The spring brings a breath of fresh air, but more important than spring is that actual BREATH of fresh air!
In martial art training your breath really IS your power.
Everything you do in MA relates to your breath.
If you're breathing correctly it can help you stretch your body further during certain exercises.
Holding your breath can help stiffen your body to squeeze out a few extra seconds when holding a strength position.
Exhaling your breath when attempting any dynamic movement like punching, kicking, sprawling, tackling will add great power to your movement.
Concentrating on the vibration of your breath at the end of a class or a workout will get you in a very calm state in no time flat.
Visualizing your breath in movement and feeling it reach every cell of the body, in turn helping activate your lymph system, helping your body eliminate toxins, is very therapeutic.
Understanding breathing patterns will help you increase mental focus and alertness.
Recent studies show that engaging in proper forced breathing alone can help you lose weight.
And the list goes on.
Breathing is so easy and simple, you're doing it right now automatically without thinking about it but just letting your subconscious take care of the breathing for you isn't enough to yield the kind of results you're looking for.
Learning to force the breath in specific ways is an important key to getting faster results in your martial art training, any other physical activity or to simply increase your overall health.
The quickest way to learn how to use breathing is to first start by incorporating it with your stretching routines. Once that is in place everything else will be that much easier to acquire.
I can show you exactly what I mean here.
Master Yourself,
Sifu Martin
P.S. I'll be letting you know shortly how you can get involved in our 30 year anniversary celebrations. It all starts March 28 th.
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