Tai Chi, Qi and the "special powers"

[Tatsuma]

What are the most commons "special powers" do you hear from non-MAists that tai-chi practicionners can develop, or even from MAists who read too much DBZ?

What, on the other hand, do you believe it's possible to achieve with Qi as a tool?

Let's discuss :)

[KungFuGrrrl]

lol *special powers*

[Tatsuma]

lol, i know, i referred to it as "special powers" after reading the Ki thread where someone asked to know how he could use chi and he made some comment about "knowing it won't be like [insert name] of DBZ"

I just hope people will see thru the irony and that i'm seriously investigating what can be the effects of Qi in tai-chi (and i'm obviously not talking to people from Erle's school ;) ) can be in other people's mind and what they think can be possible (for example, Empty Force, etc.)

[Tatsuma]

(and i want to hear both sides of it, a girl already told me that Tai-Chi was linked with ESP so :rolleyes: i think it could both bring a humorous (by the example) and interesting (by your own views) discussion on the subject)

[hwardo]

I think that the reason so many people are unwilling to explore their chi is because of these so-called special powers that you hear about on magazine inserts.
Chi will never enable you to:
Manipulate something you aren't touching.
Make your body so light that you can jump thirty feet.
Give you mystical powers where you can paralyze someone with a single touch, and then tap them back to life again.
On the other hand, cultivating and balancing your chi CAN:
Bring you to a high awareness and control of the inner workings of your own body enabling you to work through problems that you may not have known you had, otherwise.
Help you balance your emotions, your body, and your spirit.
Enable you to utilize your entire body for striking, thus allowing a high potential for force with less distance required.
Develop your coordination and reaction time so that your body acts as a unified whole, allowing you to move faster and with more awareness.
Develop a high sensitivity to your opponent.
9/10ths of what you hear about chi is complete and utter bulls**t, and it detracts from the very real and positive effects that chi cultivation has to offer.
Just my 92 cents.

[hwardo]

www.templeknights.com/teach_ali.html

Here ya go, chief.

[hwardo]

Oops-- wrong thread! Sorry-- forget that link, it has nothing to do with this.

[Sub zero]

hwado........... i'l think u'll find that within 1 to three touches without chi a good dim mak master could paralize you. ANd them..................un paralize you.

[Sub zero]

well ok maybe strike not touches.

Soz

[nzric]

Or, if you watch the old kung fu movies, he can make you laugh/cry/yell/sing uncontrollably by pressing the points.

[hwardo]

Hey, ya'll are preaching to the choir.

[Syd]

A special power has been overlooked. It's the one where you suck your gonads back up into your body to withstand kicks to the groin. Now I don't know about you, but I reckon it's gotta take something like Qi to get that big one back up through the duct!

[hwardo]

"It's okay Minnie, the left one will drop."
If you can name the movie that quote is from, you win a purple bear. :cool:

[nzric]

I wonder how you train for that - I'd think it would be an all or nothing deal.

I know a guy who got in a fight in juvenile prison, and got one kicked up inside towards his stomach, but that's another story.

[hwardo]

There was a tai chi guy named wang shu jin who supposedly could do it, but he claimed that it was a skill you had to learn before a certain age, or it was dangerous.

You could kick him right in the sack, anyway, and apparently it didn't bother him.

[Syd]

Well like Santa always says "an empty sack can't do you no harm".

[nzric]

What a party guy. I could imagine old mr wang running around "hey, wanna see a cool trick - kick me in the sack, comeon, just once.."

[hwardo]

:p LOL!

[Sub zero]

aparently sumo wrestlers use to be trained to do it.

[zun]

Originally posted by nzric
What a party guy. I could imagine old mr wang running around "hey, wanna see a cool trick - kick me in the sack, comeon, just once.."

Hmmm... Wondering Mr Wang had any kids - or maybe he perfected the trick after...

[hwardo]

Part of his thing is that he was supposed to be a famous lover. The dude was 80 years old, 300 pounds, and he was reputedly a monster in the sack (the other kind of sack). Check this out-- this is him-- Go to "library, then master profiles, and then Wang shu jin:
http://www.energyarts.com/hires/indexed.html

[zun]

Kewl! I remember reading about Wang Shu Jin many months ago.