Let's see if we can breath some life into this forum....

Today I accidently stumbled upon this article:?
http://www.wolf.ox.ac.uk/clubs/taido/files/breathing.pdf
And while I'm not particularly impressed with the article, it
does raise some interesting
questions....?
• Is there a particular way of breathing in Wado? Did Otsuka
sensei have a view on the
subject? Do any of the member of this forum have particular views on
the subject? And
where did these views originate??
?
As for my own views:?
• Most people (such as the author of the afore mentioned article)
stress the importance of
breathing in and breathing out following technique. For instance:
breathing out when
attacking, breathing in when defending. Or some similar view.
However, it seems to me
techniques may be considerably faster than breathing. For instance:
soto uke followed by a
zuki may be performed in one fast flowing movement. Breathing in on
soto uke and
breathing out on zuki will cause the technique to be interupted and
get slower.?
So I learned the other way round: let breathing follow technique. Or
rather: let breathing
and technique move in harmony, but not necessarily in sync.?
• Over the years I also learned (the hard way...) that attack and
defence may both be
performed breathing in or breathing out, depending on the situation.
(And what is the
difference between attack and defence anyway?) However, the body is a
lot more
vulnarable at the exact moment when breathing in becomes breathing
out and vv. So I
conclude that I don't need to bother all that much about
breathing in or breathing out. But
the timing of the `still' moments between the two is very
important.

Any views out there?

Igor Asselbergs?
Amsterdam