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**WXQMQFIr** · 09-05-2010, 11:13 PM

Kiai eventually becomes a part of you. After a while, you hear yelling and you automatically think "KIAI! MORE!!". Personally, when I go to watch my friend's Karate classes, I find their kiai is... Relatively pathetic compared to kendo's. I guess it's the mentality of each individual martial art - kendo is 50% speed, 50% accuracy, >9000% kiai.

Fumikomi hurts at first, but then you just start to get used to it. All of the nerves on my feet are all dead - I can't feel any pain at all anymore. [I had massive blisters at the beginning, now they're armour more than anything.]

Fumikomi doesn't hurt though. I haven't gotten a single blister on my foot since I've started maybe because I did wrestling/BJJ before and my feet got hardened or something. On the other hand, I got blisters on my hand on the bottom two fingers. I think I maybe gripping the shinai too hard when I swing and even when I'm in kamae.

It's just the long kiai in the beginning that I am taught to do. Just wondering if that was necessary.

09-05-2010, 11:13 PM	#30
WXQMQFIr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	Kiai eventually becomes a part of you. After a while, you hear yelling and you automatically think "KIAI! MORE!!". Personally, when I go to watch my friend's Karate classes, I find their kiai is... Relatively pathetic compared to kendo's. I guess it's the mentality of each individual martial art - kendo is 50% speed, 50% accuracy, >9000% kiai. Fumikomi hurts at first, but then you just start to get used to it. All of the nerves on my feet are all dead - I can't feel any pain at all anymore. [I had massive blisters at the beginning, now they're armour more than anything.] Fumikomi doesn't hurt though. I haven't gotten a single blister on my foot since I've started maybe because I did wrestling/BJJ before and my feet got hardened or something. On the other hand, I got blisters on my hand on the bottom two fingers. I think I maybe gripping the shinai too hard when I swing and even when I'm in kamae. It's just the long kiai in the beginning that I am taught to do. Just wondering if that was necessary.
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