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Toaster
27th June 2005, 01:11 AM
he he... just thought this might be a bit of fun....:cool:
Everybody post your kiai's here (sound wav or otherwise) So we can see what they sound like.
Just a bit of fun:)
I'll be posting mine as soon as i can get this darn sound recorder to work:ogre:
Lokkin forward to hearin them.....
JohnHershman
27th June 2005, 01:15 AM
following remark shows how much a newbie to the sword arts I am.....


Kendo and Iaido have Kiais?????
piggy
27th June 2005, 01:54 AM
kendo for sure has a kiai. it is representative of your spirit.i dont have a sound recorder but it kind of sounds like a loud scream. almost an actual word but not.
just kidding. i have no idea what it sounds like.
Berugijin
27th June 2005, 03:13 AM
following remark shows how much a newbie to the sword arts I am.....


Kendo and Iaido have Kiais?????

I'm sure you can replace kiai by something in the bible.
crabbi
27th June 2005, 09:14 AM
following remark shows how much a newbie to the sword arts I am.....


Kendo and Iaido have Kiais?????
Hi John...

Yes, the Kiai is an important part of Kendo... it serves the dual purpose of drawing together your mind and body at the moment of attack and also un-nerving your opponent (or sending them into paroxysms of laughter... which is just as useful....!).

There has been a lot written about the significance of the Kiai and the specific sounds used... and there is a significant school of thought that contends that the sounds used should be varied depending on the social context / country...

Just a thought... has anyone got any opinions about the possible links between a Kiai and infrasound?

Do a search on this forum for Kiai... or Google Kiai or Kiai-Jutsu...

cheers
JohnHershman
27th June 2005, 11:20 AM
LOL... I do Kiais in karate class. It has very little to actually do with the spiritual side of things. It helps to tighten proper muscules at the proper time. basiclly the same principle as a grunt or scream while lifting something extremely heavy. plus it scare people.


I'm sure you can replace kiai by something in the bible.
Neil Gendzwill
27th June 2005, 02:58 PM
OK, I'll play: here's mine (http://www.eventsounds.com/wav/mmmbeer.wav).
Andou
27th June 2005, 03:46 PM
...You know...it's 2:45 AM here right now and I am extremely tempted to just do my Kiai into this microphone here and wake up my entire family...but...you know...domestic disturbance with the child abuse with the hitting and the slapping and the punching...oi...it's just a problem waiting to happen.
crabbi
27th June 2005, 05:31 PM
OK, I'll play: here's mine (http://www.eventsounds.com/wav/mmmbeer.wav).Hi Neil-San

I was accessing your Kiai through a very restricted corporate firewall so it took a good 5 minutes to get the wav file to play... I sat there prepared to be deafened by you r kiai and....

ROFl...!!!

cheers
joekc6nlx
27th June 2005, 10:30 PM
I have to say that Neil's kiai is great both in the dojo and at the "second dojo"! Always a great motivator!

Thanks for sharing the laughs, Neil.

For the record, and I don't have it in .wav format, my kiai is just the word "hai", drawn out to an extended yell. I tell myself "Yes, you can!".
Mugu
27th June 2005, 10:53 PM
hahah Talking about kiai, last practice my Sensei made us took only one breath and do one Kirikaeshi for us newbies, and then our sempai had to do two kirikaeshi with one breath. That was fun :D
piggy
28th June 2005, 02:21 AM
you could always throw your 'statch at them and hit them in the eye...
...You know...it's 2:45 AM here right now and I am extremely tempted to just do my Kiai into this microphone here and wake up my entire family...but...you know...domestic disturbance with the child abuse with the hitting and the slapping and the punching...oi...it's just a problem waiting to happen.