
I got involved in Kenpo Karate right out of high school in 1966. A few years later I became involved in gung fu as a member of the World Gung Fu Confederation and I trained under a Shaolin Temple master. Years later at Salt Lake Community College I took up Hung Gar Kung Fu and from there progressed into Tai Chi Chuan.
There was an exercise we use to do in tai chi where we would stand in a circle and move around a 10 pound medicine ball using tai chi stance and movement. I can honestly say that I have moved that ball without touching it and I have seen others do the same thing.
Chi is a very real force but learning to use it is slow and difficult. Is there a chi punch of death? The technique is called Diem Mak and it is a touch of death at one of several specific pressure points. The person dies from hours to days later.
Randy
Sorry, the reply I was typing just disappeared. Anyway, if you are at Salt Lake Community College and the instructor is still there, Bill Smith is the instructor of the Tai Chi/Hung Gar classes. That is the best I can do. I haven't been there since 1998.
However, chi, as a force, is well documented. The question is do you believe the documentation. There is a common root in chi, ki, manna, etc, around the world. They all derive from the same believe in that there is a vital energy that permeates the body.
Kirlian photography has demonstrated that his life force is not only real but it can be photographed.
Randy
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The question is do you believe the documentation. |
I am un sure but I thought the idea of chi was to teach one to focus so that you can hit harder and over come the impact of an opponents attack as well.
As far as the one punch wonder I think that is an ultimate goal but one trained in the martial arts most certainly can cause massive internal injuries that later can result in death or sever medical complications. Just due to the jostling of the internal organs.
Name: Randy
Comments: In The Chinese martial arts hard styles are taught before soft styles. In hard styles they learn to attack through an opponents defense. In soft styles they learn to flow around an opponents attack. Hard mimics rock, soft mimics water. But water will wear down rock. The classic example of this is the ending of the movie The One where Jet Li is attacking himself and defending from himself, a subtle message of the battle we all wage internally.
Chi is best utilized by striking chi points, or areas where acupuncture needles would be used. They are all nerve plexes and striking them in the right way can lead to paralysis and even death. The flowing characteristics of water works best for this, with a hard snap at the last one inch.
Randy
Source 1: Many years in the martial arts
Source 2: A Shaolin Temple Master
Dim Mak is a style were you use deadly pressure points which are proven. It is used in chiropractics and acupuncture and to an extent massaging. It is very real and all you have to do is get punched in the solar plexus to find that out. Also there is a place right under your arm at the connection to your body, of course that's a little harder to find. They are nerve endings like someone said before. Now with the Chi, it's all about the way you think. It makes you move your body in a different way and changes the way you think in and out of combat. Without touching, I'm a little skeptical but The document I saw was where the girl was relaxed. Personally I believe that it is a contraction of the muscles because you think you were hit there. Now if you were a "believer" you would concentrate on that spot with your chi to block it. You would contract your muscles there and you would think that you were hit there when you really weren't. So when you're two feet away from the person, I think it very unlikely. One inch not so unlikely. In the alley against someone who doesn't believe you and has the upper hand, extremely unlikely.