JerryLove

Translators translate, interpretors interprete... try to keep the two concepts seperate as they are different things. Qi/Chi/Ki *translates* as "breath" Interesting argument considering that these two shows offer entirely different examples of "mystical forces".

The heel of your foot is actually the surface which can take the most impact.

There are quite a few hits that kill... chest-compressions can throw a heart into arythmis, jogging the brain can do it, as can injuring the brain stem or spinal cord. We just had a lady in a tough-man cmopetition here in florida die i nthe ring a week or so ago.

It's definately not.

I disagree... against a knife there are three ranges... "out of reach", "smothering", and "getting butchered".

I don't understand the underlying principle behind your view. Let's assume you trained at those two gyms (Boxing and BJJ), and you have someone come up and want to learn both... you can't teach both to him, because he should be going to seperate gyms and learning from you would be just one gym?

You mean you would hold back if you didn't yet know they were armed / trying to kill you? The guy that gets control of you can kill you weather he has a knife or not; why do something other than your best to stop him?

The answer to your question depends entirely on what your goals are.

Doesn't much matter if they focus on their knife.. it's their best weapon. My other tools are primarily to bring that knife into play.

hmm... what does "charging" look like in a "low stance"? We are interpreting "low" as having very bent knees, are you perhaps considering crouching? Give me a better idea about what you are asking about and I can give you reasonable responses. Hmm, brand new with a half-dozen threads started by him... not terribly trollish that I've seen so far... an admin looking to stir up conversation?

About the only commonality in most qigong breathing I can think of is that it's deep (from the stomach). Most of the Chinese-derived breathing I can think of is in and out through the nose (the exception being when using sound), the Japanese-derived stuff tends to be in the nose and out the mouth. Specific imagery and energetic locations vary heavily based on the qigong in question. A common one in qi building is circular... breathing in through upper gates (third eye or higher) and out through the feet.

Qi follows Yi (intent). Simply deep breathing is not specifically moving qi. DarkClyde did not mention where to breathe from (which energtic entry points) or where to, or where out though (again energetically, not physically). He does not discuss imagry, nor connection, and he gives me the impression that he is unaware of these aspects. Qi comes from several locations, and is stored throughout the body (try opening the curtains and packing to feel it). The DanTien is well known for it's relatively unlimited ability to storehouse energy. It's not so much where it comes from, as where it resides until needed. The Chinese (and Indians and most others in the region) view it as the center of the body. The spirit meridian (the top-most of the 7 gates) is a connection to the outside world... again, I recommend the "opening the curtains" (aka "open the 7 gates") qigong excercise to get a feel for this. Also, I think the statement that these exercises require some particular level of advancement is fallacious. much of what many call "advanced" is pretty basic, and I cannot imagine learning without having... all you need is a basic feel and I could teach most of what I know in a week... though it might take a bit longer to get the feel for some of it (or might no), you could do that without any further instruction.

So then your argument has nothing to do with relative merits of the two approaches and everything to do with a generalization that many strikers don't prepare for the grapple attempt.

Another reason why no shoes and a canvas surface hurt a striker's tools. And yet "ground and pound" is a common situation. The classic false assumption.. "I'll be beating you p and you'll start trying tricks to get out". It's a horrible axiom. Proper behavior is to use every weapon from moment one... And I've watched a trained MMA drop to the floor from a grip on his shoulder... ir was not in a fight (though he was prepared for the action and expecting it), but the grip was to illustrate what would have been the forece of an earlier in-sparring grab to his throat... had it not been sparring. You mean striking arts like thai boxing don't show up in UFCs? Just so long as your standards are equally applied. How did wrestlers with absolutely no cross-training do? Not well. Why? No experience with striking.

Grapplers strike.. the reality is that, on the ground, a strikign grappler has a better chance to successd than a sriker trying to grapple. The early UFCs were pretty limited on rules, I don't think you would see a lot of changes if the existing rules were lifted... if anything, it opens up hooking, ear-tears, biting, and a plethora of forbidden grapples as much as it opens eye strikes and boxing ears. Now... let them put on shoes, hold rocks and fight on concrete, and I might reconsider which skills will work best.

I must disagree. Relax and slap the **** out of them... works just fine.

You qi, and that around you are different. You cannot use yours and then expect to simply replace it with that of those around you... this is actually a common porblem with mistrained qigong healers.. who try to use their own energy to work on others, and end up mking themselves sick and weak over time. The trick is to conserve energy.. use yours to effect something (weather in yourself or someone else), but keep it... Similarly, you may wish to pull someone's (combatively for example), but discard it, don't suck it in (bad mojo so-to-speak).

What you describe is a basic relaxation technique... there are some energetic benifits, but as described it's not a sophisticated (read effective) qigong.... though it's a start.

Some martial arts are considered better for self defence because they are more effective.

No, but avoiding ejaculation removes one cause of the loss of energy. I like sex more than fighting, so I just accepted the slower route

I did not explain your religion to you, I accurately told you what groups of beliefs Amercian christians fall into. I've gaind thes through several methods... reading and watching of Christian literature, 4 years of religous discussion as the sole atheist on a Christian board, and the fact that my entire family is Christian (inclding one priest, 1 doctorid in Bible study, one doctorid in comparitive religion, and 2 religious-school teachers). These are, indeed, camps that Christians commonly fall into; weather you do or not, and weather you believe they are religiously sound or not. This is the wrong thread and board, but I can make several arguments against freewill being Biblically allowable. And, of course, I wasn't always an atheist.

No, your "I have not seen them" is individualistic. I've performed the experiment, you are welcome to as well and check the results (assuming you either have the skill to do so, or are willing to go get it.

Can you submit for our review any documentation from the ISKA that covers their testing methodology for breaking materials in demonstrations? Or are you just assuming?

So they can perform emmittive qigong for 16-hours a day without tiring from it? And there was never a point they could not? Interesting assertion. I really dispise when people throw around the term "scientifically" the way you just did. The scientific method is simple... Form a hypotheses (an idea which fits all know facts). Test to see if your hypothesis can be disproven. Make a prediction based on your hypothesis that can be tested for. Test for your conclusion. Subbit your hypothesis, test, and results for peer review. I've personally done all of these things with the nebulous definition of "chi"... While I have no proven traits about its nature, I've described my testing methodology for its existance... feel free to repeat my experiement and compare results.

Actually, the accepted history is that it was practiced by the Mitose family in Japan. In 1940, one of the Mitose family moved to Hawaii and started teaching publically.