Statements: Seven years, still bad grammar! READ FIRST POST!

Hi there! Does you want gold?

Yes!	30.0%	[ 336 ]
Hell yes!	21.1%	[ 236 ]
No, I just like doing polls!	14.5%	[ 163 ]
What is this gold of which you speak?	11.5%	[ 129 ]
Garblefarble!!!!1	22.9%	[ 257 ]
Total Votes:			[ 1121 ]

[Keiric]

Yeah, it's called 'kiai' and sometimes only done strictly for training purposes; I practiced Washin-Ryu for ten years.

[MabTheQueenMTG]

Shouting mid attack when it's unexpected can also have some good disorienting effects.

[fukii]

I took taekwondo classes for a short period, I could never get over feeling stupid for shouting.

[Viscount]

The idea is to engage multiple senses in order to decrease the reliability of the important ones.

[fukii]

I was always told it was to help give power to my kicks, but I guess you could say that it heightened my emotional sense. emotion_awesome

[taxidermy jesus]

I find kiai useful in that it reminds me to breathe, but I've found that shouting verbal abuse at one's opponent is just as effective.

[PhoxyFox]

Micropachycephalosaurus is the world's longest dinosaur name.

[Little Miss Blisters]

Different schools actually shout different things during their "ki-shouts"

Usually what they shout has to do with the core principles of the school

The should itself does help with breathing, muscle and joint alignment, as well as intimidation

However, what it's really meant to do in class is be a way to show your enthusiasm, as far as I understand.

[taxidermy jesus]

I wish shouting indicated enthusiasm for English class; I would be an A+ student.

[Keiric]

Rock and his chords of steel.

[Tamislin]

I've seen several movies about American armies that seem to indicate those things work like that, but I can't promise the view is accurate or up to date.

[Princess_Feylin]

I want my laptop to get here.

[Maze]

Have you tried picking it up and moving it closer to you(qm);

Or did you order one that hasn't arrived yet(qm).

[Princess_Feylin]

The latter, silly. cool

[Little Miss Blisters]

I wish.