help, please

[s00perb4k4]

my sifu and I are trying to find a bamboo basket for ching kung, you know, 5 ft in diameter and such, but... we're not having much luck... if someone knows where i can find one online (or anywhere else, for that matter) for realatively cheap, let me know... thanks!

[Joe karate]

what do you use this basket for???

[s00perb4k4]

for ching gung training...

[Hakko-Ryu]

ching gung? or chi gong? i've never heard of ching gung

[s00perb4k4]

ching gung... i believe it's usually translated as "lightness skill"

[Sub zero]

U said it was for chi gung already.............
BUt udidn't explain how it was used for chi gung.

[s00perb4k4]

We're going to use it for basket walking

[Sub zero]

I see................
ANd what exactly is...........basket walking?
(I've only practiced chi kung forms never heard of this b4)

[s00perb4k4]

basically, you start out with a lot of weight... i think about 100 kg of pebbles in it... you walk around the edges, each day removing some, until finally you can walk it while it's empty... that's the general idea

[LilBunnyRabbit]

So the idea is to not crush the bamboo?

[tai-gip]

Balance , posture , being centred , focusing your energy ?

[s00perb4k4]

yea, but... umm, does anyone know where i can find one... thanks

[s00perb4k4]

so.... does anyone indeed know where I can find said basket in the US (preferably in Missouri)?

[s00perb4k4]

ok, I gotta ask one last time.

does anyone know where I can find a basket with the dimensions above (five feet wide or so) to use for ching gung training?

and to those who want to know the use for this, it is to cultivate ching (to make you lighter), and practice balance, etc.

please help me. thank you

[Matt_Bernius]

I can't help you on the basket thing. I will back up that 've heard of a similiar training method for circle stepping in Bagua. The idea that a student would walk one the edge of a water barrel. On each rotation they would ladel water out of the barrel. As the barrel got lighter they would have to demonstrate better balance and weight distribution in order to keep the barrel up right.

Good luck finding a basket. Let us know where you can get one and how the training works out.

- Matt