Qigong???

[Karate_Warrior]

I have heard about Qigong but what is it???

[Anbu Alex]

Qigong is a kung fu art

[fallen_milkman]

Qigong or chi kung is a name for any exercises used to develop internal energy. Most traditional Chinese martial arts have some form of qigong training in the system.

[Kajukenbopr]

QiQong or chi kung

it is a form of meditation combined with body positions desgined to cultivate internal energy(ki, chi, or however u want to name it)

it can look like tai chi(with movement), extreme(many shaolin kung fu skills), meditative(sitting down, standing).

This type of training not only improves the flow of energy inthe body, it improves overall health, and mind prowess.

It is said that a practitioner can gain more power than anyone training in the external side(muscles, drills, etc)

[patusai]

I believe that it is a healing art. Don't know too much about it except I Qi means air or breath or something like that.

[cathal]

I've heard it described in a video as "expertise gained after great personal sacrifice". At the same time the narrator indicated that Qigong could also be attained in other disciplines aside from martial arts.

The martial art application of Qigong was described as having a great deal of psychological effort and physical training. This ended up as having the practitioners getting iron body, iron fist, iron finger, etc. which allowed them to perform great feats. One of them was throwing a needle into a pane of glass, and another was hammering nails with the palm.

[Kajukenbopr]

the translation of QI QONG is "Internal energy excersise". the whole point of it its not exactly for martial arts but the cultivation of Chi.

It does involve personal sacrifice but not in the way you might think: we normally go on about our lives without thinking too much about what we do or how we function. Qiqong makes us slow down, or stop and analyze our bodies, minds and energy so we can better use them.

Some Shaolin Kung fu skills, like the one mentioned by cathal are designed to accomplish the focus of chi to an especific part of the body. this type of training can lead to strenous physical work to achieve a skill in particular.