Scout_379 said:
Come on u guys! Beleive me! I've seen a man do it! A very advanced Karate/Aikido Sensei, dodged the punch, pushed the puncher's hand (flick of wrist!), and sent him at least 2 meters.
Two things...
1) The teacher in question made physical contact;
2) 2 meters isn't that far to go when you fall as a result of your own imbalance (played upon by someone who knows where and when to push you in order to capitalize on your momentum).
And there have been several documented cases of many, many other people performing other such feats (eg. video of boards breaking b4 actual contact, or old men single handedly disposing of multiple attackers). In fact, there have even been many scientific reports on activities performed by monks through the manipulation of ki. Take this for example:
A group of monks entered a freezing pool, any normal person would have frozen and suffered hypothermia in a matter of minutes, but in their case, steam was reported to have been given off the surrounding water. Through deep meditation excercises they were able to raise their body tempurature to cope. Read from Ripleys of all places lol.
I believe in qigong, I practice qigong, I believe I have witnessed some remarkable things attributed to qigong practice. However, in order to affect a physical body, you must make contact with said physical body. Jedi tricks don't exist any more than the tooth fairy, and when I cite "scientific proof" Ripley's Believe it or Not isn't exactly the factual reference I'd prefer...
Please list specifics regarding the amazing scientific proof you have of these no touch abilities you have knowledge of... George Dillman doesn't count, nor do any of his students, as their NTKO skills have failed every single time they've been tried on "unbelievers."
You are entitled to your opinion. But you cannot deny hard evidence and put down others just because you believe the idea is preposterous.
When you provide "hard evidence," then I suspect people will believe. You have yet to do that, however...
But in my style and others it is mentioned frequently, and with emphasis, we do not beleive that it there is anything mystical about it.
Please describe your qigong training.
Call it inertia or w/e u want, but it works.
Well, if it is inertia, then it isn't qi is it? It's inertia. Pick one, please.
As for my evidence: I'm no idiot, I know about the effects possible in the editing room. I've seen the board break - I am aware that it could have been faked.
Then citing such potentially questionable events as "scientific proof" isn't something you should do... It makes you look stupid, even more so when you admit that the event in question, the event you are offering as "proof," could have, and likely was, faked.
The man i saw throw a senior student 2 meters by the wrist flick DOES practice ki, inertia was mostly responsible, but it was by using ki that he found the other mans weakness.
So it was inertia and not qi? Which one, please. And it wasn't qi that "found" the other man's weakness, but that person's skill and experience that allowed him to "find" his "weakness."
In the practice of Tai-chi push hands this is even more evident. Although Tai-chi pratitioners are more concerned with creating balace and harmony in their personal chi.
The practice of push hands is not what you think it is. It is a sensitivity drill that has far more to do with learning to relax in order to follow your opponent's movement without jerky movements than it does with "creating balance in your personal qi."
Do you practice Taijiquan, by any chance?
