Starting fire with chi, I just saw it.

[dtstiachi]

I don't know. That was just weird. Further study is needed before an actual intelligent hypothesis is formulated.

[tangsoodo]

I find it doubtful. That being said, you can conciously change the body temperature in your extremities by a few degrees if you know how.

how?

[lordtariel]

People call it moving your energy through your body, but in actuallity, what you're doing is conciously increasing the blood flow to their extremities which causes the temperature increase.

[Ace2021]

"People call it moving your energy through your body, but in actuallity, what you're doing is conciously increasing the blood flow to their extremities which causes the temperature increase."

Even if it is that,don't you think it'd be impossible to catch something on fire if your hand was just a little "warmer" than usual? Why can't they let a certified scientist analyze this guy...or something official.

[lordtariel]

I don't think you could be able to actually start a fire. I do remember seeing a show about these tibetan monks I believe that went and stayed out in the mountains with nothing but the robes they normally wear. A group of scientists actually hooked up some life support equipment to monitor them and they survived extreme temperatures all night. They said they were able to stay warm by focusing their ki.

[Ace2021]

Interesting

[infinafta]

That video is from the Ring Of fire documentary. The man is John Chang of the Mo Pai.

http://www.mysticfire.com/index.html?cart=1151547913250888

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000I1TH/103-2703540-1371800?v=glance&n=404272

It was filmed in the 70s in Indonesia, before any "special effects".

Its real.

You can read about it in this book, written by a martial artist who went and found John Chang in Indonesia and became his student.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0892818131/103-2703540-1371800?v=glance&n=283155