ABSTRACT
One of the rst lessons a police ocer or soldier is taught when he is learning to shoot accurately is to take a deep breath and exhale slowly while squeezing the trigger … A hard lesson to learn in martial arts is to relax and breath but doing so increases the practitioner’s reexes, power and speed … a basketball player shooting a free throw takes a deep breath and slowly releases it as he shoots the ball toward the basket … to overcome the adrenalin rush when being accosted on the street, take a deep breath and exhale…to overcome stress, breathe deeply and exhale slowly. e secret, the commonality, lies in proper breathing.
