Amazing internal arts feats

[scottnshelly]

In your opinion, what is the most amazing feat that you’ve seen regarding internal arts? I’ve heard some pretty neat stuff lately about people being able to poke a finger through a coconut, blow out a candle with a hand, light a fire with their hand, standing on two fingers, and other crazy stuff.

So, not counting those that are made up or exaggerated, what is the most amazing that you’ve witnessed?

[GhostlySykanRyu]

In person? I guess my sensei healing a pinched nerve in my neck. He was just showing me what the energy felt like...not sure if he really knew that I had pain. Either way, it was instant.

You can also read my post in a similar topic:

http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=18428

[taiji fajin]

*most* amazing? Hard to say. A couple things that come to mind are feeling the sticky force of my instructor, very impressive. Also just sensing his energy and gong doing push-hands with him. I had a direct push on the side of his body, and while I could physically touch something, it felt like there was nothing there, like I had nothing to push yet my hand couldn't go forward. At the same time, behind that I could just feel a, as the expression goes, mountain. People who have felt a master in internal arts will know what I'm talking about. They can show you very little, yet you can feel their incredible force behind it.

[fangshi]

I have been practicing internal arts for 24 yrs . I have never been involved in the circus feats of some of the other arts althought they are extremely cool . One of my teachers would hold his bi/tri cept paralell to the ground with his fore arm straight up - hand flat . when putting your hand against his NObody could move his hand in any direction . He was 5foot2 at best and around 120 lbs . I watched as a sumo sided man could do nothing to move his hand . Sounds crazy but I was there . The guy was well over 6 feet tall and we weighed him in at 390 .

[dtstiachi]

I saw my headmaster push a guy through a wall and then went over and hit the right meridians to resuccitate him.

[taiji fajin]

I saw my headmaster push a guy through a wall and then went over and hit the right meridians to resuccitate him.

I'm not trying to be insulting, just wondering. Are you being facetious here?

[PhDPeddler]

I saw my headmaster push a guy through a wall and then went over and hit the right meridians to resuccitate him.

I'm not trying to be insulting, just wondering. Are you being facetious here?

^^^^^This is why I train under my sifu know. This happen to me (did not go threw a wall).

[taiji fajin]

I guess I'm just always amazed at these violent stories I hear from people, their instructors throwing them through walls and striking their eyes and throats. Whenever I practice with my instructor, its in a very nurturing and relaxing way. He shows me hints of his power, and lets me feel a lot more than he shows me, but its never in a violent way.

[aefibird]

Practicing Sticking hands and Pushing Hands with my Sifu - feeling/sensing his energy is amazing. Its a wierd feeling to describe but I can sense when I train with him that there is definately "something" there.

[dtstiachi]

No Taji Fajin I am serious. There was a Chinese gentlemen who was looking at possibly becoming an assistant instructor for the school and he wanted the headmaster to show him a powerful technique. The headmaster said he could "fa jing" or push the guy to show his power. The gentleman let him do it and teh headmaster pushed him nearly 20 feet and through a wall that was incomplete in it's construction. The headmaster quickly ran over and ressusitatted the man and helped him up. The Chinese man thanked the headmaster for the lesson and then went back where he came from. There were no hard feeling by anyone and the gentleman had a first hand glimpse of the power that can be generated by a Tai Chi master.