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I just purchased "The Six Skills and Other Discussions" by Steve Lewis and am on the breathing chapter. In it he talks about how he has 30'ish years of martial training and such, as do I. But I am a tad bit less experienced in SCUBA. Ok, well, a ton less experienced. I am still a newbie with around 50 dives. The opening paragraphs in this chapter discussed things I've known and practiced for years in the martial arts. What I've found is one major difference in the two, my nose.
In all the martial arts practice over the years I always breathed in through the nose and out through the mouth. For maybe 35 years this has been my practice which only leaves about 12 years of my life not breathing that way. I actually can't really remember how I breathed prior to budo. I distinctly remember my first SCUBA class, when we hit the pool after our breathing discussion, thinking "Uhhhhhh, my nose is in the mask." I know I have only had a limited time breathing underwater, but each dive I find myself having to think IN THROUGH THE MOUTH.
Out of curiosity, have any other martial artist experienced this same thing and has it just taken time in water to get over it? It still 'feels funny' which leads to not feeling as comfortable under the water as in the dojo.
Lee
In all the martial arts practice over the years I always breathed in through the nose and out through the mouth. For maybe 35 years this has been my practice which only leaves about 12 years of my life not breathing that way. I actually can't really remember how I breathed prior to budo. I distinctly remember my first SCUBA class, when we hit the pool after our breathing discussion, thinking "Uhhhhhh, my nose is in the mask." I know I have only had a limited time breathing underwater, but each dive I find myself having to think IN THROUGH THE MOUTH.
Out of curiosity, have any other martial artist experienced this same thing and has it just taken time in water to get over it? It still 'feels funny' which leads to not feeling as comfortable under the water as in the dojo.
Lee