...made me totally misread your initial question on water breaks.

Right now, I'm training under Yan Fei at O-Mei Kung Fu. We get a water break after our warm ups and jibengong. We often get another to break up form recital and lessons.

My old fencing coach, the late great Maestro Michael D'Saro, used to ban water breaks during training. He could be a real hard ass sometimes.