7. Kokyuho – breathing techniques incompassing the 4 basic elements or types of breathing;
Ibuki kokyuho - Powerful breathing - Ki exercise – encompassing 4 distinct Ki exercises;
Ekkinkiko - Tendon transforming Ki exercise;
Senzuikiko - Marrow cleansing Ki exercise;
Daishuyutekiko - Ki moving exercise;
Shoshyutenkiko - Ki exercise to energize the Tokumyaku-kei (Governor meridian) & the Ninmyaku-kei (Conception meridian).
Nogare kokyuho - Restful breathing exercises – encompassing 2 basic elements or types;
Nogare sono ichi (omote) - Short or inner wave breathing;
Nogare sono ni (ura) - Long or outer wave breathing.
Enshin kokyuho - Long slow breathing deep into the abdomine and over an extended period of time for one cycle of inhalation & exhalation. This technique is describe in “The Kyokushin Way” – Oyama, Masutasu - Japan Publishing Co. Copyright 1979