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Kiai vs Talking
A question I found myself thinking about is where is the line drawn between noises and speech in shiai? I gather that you cannot talk to the opponent, but I've heard people in tournament matches (and mostly casual jigeiko) use short Japanese words or phrases as kiai (e.g. れつ, よっしゃ/っしゃ, or in the case of casual jigeiko repeating the name of the target the other person just hit). Where is the line of hansoku drawn? Is it different in Japan?
u/vIWo2hvL39eUT — 5 days ago