Earl Grey

Very few people have the skill to back up their claims. Fewer people understand how to develop skill. Even fewer are willing to admit that what they believe is proof of skill (and subsequently their self-appointed title as masters), whether it be from charlatans or unqualified sources such as YouTube videos or pirated products, leads to self-initiation that is at best bunkum and at worst hokum.

Great White Brotherhood? Pretty fly for a white guy.

Lucky guy, you!!!!!!

I don’t know if this song or this song is more appropriate here.

Don't worry if you don't understand him. He has no expertise or authority on what he speaks about because he speaks out of his ass on subjects that he doesn't understand in order to sound relevant and sagely, and go off topic. He's already been asked to shut up in another topic and is not allowed to post there anymore.

A little late as Halloween is over and IT: Chapter Two sucked, but I loved this:

Shibashi is not a big energy system, it was a state-created qigong practice derived from Tai Chi in the 1970s by the PRC and a doctor for public consumption. It's good for health, but around the second level taught on the DVDs and then Solar neigong taught at a third level, it's quite different. Most of what you see publicly for Shibashi is just level one and is only for health, not a deep enlightenment level practice.

He is willing to negotiate or payment plans in my experience, especially for my friends. The expensive classes, such as spontaneous and sleeping qigong styles are very much worth the price, because if we do not value the knowledge and feel it should be accessible for all, we actually block potential to grow in that style if it were given to us for free. It works that way for these high level practices for some reason, much like someone learning DVD Tai Chi or Liuhebafa will never possess the skill of someone who has a good teacher (emphasis good teacher and lineage). Those styles can actually bring you into enlightenment. For the other systems he teaches, those are great for health and martial purposes, but those two and Fragrant are the best I've seen him teach along side Relaxation form. The problem with Fragrant is you cannot meditate if you practice it.

Then a chat with Dolic will help because he is also a TCM doctor and can understand these things.

As you are in Sydney, my teacher, John Dolic, at www.qigongchinesehealth.com, is one of the best people I have met for it. Spontaneous Qigong alone from him is fantastic, but he also teaches Baguazhang classes in a group and Shaolin long fist. The man also knows many more styles beyond what he publicly teaches. He also teaches Shibashi on his site and does Skype sessions too. Feel free to contact him and if you need an introduction, let me know and I can talk to him.

Remember some people do Tai Chi for health but don’t ever get to martial application.

Also of note is that they aren’t necessarily all mutually exclusive. Some styles can offer all three at once.

Quit the fucking WMP recruitment drive!!!!

I don’t know if I should laugh because it’s funny or because it hurts.

How about poetry in motion like this that begins at 0:56?

Even if you haven’t “in a long time” it is still affected by prior practice because the rewiring already begins on top of the awareness of the body being triggered by emotional states. A nuance that was attempted to be explained to you as stated earlier.