"Kihap," the spirited yell.
"Kihap"; translating from Korean language, where it originally comes from, means yell/shout.
As a Taekwondo has great influence in Gukwoone mixed martial arts. Founders of Gukwoone, who are practitioners of Taekwondo on the highest level, adopted some of its techniques as well as terminology.
"Kihap" is a short, loud yell, which helps to accumulate explosive power in the action.
It helps to control the breathing, what will naturally increase the stamina.
It literally brings the spirit to the action.
Brings the spirit to our classes where we always tell our students that they are allowed to shout ( while performing ) as much as they want.
It literally brings the spirit to the action.
Brings the spirit to our classes where we always tell our students that they are allowed to shout ( while performing ) as much as they want.
Some of the people find it difficult to shout when kicking and punching. Especially teenagers and adults who got some kind of barriers.
That's another reason why we encourage our students to "Kihap", we want them to build up their confidence, let their emotions out and feel free during the lessons.
Our type of training can be very good stress buster, we want everyone to exercise their body, mind and spirit at this same time.
Boxers, don't usually shout loud, but you can clearly hear their breath out while throwing the punches, when they punch hard they do make sounds, it is natural.
Watching tennis game, all you can hear is sounds of tennis ball hitting the rackets and players "Kihap" while swinging sharp.
Weight lifters, do help themselves screaming out, when they feel like they reached they limit.
I believe all of us tried to lift something heavy and threw uncontrolled "Kihap" while meeting great resistance. Even if that didn't help with lifting the weight it was natural instinct. So trust the nature and let yourself free while working out.
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Krystian Ozog
Fighter/Instructor, GMMA Academy       |
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