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Originally Posted by bodhisattva
When I found out the japanese word "Kiai" is not a shout, but actually translates to "fighting energy" I found it damned hillarious that all these "fighting students" are shouting it.
I tried to imagine a Japanese person learning boxing, and being told to shout the english words "FIGHTING ENERGY" when he punches, to increase the power of his punch.
Pretty damned funny.
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You don't actually yell "kiai"; it's more like the letter "a".
I wonder how that mistake crept into non-Japanese training?
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