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TigerCrane
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 Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: CHI |
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Who believes in the existence of Chi and why?
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Well, I think chi exists, but I don't think of it as anything overly mystical. I think it is our life force, an energy that everyone has. Some may have learned how to channel it, and some may not have. I believe that if you try to visualize your power as coming from the center of your body, then you are attempting to utilize your chi. I like to think of it as "internal energy."
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cathal
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Location: Canada
Styles: Shotokan, Jiu-Jitsu, Ryukyu Kobujutsu
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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I've posted on this topic before, there was a show in Discovery channel and they were trying to prove it's existence scientifically. They were doing some fascinating measurements and they concluded it did exist but we lacked the technology to measure it fully.
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CTTKDKing
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Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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Location: Connecticut
Styles: Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Really?!? That's cool. What type of measurements did they take on the show. I've never heard of anyone trying to measure it before.
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cathal
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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It was a lot of electrodes on the people's bodies. They had normal people as well as exceptional people like professional athletes, martial artists, zen practitioners, etc. I can't seem to find the information but I am going to try hunting it down.
There was also some interesting work with polygraphs, since they measure things like that as well.
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CTTKDKing
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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That's quite cool. I'm keeping an eye on this topic, so if you get the info, let me know.
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Jiffy
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| Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Probably best to do a search, there are TONS of topics on this one....
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Jeet Kune Do
Blue Belt
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Posts: 293
Styles: Jeet Kune Do, Nunchaku, Boxing
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, internal energy
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stonecrusher69
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Joined: 23 Apr 2002
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Location: New Jersey
Styles: Buddha Hand Wing Chun
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Instead of tring to find if Chi exists or don't why not just try it out and see for your self if it's real or not.
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TigerCrane
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Joined: 22 Sep 2006
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Location: USA
Styles: Hung Gar, Shotokan Karate, Tai Chi
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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It can be thought of as "Bioelectricity" as well.
It is best to learn the Chi Gung exercises and see for yourself, as different people will provide different explanations and theories behind it.
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on the post.
