I am quite flabbergasted on seeing how my fellow practitioners refuse to acknowledge energy, instead, relying on the term “mind.” There is a difference, yes. And that difference is enough to alter the understanding and conceptualization of what is going on, what one is attempting to do, and the ability of one to attain it. …
Theory of internal 1) This is primarily what I focus on. Binary. There is only tension and relaxation. Tension refers to using muscular force. Relaxation refers to “dead” weight of the arms. Then the mind comes into play, directing attention to various points of the body to: a) fill that particular area with energy, b) use …
Ok, in this post I am going to really get right into it. If there are any thoughts, I would suggest re-reading this post and then practicing what I mentioned (the concepts, not the techniques). If there is further doubt, shoot a comment and I will attempt to answer as best as I can (based …
So, I was watching a video made by Sifu Mark Spence of The Chi Sau Club school in Australia. In it he explains that he is slowly getting the hang of what CST did. It is not permanent but it is slowly getting there. A very interesting thing that he mentions at the end of …
I started training in Taiji two months ago. In that time, I noticed I started transmitting energy. What I mean by this is that energy moves from me to the other person. Right now the effect is quite benign. This means that there isn’t enough energy – or level of energy – to create actual …
It’s been awhile since my last post. Events have transpired, circumstances have changed (slightly) In short, there was no real reason for me to write anything. I wasn’t up to the mark. Hence I did not write anything until now. I wanted to share an interesting experience I have been having by training alone. I …
We don’t want anything other than chi or prana training. It is kind of pointless to hone techniques that cannot be updated to every situation. Reading the book, Mastery Mindset, the author (a practitioner of karate and aikido) has written about his own experiences facing and learning from masters who have a high level of …
I was watching Nima’s latest video and a few things came to my mind: 1) Use of multiple joints in multiple vectors simultaneously. This is so basic, it’s silly. This should have been obvious from the get go. Moving joints in multiple directions gives you more control and “spikes” your opponent. But only if he …
This occurred to me after reading and trying out the Osho technique I wrote previously about. There isn’t a line in rising. It isn’t readily tangible. The line is formed by the constant energy being dictated to go up. It is similar to steam going from one vent, to another, directly above it. You can …
So I was working on the punching the other day and I decided to “go hard.” Doing combos, moving around, using energy – that kind of stuff. After a minute or two I was getting winded. I was sweating and though not actually out of breath, it got my heart racing. Then I started thinking …
