Ki rhythm

[jmarsten]

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about how putting your breath in your left leg affects your ki rhythm

[Kirin]

Sensei,

Another deeeeep question...... :confused2

Before Abe sensei left to Japan 2 yrs ago, he told me couple of advices about my fumikomi.... and one was about use of left leg, to be exact it was back of left knee (hikagami)
Make right foot lighter, instead of picking up right foot, use 'hikagami' more effectively.

I have been working with tension/angle of my left knee but not found answer yet.
May be I should start working on ki/mental issues instead of technical/phisycal part of footwork.

Thank you very much for posting this topic!

[tapioka]

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts about how putting your breath in your left leg affects your ki rhythm
sensei, is this possibly the idea that the rhythm can be slowed or sped up at different times in order to confuse the opponent?

by putting the breath in the left leg, would it put more energy into the fumikomi so that the force of the hit increases?

[jmarsten]

Well a short explanation would be that by concentrating your breathing and ki into your left leg you stabalize the breathing as well as your ki so that it is not going up and down. This stablization allows you to keep your focus and intensity on the opponent so you can make an attack as their ki drops. It also allows you to keep your center down and make multiple hits on one breath. We covered this in one of the Saturday sessions. However that version was considerably more in depth and much longer. Hope this triggers some memories.

[Tholon]

I don't know if this makes any sence. This subject is a bit beyond my reach.

But, I was out running the other day, and focused on my breathing. Normally I just breath through the mouth, rather heavily.... This time I focused on a correct breathing. In the beginning it was difficult, because the timing of my running and my breathing weren't in sync. But after while, when adjusting the tempo and getting the hang of the breathing, I instantly got in the mood of "Runners High". It's a feeling that I think i similar to Ki, please correct me if this is a mistake.
This was the first time I have actually been able to get "runners high" as a result of my own decision. Previously it has just happend.

It could be a good way of training rhytm, breathing and Ki?

[Mifune]

Hmn good question. I usually focus my chi down both of my legs so as to provide more stability. Other wise I usually let it remain in my dan tien (chinese for field of cultivation, in case you don't know, these boards are predominantly japanese arts), and direct it into my blows.

[ben]

Sensei, please define "breath"? Is it the same as "mind"? Or "ki"? Are the three interchangeable terms, or is there a specific definition of "breath" that you have in mind?

There is an old saying, kind of a koan: "The true man breathes through his heels." Is this it?

b