is better?
If you intend to punch a bull like Mas Ohyama, probably the hard style nose inhalation.
If you are assaulted by 10 people, then mouth breathing. Martial artist, Su Dong Chen said sneezing provides best output. I don't know whether to agree with this or not, however sneezing is a mouth inhalation, and Master Su fought against 50 yakuzas in Shinjuku area of Tokyo all night long. I'm not drawing conclusion here.
Speaking of Su Dong Chen, he's a renowned martial artist, who Aaron has some knowledges as well. He doesn't instruct, he inflicts pain to people and gives out hints. He punched into my mouth once, and stepped on woman's feet only to make her scream. Still I believe he's a good martial artist. Learn from pain sometimes work. He said few things that interested me. Probably worth mentioning.
He met Krav Maga founder Imi Lichtenfeld in Israel. His observation showed that they had lot in common. In regards to Krav Maga, he said this is a military based fighting technique where individual movements are very limited compared to other martial arts. Krav Maga is developed based on soldiers marching and operating based on team works. Therefore free movements like any other natural flow based martial arts, would compromise or jeopardize his or her teammates movement.
When he fought against 50 yakuzas all night long, he threw bicycles, ran around alley etc. He kept the yakuza leader unharmed. He kept the leader's reputation throughout the fight. Why?
He set up a "post war" pact so that negotiation would work on his side.
"Should we beat up the weak ones?" came out from a student. Master Su said "You shouldn't fight against weak people because they're likely to have concealed weapon". This principle sounds very right.
On Bruce Lee's "one inch punch", he said "I don't want to speak bad about dead person but....".
I cannot remember the answer he said.
Principles, than technique.
