With my recent chest infection, I thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to work on my breathing. I took a facebook mentorship under my friend Noah Legel, in order to work on breathing techniques.
Under his supervision, I am trying to work with the kata Tensho, in two separate ways.
1) Deep breathing, taking deep breaths to and exhaling using the diaphragm, after 6 seconds.
2) Breathing to match actions, as with the breathing pattern used in Tensho, again exhaling from the diaphragm.
I started out using a short step sequence, with the 6 second breathing, then went onto a longer step sequence, again with the six second pattern. Currently I am working on the hand sequences, with breathing to match.
I have done some videos to demonstrate my progress to Noah, and these are shown below for anyone who is interested in what I am up to.
Tensho Steps - First Attempt
Tensho Steps - 6 seconds
Tensho Hands
Today for the first time in ages, I was able to train without wheezing ot coughing, but now I've got to work on my stamina again, as that has suffered somewhat over the last six or seven weeks, whilst I have had the infection.
So I will keep on keeping on...... ☺☺☺
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