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I dunno Drew, back in college when all any of my friends did was play basketball--we'd get laid and then go shoot hoops. We were all athletes back then. I never told anyone, but my secret "second wind" running track was that I used to have an orgasm in the middle of my races and break into a sprint at the end of the 800 and beat everyone. And yeah...I started to say happy spot...either way, if I were with someone who knew how to activate it, I would always try to press it. I love watching a woman orgasm--especially my ex because it meant she was gonna hook up some carne asada and her special guacamole. Man...she really only knew how to do 2 things really well and cooking was one of them... It's fun for a time, but that sort of thing won't make a lasting relationship....

I'd like some tips on healthy eating, Chinese style. I'm a student on a budget right now. Have a Wok, don't know how to use it--and after years in the military am not a very picky eater as long as it isn't liver or beets. YUCK!

Good God, I hope to never meet a woman that can do that. I would never get any work done. "Hey hun, can I press your happy button?" I'd be rushing through my KAP practice like "man, I'mma press her happy button soon as I finish this Secret Smile." now watch Santi post behind me and say,"bro, that's what you should be doing!"

Yeah, Brian is a cool dude. When I told him that I was interested in Qigong, he started teaching me Qigong sets from Bagua. I wished I would have known about the seminar when you were in the Ville!

Ya Mu were you in Nashville a few months ago teaching a medical qigong seminar? If so, we have a mutual friend named Brian Phillips, one of the mods over at Empty Flower. He's a Bagua guy. Will you ever be in Nashville (or even better somewhere in Kentucky) giving a seminar anytime soon? Brian had some good things to say about your seminar in Nashville (I'm mad cause I was in Nashville at the time >.<) I have my hands full with everything Santi is teaching me, but I like hangin out with people doing energy work. Unfortunately there aren't many people I can talk to openly here at seminary. Guy Savelli is up in Ohio isn't he? I'd like to pay him a visit. Honestly, he seems a bit off his rocker, but most of the good MA guys are nucking futs...or so I hear. Maybe he can buy me a rum & coke and tell me some of his better stories...and I'd love to learn that whip thing... "oh, you say Taiji is weak, huh? lemme show you something!" Last comment...the guy on that forum that did the dim mak on the goat is in the youtube video I posted training with Guy Savelli. He confirmed it on that same message board that Mantis is pulling from...I stumbled onto it last week when I started this thread. My friend back home says almost all MA masters are crazy, and only 2 types of people study M.A.-- geeks and scary people. If you study long enough you end up becoming both.

None of the above...and that's allright. I'm having fun hanging out with Santi and the KAP crew...and then maybe I've done something and just don't know it...long as I'm enjoying the ride, isn't that what matters?

Honestly, your best bet is to find an acupuncturist. If you study M.A. you just may get lucky and have one in your class. My buddy who first started teaching me taiji graduated from Southwestern and has his own practice back home. Since we're friends, he said if I'm ever hanging out at his place and want some work, it's free. Unfortunately, I waited until I moved 200 miles away to decide I need some work, so I'm having to pay a woman up here. I may have landed her 3 additional clients this week, so maybe she'll give me some free work if I keep advertising for her. And yes...not all acupuncturists know the same techniques. I know someone studying in school who has been studying with some traditionally trained people for years before he started school. According to him TCM is not really all that traditional.

You're welcome, now stop twisting shit and giving people bad advice.

So you haven't read the book, but you are all of a sudden an expert on what happened to Glenn? Uhmm...yeah, I don't think you're supposed to get sick like that, Drew. You need to stop twisting shit and giving people piss poor advice.

Hey! I'm a military guy and the only stories I tell are about drunken nights in Wanchai District in Hong Kong! I love talking to old marines that have good stories about Thailand... that Duncan dude would be a lot cooler if they'd taken him to hang out in Thailand. Thai women love a good war story...even if it's not true.

Darin are you studying Taiji with anyone in the Detroit area? My teacher started out taking classes up there with an old lady in the Yang Family Association. In one of his more fun stories about her, she asked him to show her some of his Shaolin Kempo that he'd been studying for well over a decade....after she dusted him up a bit, she left the room saying,"Shaolin is weak." In case you ever care to check her out, here is her school's website: http://www.michigantaichi.com/

Yeah...I didn't know. Do you already have it posted on your site? I would be interested in reading it.

You don't know SH!T, Lebowski!! hahaha...everytime I see him, I think of that line!

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you just reminded me of my latest favorite addition to my Taiji practice playlist! IUQdcHcEKKg

I just sent you a youtube video of a Silat movie that I want to see, Santi. I usually bootleg...err... find creative ways to add to my huge kungfu movie collection, but I actually want to pay for this one!

I heard the very same thing about Tyson's punches in a seminar today. This is a second hand story, but a fight breaks out in Rivergate Mall, which is in Nashville Tennessee. One of the kids whips out a gun to go help his buddy. It just so happens that a wingchun teacher was standing next to him, he reaches over and grabs the kid by the bottom lip and slings him to the floor. The kid lets the gun go as he is falling. Should you test out your MA on guys with guns? Probably not, but I have been at that same mall and seen some brawls break out...the most recent one started 5 feet away from me. Best form of self defense is avoidance, but you can't avoid every confrontation.

I like their meditation robes and the RoTJ robe the best. I thought they had a Darth Maul cloak...if I were to ever go Star Wars fanboy, I would want to dress as Darth Maul sans makeup. I know Jedi are supposed to be all earthy, but I've always felt the most comfortable in blacks and grays. Besides...doesn't Luke wear all black?

If I ever purchase a robe, I would consider these guys...always been a fan of their work: http://mystikmerchant.com/index.htm

COOL! If I had one of those, I would stare at it for hours and not get any studying completed.

I scanned through some of the posts and I noticed a lot of things said concerning Christianity that is not exactly correct. The problem is that there are these mainstream ideas of Christianity and then there are the suppressed views, or maybe the less known views. I am going to say that Orthodox Christianity is vastly different from that practiced in the West. The emphasis is not on sin and redemption, but the actual being Christ-like to the point that one achieves Theosis. There is no magic involved, just hard work. I am going to duck out, though. I have already committed enough heresy this week and managed to drop my grade in Faith Seeking & Understanding from an A to a B+ for siding with Pelagius in a paper over St. Augustine. I don't want to think what will happen when we study Origen next semester and I start bringing up his views on reicarnation...

Hard to give a good recommendation without knowing your level of strength. If you order RKC certified kettlebells they come in kilograms. When I started working out with my KB trainer, he started me at 16kg for all exercises-- swings, turkish getups, squat & press, etc. The kettlebells that I personally own do come in pounds. I started out with 2 20lbs. Kettlebells and they are very light. I own a 35 and a 45. The 35 gives me a good workout most of the time. I use the 20 lbs mostly when I want to do a lot of circuit training type stuff--except for swings...unless I want to swing 2 KB's in each hand.

There is no doctrine of Original Sin. St. Augustine was a heavy hitter in the church, but Original Sin, although a well-known concept was never completely embraced by the Church. The problem is that Pelagius, Augustine's biggest rival, and all of his followers were labeled heretics for opposing the doctrine. As for the "woman eating an apple" comment-- in the second creation story which is the Garden story, the hebrew verbs used during that scene are all plural. Adam and Eve were both present together. Pelagius taught that Adam fell for Adam, not for all mankind. The only original sin is the one you commit when you become aware of the difference between right and wrong. Redemption is available to those who seek it, if they choose to do so. As much as people are offended by the concept of Original Sin, it actually weakened the Church-- not in that it offends people by calling them sinners, but because the solution is to simply come to Church and by just being a member of the body of Christ, one is guaranteed salvation. I basically committed heresy in a class this morning because I said I don't buy that shit. Grace is simply us having the choice to pursue God consciousness, but Redemption/Enlightenment/Theosis/Salvation is not guaranteed.

OMG SANTI!! You're not sitting in full lotus and neither is Doc! YOU GUYS AREN'T DOING IT RIGHT! Cool video, but I feel like I just licked a battery!

Wow, that's really impressive. I hope to be able to demonstrate that type of ability in the future. As for chi-- I definitely sense things... I won't say I can sense chi. I get warm, tingly sensations. Sometimes I get bliss feelings. I shake, rattle, and roll during ZZ practice. One of my friends that got my started with IMA and Qigong told me that all that stuff is good--it means I'm working out the kinks. So when I start wanting to think I'm all of a sudden a Taiji badass with my 2 years experience still struggling to learn a new long form, I recall what my buddy said--all this is good, it just means you're working out the kinks.