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Old 08-01-2008, 08:15 AM
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Osu!

I think that kids can do the Kata, just not 100%, including the Ibuki. As a basic valsalva maneuver, there is some question whether any of us should be trying to bust a lung...?

Osu!
Ibuki is not valsalva maneuver, but tandem breathing. To avoid hypertension, when you breath, you never cut the flux of air. Breathing is constant. It is true that there are very bad versions of sanchin kata, and horrible ideas about ibuki, including people that stop breathing while applying extreme pulmonar tension and doing valsalva maneuver. Well, that is wrong.

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