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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 1,725
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You're Scottish, Jim?
The battle-cry or such "spirit yells" as the Korean kihap and Japanese kiai have definite martial application. Not only can such shouts serve to enbolden a fighter, but they can assist in focusing attention, technique and power. They will often startle an opponant. |
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