terminology?

[kwai chang pain]

Forgive my ignorance, but what does "ussss" mean? And other noises like
"uuuu saa"?

I trained w/ a guy who had a Shotokan background and he used to say "uss" when he bowed and make a lot of weird noises during demos. Heard the same kind of terminology when I watched a Vee Jitsu DVD. Just curious.

[kwai chang pain]

I couldn't agree more. One time this guy said "usss" or something like it and my instructor said, "What did you fart or something?".

Looks/sounds like a bunch of showy bullshit to me.

[BudoTiger]

the term "Oss" is an acknowledgement used in when bowing in alot of japanese styles like shito ryu, and its off shoots (shitokai, shukokai, etc).

the "kiai" is used to focus energy into a strike and also helps breathing in new students.

[jubaji]

Wouldn't breathing in new students cause lung damage?

[jubaji]

Been sampling Cheech's stuff, D.I.?

[Hardball]

They used Uss at my shotokan Dojo also. It's a basic custom and greeting. It scares the shit out of newbies and whitebelts. LOL

[Mdrnsamurai]

http://www.24fightingchickens.com/20...-usage-of-osu/
This Link will explain the proper usage of Osu, which I assume is what you are referring to.

Train Hard, Stay Safe,
Good Luck

[Kimpatsu]

Many Male Japanese office workers greet each other with "oss", which is both a contraction of oyaho gozaimasu and designed to make them look tough in the eyes of their peers. Business is war, and they're not lemmings, they're corporate warriors, don'tcha know...?

[jubaji]

Oh brother, look who's back...

[Kimpatsu]

Oh brother, look who's back...

Yes, by invitation.
Will you ever cease to behave like a petulant teenager? Enquiring minds want to know...

[bodhisattva]

the term "Oss" is an acknowledgement used in when bowing in alot of japanese styles like shito ryu, and its off shoots (shitokai, shukokai, etc).

the "kiai" is used to focus energy into a strike and also helps breathing in new students.

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.

[bodhisattva]

They used Uss at my shotokan Dojo also. It's a basic custom and greeting. It scares the shit out of newbies and whitebelts. LOL

They are scared of a foreign word?

Why would someone fear a word - hell, not even a word, a phonetic utterance?

[Hardball]

It was a top heavy dojo with a disproportinate number of black belts to white belts; guess it is pretty intimidating to a white belt to hear 20 or 30 black belts utter uss all at once. LOL

[jubaji]

Yes, by invitation.
Will you ever cease to behave like a petulant teenager? Enquiring minds want to know...

I wonder how long 'till you get chased off this time?

[Kimpatsu]

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.

You don't actually yell "kiai"; it's more like the letter "a".
I wonder how that mistake crept into non-Japanese training?