Comments on: Do You Believe in Chi? http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/ Ikigai - exploring traditional karate and martial arts. A karate and martial arts blog that explores theory, philosophy, technique, and more. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:17:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shang Lee http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Shang Lee Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:24:26 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-742 You might find this useful. http://renli.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/chi-faq-14/ You might find this useful.

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]]> By: Shang Lee http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-11854 Shang Lee Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-11854 You might find this useful. http://renli.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/chi-faq-14/ You might find this useful.

http://renli.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/chi-faq-14/

]]> By: Shang Lee http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Shang Lee Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:16:37 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-741 I've actually forgotten about chi for a while now. Just let things flow and the supposed chi should come. I've come to understand not to focus on this mysterious chi, and go with the flow. My current teacher summarizes: "if you don't have chi, you'd be dead". I’ve actually forgotten about chi for a while now. Just let things flow and the supposed chi should come. I’ve come to understand not to focus on this mysterious chi, and go with the flow. My current teacher summarizes: “if you don’t have chi, you’d be dead”.

]]> By: Shang Lee http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-11853 Shang Lee Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-11853 I've actually forgotten about chi for a while now. Just let things flow and the supposed chi should come. I've come to understand not to focus on this mysterious chi, and go with the flow. My current teacher summarizes: "if you don't have chi, you'd be dead". I’ve actually forgotten about chi for a while now. Just let things flow and the supposed chi should come. I’ve come to understand not to focus on this mysterious chi, and go with the flow. My current teacher summarizes: “if you don’t have chi, you’d be dead”.

]]> By: Steven Smith http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Steven Smith Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:00:38 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-724 I read extensive talk about it on someone's blog (maybe Chris' at Martial Development?) but I don't remember whose. Perhaps <i>well-known</i> is exaggerating, but it seemed well-known in whatever discussion I read. I don't keep good track of it, because, well, it's all quite ridiculous. Like great magicians, they capture attention and awe, and we end up going WOW! That part's okay. But <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1050/david-blaine-street-magic-2-from-heywoodjablome-and-david_blaine_street_magic" title="A magic joke from Funnyordie.com" rel="nofollow">David Blaine</a> does not sell self-defense during or after his shows. That's where I think Qi-fakers amp up my ire: selling their lies as miraculous self-defense. And somewhere, there's always a senior student lurking in the shadows helping the show go on. I could go on...but I leave with this: some students and their teachers (take Chen Man Ching for example) get so taken by their beliefs surrounding special abilities that they are willing to take a pounding (like the video you posted). And that is a shameful sham. I read extensive talk about it on someone’s blog (maybe Chris’ at Martial Development?) but I don’t remember whose. Perhaps well-known is exaggerating, but it seemed well-known in whatever discussion I read.

I don’t keep good track of it, because, well, it’s all quite ridiculous. Like great magicians, they capture attention and awe, and we end up going WOW! That part’s okay. But David Blaine does not sell self-defense during or after his shows.

That’s where I think Qi-fakers amp up my ire: selling their lies as miraculous self-defense. And somewhere, there’s always a senior student lurking in the shadows helping the show go on.

I could go on…but I leave with this: some students and their teachers (take Chen Man Ching for example) get so taken by their beliefs surrounding special abilities that they are willing to take a pounding (like the video you posted). And that is a shameful sham.

]]> By: Steven Smith http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-11852 Steven Smith Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-11852 I read extensive talk about it on someone's blog (maybe Chris' at Martial Development?) but I don't remember whose. Perhaps <i>well-known</i> is exaggerating, but it seemed well-known in whatever discussion I read. I don't keep good track of it, because, well, it's all quite ridiculous. Like great magicians, they capture attention and awe, and we end up going WOW! That part's okay. But <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1050/david-blaine-street-magic-2-from-heywoodjablome-and-david_blaine_street_magic" title="A magic joke from Funnyordie.com" rel="nofollow">David Blaine</a> does not sell self-defense during or after his shows. That's where I think Qi-fakers amp up my ire: selling their lies as miraculous self-defense. And somewhere, there's always a senior student lurking in the shadows helping the show go on. I could go on...but I leave with this: some students and their teachers (take Chen Man Ching for example) get so taken by their beliefs surrounding special abilities that they are willing to take a pounding (like the video you posted). And that is a shameful sham. I read extensive talk about it on someone’s blog (maybe Chris’ at Martial Development?) but I don’t remember whose. Perhaps well-known is exaggerating, but it seemed well-known in whatever discussion I read.

I don’t keep good track of it, because, well, it’s all quite ridiculous. Like great magicians, they capture attention and awe, and we end up going WOW! That part’s okay. But David Blaine does not sell self-defense during or after his shows.

That’s where I think Qi-fakers amp up my ire: selling their lies as miraculous self-defense. And somewhere, there’s always a senior student lurking in the shadows helping the show go on.

I could go on…but I leave with this: some students and their teachers (take Chen Man Ching for example) get so taken by their beliefs surrounding special abilities that they are willing to take a pounding (like the video you posted). And that is a shameful sham.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Matthew Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:19:34 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-722 I hear ya Steve. Could you talk a little bit more about the burning paper trick? I don't know anything about it and was at a loss to explain it. I hear ya Steve.

Could you talk a little bit more about the burning paper trick? I don’t know anything about it and was at a loss to explain it.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-11851 Matthew Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-11851 I hear ya Steve. Could you talk a little bit more about the burning paper trick? I don't know anything about it and was at a loss to explain it. I hear ya Steve.

Could you talk a little bit more about the burning paper trick? I don’t know anything about it and was at a loss to explain it.

]]> By: Steven Smith http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Steven Smith Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:10:32 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-721 I do and teach Tai Chi and the biggest rip off and degeneration of my art leans on liars. Chi-liars...they pretend to push people 30-feet with their chi! Bah. That stunt relies on ridiculous mind-training of fragile-believe-anything students. Worse though: like the second video, those teacher train people to die (or at least get their butts kicked). The burning paper trick is a well-known chemical thing too! I don't believe in chi, because I can experience it! But experiencing the subtle whir and extraordinary perceptions doesn't turn reality into fantasy. It does not burst things into flame. So I don't talk about it in my school (much). I prefer, instead, to test reality and apply relaxation to real applications. We can discover chi (really, effects of chi) without believing in it. I do and teach Tai Chi and the biggest rip off and degeneration of my art leans on liars. Chi-liars…they pretend to push people 30-feet with their chi! Bah. That stunt relies on ridiculous mind-training of fragile-believe-anything students. Worse though: like the second video, those teacher train people to die (or at least get their butts kicked).

The burning paper trick is a well-known chemical thing too!

I don’t believe in chi, because I can experience it! But experiencing the subtle whir and extraordinary perceptions doesn’t turn reality into fantasy. It does not burst things into flame.

So I don’t talk about it in my school (much). I prefer, instead, to test reality and apply relaxation to real applications. We can discover chi (really, effects of chi) without believing in it.

]]> By: Steven Smith http://www.ikigaiway.com/2008/do-you-believe-in-chi/comment-page-1/#comment-11850 Steven Smith Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://www.ikigaiway.com/?p=153#comment-11850 I do and teach Tai Chi and the biggest rip off and degeneration of my art leans on liars. Chi-liars...they pretend to push people 30-feet with their chi! Bah. That stunt relies on ridiculous mind-training of fragile-believe-anything students. Worse though: like the second video, those teacher train people to die (or at least get their butts kicked). The burning paper trick is a well-known chemical thing too! I don't believe in chi, because I can experience it! But experiencing the subtle whir and extraordinary perceptions doesn't turn reality into fantasy. It does not burst things into flame. So I don't talk about it in my school (much). I prefer, instead, to test reality and apply relaxation to real applications. We can discover chi (really, effects of chi) without believing in it. I do and teach Tai Chi and the biggest rip off and degeneration of my art leans on liars. Chi-liars…they pretend to push people 30-feet with their chi! Bah. That stunt relies on ridiculous mind-training of fragile-believe-anything students. Worse though: like the second video, those teacher train people to die (or at least get their butts kicked).

The burning paper trick is a well-known chemical thing too!

I don’t believe in chi, because I can experience it! But experiencing the subtle whir and extraordinary perceptions doesn’t turn reality into fantasy. It does not burst things into flame.

So I don’t talk about it in my school (much). I prefer, instead, to test reality and apply relaxation to real applications. We can discover chi (really, effects of chi) without believing in it.

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