Breath and Body Coordination

November 26, 2013

Matching breath to body movement is a key skill in learning how to power movement with the breath. This matching can be as simple as inhaling on an expanding, opening, or lengthening movements and exhaling on contracting or closing movements.

Under resistance though we begin to look at the idea of exhaling on effort to coordinate breath and body. Here it can also become a little more sophisticated in using the activation of the core via the breath to send power out to the extremities.

The following is a short clip from my Evolve Your Breathing program showing how the breath can be used to power a push-up. The concept itself is easy enough to grasp, but the application is a lifetime of study.

Jon

Jon Haas, "The Warrior Coach" has been training in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu for more than 25 years and is currently ranked as a Kudan (9th degree black belt) under Jack Hoban Shihan. He has also trained in Okinawan Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Russian Systema, BJJ, Krav Maga, as well as Internal Martial Arts of Yiquan and Aiki.He is a certified Underground Strength Coach-Level 2, a certified Personal Trainer as well as founder of Warrior Fitness Training Systems. In 2008, Jon wrote the book, Warrior Fitness: Conditioning for Martial Arts, and since then has created numerous other online training and coaching programs helping people around the world become the strongest, most capable versions of themselves!