[This article is best consumed in series with the prior offerings regarding Aquatic Tactics.] If we have developed the skill to swim, possess a reasonable breath-holding capacity [a comfortable one-minute is sufficient across many cultures], and have a willingness to work our aquatic tactics fully, the limiter at this point is often pain in the ears. Many a good warrior feels limited or excluded from aquatic tactics because of ear trouble, but, again, a look to the wisdom of indigenous diving cultures and how they have coped with the malady is most instructive. Along the way we will use a bit of science to interpret some of these tactics. First… Ears & Submersion : Diving to depth is often accompanied by pain in the ears. This is due to the middle ear being an air-filled chamber that does not freely exchange air with the outer ear. As we descend the air within the middle ear chamber contracts and exerts pressure on the eardrum which bows inward—this bowing inw...
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