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Kain
White Belt
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: Info on a strange lil' device... |
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Some days ago, a friend of a friend told me about a device to exercise your ki or something like this. It's just an 8 cm long pin with the head pinned in an eraser. On top is a piece of paper 8 cm^2 (8*8), folded and opened so that it takes a small pyramid like shape. Now this thing is REALLY unstable, it can rotate even whith the air waves of you scratching your nose, so you have to be alone in a quiet room and very careful. You place your hands at the sides, keeping some little distance, concentrate on the movement of the pyramid, and...
Well, it is supposed to rotate if you do it correctly. It is hard to tell, really, because it moves with almost nothing. I tried it, it hardly (but did) work, and I still don't know if I just saw what I want to see, since I never exercised my concentration (at least never without doing karate moves).
I just want to know the name of this device and find more information about it. Do you know it? Have you tried it? Does it work?
Tell me what you think, I'm really curious.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 1709
Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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I probably wouldn't bite on this either.
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a_ninja
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 174
Location: Laurel, Mississippi
Styles: Green belt in shotokan karte, and know a little about alot of other styles, but not from schools such as kung fu, muay thai, tai kwon do, and weapons
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I probably wouldnt say it was effective,but then again you never know
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Ozpunker
Orange Belt
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
Posts: 100
Location: Newcastle, Australia
Styles: Kaizen Ryu Freestyle Karate
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Science!! It's a rather simple explanation. Convection. Your hands are warm and the heat rises, cool air moves in moving the paper.
Here is a video that explains it.
http://youtu.be/7Ej97geNCsk |
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Montana
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 18 Apr 2007
Posts: 883
Location: Formerly Kalispell, Montana, now Spokane, WA
Styles: Shorin Ryu Matsumura Kenpo & Kobudo
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Perhaps brought to us by the same people that brought us the Pet Rock?
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