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Hello Ralis, Sorry to take so long to reply. I just logged back on tonight; my work and obligations allow me to check into this thread and try to respond to questions only once a week at best. In answer to your question: There are 6 DVD's and they represent a little more than 1/2 of the Flying Phoenix System. (I called the various DVD titles as containing "Basic" meditations (Vols. 1, 2), "Intermediate" (vol.3) and, "Advanced" (vol. 4, 5, 7) only to organize the ONE LEVEL of FP qigong by the difficulty and length of the movements in the various exercises. For example, the DVD series teaches a total of 10 seated "Monk Serves Wine" mediations. During my 6 yrs of training with GM Doo Wai, I was taught 24 seated MSW meditations, the 3 seated Warm-up meditations on Vol.2 and one basic but longer, 24-movement seated meditation that is the most complex of all the MSW meds, but not the most advanceed. I also learned advanced standing FP meditations beyond what I titled as the Long Form Standing meditation (in Vol.4), but have decided not to published them. (They are not the same as the material on the videos distributed on www.flyingphoenix.com.) As to how much of the Flying Phoenix Qigong system I was officially authorized to teach by GM Doo Wai: I was authorized in writing by GM Doo Wai on March 25, 1994 to teach everything that I know that is called "Flying Phoenix" and/or "Monk Serves Wine"--as I choose. You will find a copy of the Grandmaster's letter on my website at this link: http://www.taichimania.com/3-25-94_GMDW_FP_ltr%28redacted%29.jpg (It's hard to find this link on my Chi Kung For Health DVD catalog page because it's in small red print near end of the top paragraphs just before the DVD listings). http://www.taichimania.com/chikung_catalog.html Thanks for the question. Best, Sifu Terry Dunn

Hello Rene, No, no, no, no: The LFFPHCM on Volume 4 is to be done with eyes CLOSED! To learn it, you of course have to have eyes open to view the teacher either on the DVD program or in person. But once the entire form choreography is learned, the practice of this capstone form is with eyes closed. With this moving meditation, practice with eyes closed will deliver the fullness of FP energy cultivation, and make its subtle energy effects not-so-subtle. On the other hand, doing the meditation with eyes open will drastically dilute the effects of the practice. I will check the DVD. If I don't at least give the verbal instruction that the Form is to be done with eyes closed, then I made a gross error in the production. But I'm pretty certain that at somepoint towards the end of the program, I state the the meditation once learned is to be done with eyes closed. I probably should have emphasized this key instruction much more on the DVD because I recall the final demo of the meditation at the end of the program is done with my eyes open. People viewing theis eyes- open practice would naturally get the wrong idea. My apologies for the confusion! Bottom line: practice THE LF_FPHHCM with eyes CLOSED. :closedeyes: Best, Sifu Terry

Yes, Sifu Garry is correct here. Use of ginger daily for long periods up to 108 days (no limit, actually) is a very basic hygienic practice to cleanse the blood and to stimulate the effects of the FP Qigong. Similar to what Sifu Garry has disclosed about YKM's use of tui ni, acupuncture and moxi for healing: in my years of training with GM Doo Wai, I was taught use of herbs, diet, Qigong, and his Tui Na (no moxi). Outside of kitchen herbs like ginger for basic and gradual cleansing and healing: are much, much more powerful meditation aids: we use alcohol-based herbal tinctures in conjunction with FP Qigong and with other of GMDW's Qigong methods. For 3 of us training in the 8 Sections Combined system (BDG), the GM had us prepare herbal formulas that were rolled up into balls using honey (they actually looked like rabbit pellets )--and they really did their trick. The most basic meditative aid contained 5 herbs (4 roots and 1 fruit ground into a green powder), which is very, very powerful in its meditative effects. But this herbal formula cannot be disclosed on a public forum because preparation of it and use of it must be closely supervised for the sake of safety. I might have mentioned earlier in this thread that one student in our circle in the 90's very, very unwisely combined his use of this meditation tincture with his recreational use of controlled substances. This led to him having severe black-outs and fainting spells that were attributed by doctors to brain lesions (that showed up in MRI scans) and that required opened-skull exploratory surgery. But when they opened the skull of this student and did the exploration, they couldn't find anything. At first no one knew what could have caused the lesions and then caused them to disappear. I instantly knew exactly what happened and how it happened because I knew that he had combined drugs with the tincture and I knew (and know) how the tincture "wore off". I disclose this episode to explain why this and all herbal formulas in the FP Qigong and BFP tradition cannot be disclosed on a public forum. Even in the private oral tradition, not every one of my students in FPQ will learn how to use tinctures. It's just not for every student. I hope this additional context gives you some perspective on the depth of the FP Qigong system. Sifu Terry

Hi Soma, Sounds like you're in for a really nice, organic getaway to Taiwan. Practice of the FP Qigong is something you can take everywhere. And certainly to a strawberry farm in Taiwan. FP Qigong practice will create a greater structural sensitivity so that you can feel the subtle macroscopic flows of energy of the earth. In other words, if you focus on horticulture and how natural elements interact to allow plants to flourish, you will develop deeper feng-shui abilities. I wrote this on the back jacket of one of the FPQ dvd's: "The secret of the FP Qigong lies in its simplicity, and simplicity is what makes things flourish." How you impact plant life is totally up to you. Normally, when we were training with the GM, we impacted plant life all the time by way of making and using the myriad of herbal formulas that are part of the White Tiger tradition. Make sure to make some maps of your adventures in strawberry fields so that others can follow your travels. And then you can tell everyone as a guide later on whether indeed nothing is real, whether it's anything to get hung up about, whether they're forever. Best, Sifu Terry P.S. If you are interested in enhancing the growth of plants or other forms life around you with your internal energy, it is best to diligently practice the FP Qigong to a high level of cultivation--to the point where you instrinsically and instinctively know with certainty that you can heal others. As I've described in an earlier posting, I discovered the power of the advanced levels of the FP Qigong when one day in the mid-90's I was sitting across the table from a friend Carl Baci, a successful Hollywood actor and screenwriter, and when I casually brushed Carl's hand, the FP energy spontaneously jumped across to him and he lit up with a vibrant, sun-like glow and a huge smile developed from within. He was startled and amazed. (He had been down for a while because his girlfriend Theresa had a form of cancer in her shoulder muscles for a long time. Too bad she wasn't there.) All this is to say that let your healing capabilities catalyzed by the FP Qigong evolve naturally and allow them to make the FP energy power and effectivenss known to you. As long as you understand the true potential of the FP Qigong system from the discussion on this thread, and practice correctly, you will see positive results. The actual teaching of specific healing techniques using FP Qi, of course, needs to be done in person so I can see the degree of cultivation, quality of your energy, and ability to manifest the energy in tangible forms through mental focus--just as in the teaching of advanced martial techniques.

Chakra Illumination. The Bending of the Bows exercise is very, very important to not just the Flying Phoenix Qigong system, but it is one of those all-important jewels that will eventually open the door for you to higher kung-fu skill and knowledge if you practice correctly and stick with it. The more you do it, the more realize and then develop the all-important control of the inner thigh muscles and the tumb, index finger and middle finger on each hand. Sifu Terry Dunn

Hello David (Yulong), 'Glad the DVD's got to you in short order. Enjoy. Sifu Terry Dunn

Just follow the breathing instructions on the DVD's exactly as they appear on your TV: A. You do the breathing sequence just once at the beginning of each of the Flying Phoenix exercises. B. You first take 3 deep breathes before you do the percentage exhalation breathing sequence. C. Then, whenever you want to stop the meditation, you take 3 deep breathes to end it. Sifu Terry Dunn

chakra illumination: Diligent practice of FP Qigong will greatly transform one's internal energy and overall being into one of healthy well-being. But its practice does not require subscribing to or focussing either mentally or visually on the "energy map" of the 7 chakras. As practically all FP Qigong practitioners have found, all that's required is to do the breath control sequence of each meditation and then hold the posture and if there are movements, do the movements. As for cleaning your aura, the quickest, easiest and most effective way to do that is to stand with both feet (with shoes on) for a minute or two in a vat or shallow pan of ammonia. It is one of the cheapest and most powerful means to remove "bad energies" --including low-level (i.e., weaker) demonic spirits--if they happen to be clinging to you or following you around. This is not a Chinese prescription, but an old and very basic tool of western alchemy. Sifu Terry Dunn

Hi WTM, Answers below in bold: Correct. You'll develop effortless balance in that crane stance (and transitions to and from it) with more practice. Also, make sure right foot is 45 degrees relative to direction of the left toe/foot before you raise the left knee. Keep practicing calmly, slowly and you will see results. Memory flash: that is how GM Doo Wai used to modestly forecast the effectiveness of each of the internal arts he taught: "With this you'll see results." Excellent that you're crossing the line from the stationery standing meditations to the moving meditations in stance. Best, Sifu Terry

Hi Somamech, Welcome to the Flying Phoenix discussion. I think you can thank Fu_dog, Sifu Garry Hearfield and I think Trunk for starting this thread way back in Nov. or Dec. of 2009. I came on a few months later when Fu_Dog told me about it and asked me to answer questions. I was surprised and thrilled to meet Sifu Garry on this thread who's in Australia (I'm in Los Angeles) because he received the most advanced and complete transmission of the White Tiger Kung-Fu and Ehrmei Bak Mei Kung-fu from our teacher, GM Doo Wai, while I received the Flying Phoenix Qigong and two other internal systems. Best, Terry Dunn

Hello Rene, For the very short 5% exhalation, you can try counting estimating half the time it takes to say "one potato." Since you are counting as 1/10 of your breach capacity what you are breathing during the time between your heartbeats (which is fine), you can exhale the 5% by estimating 1/2 an interval between heartbeats. People vary greatly with how precisely they do the percentage exhalations in the FP Qigong; the important thing is that the % exhalations are correct relative to one another. Also very important is that one is fully concentrating on doing the % exhalations. Enjoy the practice. Sifu Terry

A Reminder to all practitioners of Flying Phoenix Celestial Healing Qigong (and readers, too): If you have been practicing the FP Qigong for one year or more on a regular basis (let's say minimum of 4 times per week), and you have not yet learned the two moving meditations "Wind Through Treetops" (80 50 30) and "Moonbeam Splashes on Water" (90 60 50 20) on volume 3 of the DVD series, you can now start practicing them. The basic standing meditations of Volume One and basic seated meditations in Volume Two form an essential foundation for learning the FP Qigong system and provides a certain level of verifiable health benefits, but the standing and moving meditations are essential to expand the cultivation of the Flying Phoenix healing energy to higher levels. Reminder: as I stated very early on in this thread, the goal of the FP Qigong training is to develop oneself to be able to perform the Long Form Standing Mediation (90 60 5 50 40), which can then replace practice of all preceding meditations (if one wishes to). This exercise, which GM Doo Wai described in so many words as the capstone of the FP Qigong system,expands the FP training to a totally different level and the takes the practitioner across the threshold from self-healing to having the instinct and facility to heal others. Over the past 14 months or so, I've been happy to answer detailed questions regarding the practice of the basic standing and basic seated FP meditations to the best of my ability. To give me more exercise and perhaps challenge as a teacher, I'd like to hear a question or two about your practice of "Wind Through Treetops", "Moonbeam Splashes...", and the more complex "Flying Phoenix Heavenly Healing Chi Meditation". Happy New Year to all. Sifu Terry Dunn

you're welcome, Craig. Just pointing at what I see and then freely associating it to the truth about our Arts.

To All: Here is good summary about what forces in the Egyptian population drove Mubarek out of power. http://www.fastcompany.com/1727844/gen-y-rising-why-china-should-fear-the-egyptian-revolution Again, NOT the military, but primarily the Gen Y demographic--educated and middle class but without prospects because of dire economic circumstances and govt. corruption. A very interesting dynamic took place that could similarly drive other countries in the region to do the same. This is current event news. Nothing esoteric and not rocket science. Easily accessible. for great news leads, follow someone like niubi.com on Twitter. the Chinese have a saying that a frog at the bottom of the well looks up and sees only so much of the sky. To some: Read about the world and get out of the well, and know your facts before spewing nonstop nonesense and neurotic venom.

The fact remains that the military did not instigate the popular revolt in the streets of Cairo. Every journalist on the scene there can confirm this fact. The instigating force of the Egyptian revolution--as it was in Tunisia and as it will be in Yemen when it revolts for change--is hundreds of thousands of citizens in the streets (including uniformed soldiers) for 3 weeks (and still continuing) who brought about the ouster of Mubarek. What "show" was the Egyptian military running during the past 3 weeks? Yes, the military is now in control of the country for the next 6 months and it says it will oversea the transfer of power. But it did not instigate the deposing of Mubarek. As for what you call "my melodrama", your blaspheming the I Ching oracle with your know-it-all-pessimism combined with your vain worship of military conspiratorial oppression where it doesn't even exist will accelerate your karma to its natural fruition. Have a great life. Terence Dunn

Here here, Lucky 7 :excl: I share your celebratory mood and optimism about the Egyptian revolution that can very well lead to a new democratic government. I disagree with an item below that said this is a "military coup". That is incorrect and can be verified as incorrect through all news sources. Now there may be power grabs by various factions--including the military--as Egypt moves through its dark, unlit passage towards establishing a new government. But the ouster of Mubarek was not instigated by the military. It was instigated and carried out by all classes of Egyptian society. The military simply decided not to intervene and Mubarek decided wisely not to go "Tian An Men" on the revolt. Here is copy of what I posted about the Egyptian uprising Friday evening at 6 oclock on the Flying Phoenix Chi Kung thread (on which I am most active): Taking a quick break from FP Qigong discussion to direct y'all to pay a little attention to very significant world events and to meditate deeply on them. What's happening in Egypt is more than a regime change forced by a mass hunger for democracy. Old, very old ancient spirits are underneath and fueling that massive uprising...so be alert to the spiritual fall-out further down the road after the mundane political conflict has been resolved and new Egyptian government put in place. Hint as to reason why: Egypt is the source of all alchemy and oracles--including the Chinese traditions. But for the moment, it's time to celebrate with the rest of the world the start of liberation of the Egyptian people...and pray that they get through what's sure to be a chaotic, unlit and tricky passage to a new stable government. Peaceful revolution in Egypt, jubilation in the streets of Cairo––reflected by an I Ching reading that I cast Wednesday night: Peace [hexagram #11] changing to Taming Power of the Small [hexagram #9] (5th and 6th lines moving). Carefully read the 6th moving line atop Peace (#11): "The wall falls back into the moat; use no army now." Mubarek obviously saw this writing on the wall in his own way. This is an example of the profound and wonderfully synchronistic clarity of the I Ching oracle, invokable by any straightforward mind. Moreover, Egypt's deposing of this last pharoah, Mubarek, which occurred today falls exactly 32 years after the date that the Iranian people overthrew the Shah. That's 32 years ago to this very day :excl: And falls exactly 9 years and 5 months after 9/11 ! You think there's not ancient karma and alchemy at work in these events? The I Ching can be used as a powerful guide to anyone on the Path of Knowledge, and can teach you to become your own master teacher. It's your art, your alchemy. Learn it correctly and then make it work for yourself. **Finally, and this is not from my Friday post: I found the smartest, most profound one-liner on Twitter this morning by @emptywheel of the last 9 years and 5 months (to the day): Egypt, we love you for your freedom. :lol: - Sifu Terry Dunn

Taking a quick break from FP Qigong discussion to direct y'all to pay a little attention to very significant world events and to meditate deeply on them. What's happening in Egypt is more than a regime change forced by a mass hunger for democracy. Old, very old ancient spirits are underneath and fueling that massive uprising...so be alert to the spiritual fall-out further down the road after the mundane political conflict has been resolved and new Egyptian government put in place. Hint as to reason why: Egypt is the source of all alchemy and oracles--including the Chinese traditions. But for the moment, it's time to celebrate with the rest of the world the start of liberation of the Egyptian people...and pray that they get through what's sure to be a chaotic, unlit and tricky passage to a new stable government. Peaceful revolution in Egypt, jubilation in the streets of Cairo––reflected by an I Ching reading that I cast Wednesday night: Peace [hexagram #11] changing to Taming Power of the Small [hexagram #9] (5th and 6th lines moving). Carefully read the 6th moving line atop Peace (#11): "The wall falls back into the moat; use no army now." Mubarek obviously saw this writing on the wall in his own way. This is an example of the profound and wonderfully synchronistic clarity of the I Ching oracle, invokable by any straightforward mind. Moreover, Egypt's deposing of this last pharoah, Mubarek, which occurred today falls exactly 32 years after the date that the Iranian people overthrew the Shah. That's 32 years ago to this very day :excl: The I Ching can be used as a powerful guide to anyone on the Path of Knowledge, and can teach you to become your own master teacher. It's your art, your alchemy. Learn it correctly and then make it work for yourself. One of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching is #4: Youthful Folly. It responds to spirits who are importune. i.e., people who ask the same question over and over even though they have been given the answer or have answer sitting in front of them the whole time. That is one of the reasons why Confucius advised that no one under 40 years old should use the I Ching--because of youth's compulsiveness and impatience only wastes energy and causes guiding and protective spirits to push away. I happen to disagree with Confucius, for I believe that there's nothing wrong in using the I Ching however one needs to use it. You will always get the necessary lesson for Karma is inescapable. If one is importune, the I Ching gives you a very provocative, usually funny slap-in-the-face answer that will straighten your head. If you squandor your Free Will and waste your Qi nativum using the oracle (any oracle) irresponsibly, becoming more and more self-deluded, the world will respond to you accordingly. And if one acts on one's self-delusions to the extent of blaspheming the oracle or any oracle, it will run enough Kaballah Juice up one of your orifices so that you learn never to do that again and if you don't learn that lesson, your karma arrives instantly with life turning into hell-on-earth, and then you meet your Death a little earlier--and usually go out in a stupid and colorful way. I have witnessed this type of passage more than once in persons supposedly on the Path--including former students of GM Doo Wai. It's called learning life's lessons the hardest way possible: in one's next life. And that is a fate that anyone with basic common sense--let alone commitment to the Taoist or Buddhist path of growth and learning--can easily avoid. Just some general advice today to improve your practice of Flying Phoenix Qigong and your life: assume responsibility for your training and arm yourself with wisdom and discernment. Work hard, put in your time, play the kung-fu, and always remember this eternally true maxim of the Chinese martial arts: When you are ready, the Knowledge will be made available to you. Sifu Terry Dunn P.S. BTW, "oracle" above does not mean just divinatory tools or prophets (I Ching, tarot cards, the Bible, Tao Te Ching, Koran, oracle of Delphi, Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce etc.)--but in our context, "oracle" means ANY ancient Chinese tradition of martial, yogic, healing, or spiritual knowledge. Hence blaspheming an oracle means doing anything that misrepresents, misappropriates for one's selfish motives, dishonors or insults the ancestral tradition of the particular art. Such actions incur a karmic debt, as I have outlined above, because the tradition far out-lives the living master or grandmaster heading that tradition and is more important to respect than the living master or grandmaster heading that tradition.

Hello Sillum, Again,thanks for the compliment today regarding my Kung Fu Panda case. I wanted to come back to this message you sent to Sifu Garry because I want to express some slight disagreement with a couple of sweeping generalizations you made: However, it is absurd for you to say to a FP practitioner that he or she is not going to get a "true understanding" of a qigong meditation from watching "just a copy of the grandmaster." I think Sifu Garry was simply stating an obvious fact that practicing to a video of GM Doo Wai performing an advanced Flying Phoenix mediation out of the context of learning the system Flying Phoenix system from its foundations upward is not that productive for a beginner. On the other hand, of course, anyone with advanced level in any Chinese internal system would benefit from GM Doo Wai demonstrating almost anything on visual media. "WTM" put it nicely when he said that the basic foundation of FP Qigong system presented in my DVD series will enable one to benefit from GM Doo Wai's more advanced performances on video. Any qigong meditation demonstrated by GM Doo Wai that is released to the PUBLIC is PRICELESS and is NEVER incomplete. While I agree with your high appraisal of "any qigong meditation demo'd by GM Doo Wai, and appreciate your worshipful attitude towards the GM, it's just not true (by common sense) that any Qigong footage of GM Doo Wai that is released "is NEVER incomplete." I don't understand why there's an argument here. Or what the point of this statement is that doesn't follow common sense. As GM's first student in Los Angeles who assembled (by invitation) his cadre of L.A. students in the 1990's, and as a professional filmmaker and video producer, I am pretty certain that I have videotaped more hours of kung-fu and qigong performance by GM Doo Wai--and also more hours of his teaching and healing footage--than any of his students over the past 50 years. I recorded onto video his performance of the entire Kung Fu system called "Eight Sections of Energy Combined" (Bat Dim Gum) which he taught me and two other classmates in the early 90's. As I think I explained earlier on this thread when I first met Sifu Hearfield, BDG is NOT part of his BFP Family System but a rare system that the GM acquired from a monk at a Buddhist temple in Macao. [And he believes that due to its particular alchemic "flavor", BDG probably comes from Wudangshan or is a derivative of a Wudang art (even though it's been preserved in a southern Buddhist temple).] This system consists of two preparatory forms (one martial and one yogic), eight (8) complex kung-fu forms ranging from 100 to 200 postures each (the "Eight Sections"), five intensive meditations, a very long meditation done in a seated 'dragon drop' position, maybe a few more items I forgot, and a myriad of martial applications based on the forms' techniques and neigung. I also video-recorded two classmates(Jeff Roth and Tino Baguio) and myself practicing the 48 exercises of "10,000 Buddhas Meditations" immediately after the GM taught the system to us. Each meditation has its own unique breath control sequence--of a different formulation and effect than the Flying Phoenix breath controls. Now, if I were to publish a video clip of GM Doo Wai performing one meditation from either of these systems (BDG or 10,000 Buddhas), it can ONLY BE INCOMPLETE relative to the entirety of each respective system. And it would actually be irresponsible of me to publish such material out of context of systematically teaching the entire system because it wouldn't do anybody any good. Plus, such fragments from these particular systems are dangerous when practiced out of context. The fact is, due to the potency of these two "martial qigong" systems, they will never be published on video for mass consumption, but only taught to my students face-to-face. All this is to say: "let's let reason prevail" and pull-back on sweeping generalizations. As for my embracing Sifu Garry Hearfield: It was easy, natural and spontaneous do so--even though we've not met in person yet--because we have so much in common that fosters trust and respect: (A) He was already a Sifu in Yau Kang Mun and Bak Mei before he started to learn from GM Doo Wai. I was a Sifu teaching Tao Tan Pai and Sil Lum 5 Animal Kung Fu systems (in addition to Yang Tai Chi Chuan and Liu He Ba Fa) before I met GM Doo Wai. Sifu Garry also practices a system similar to Liu He Ba Fa (his Primordial Chaos art). Thus we are both at a level in martial arts where we can compare notes on our respective experience with the GM and greatly benefit from it--even though Sifu Garry has much more Bok Fu Pai Kung Fu knowledge than I do because that was not my concentration when I trained with the GM. (B ) Sifu Hearfield was initiated into Taoism when he was 22 years old by his Sifu. I was ordained and initiated into Taoism by grandmaster Share K. Lew in 1983 when I wa 29. So we have the bond as fellow Taoists. ( C) Finally and most importantly, Sifu Garry Hearfield is the only student that GM Doo Wai on his personal Myspace site told his followers and the viewing public to support. Thus, besides the advanced students that GM Doo Wai brought to Los Angeles to train me in the 90's, I was especially open and eager to get acquainted with Sifu Hearfield. As it has turned out, I am most grateful to GM Doo Wai's edict on his site because Sifu Garry Hearfield embodies wuxia (武侠 ) to the fullest and I implicitly trust him 100%. As for recognizing other students of Grandmaster Doo Wai, I have not crossed paths with any of them since I last saw the GM--not even the classmates that I had invited to learn from the GM in 1990's--nor have I met any of GM's other students on this wonderful blogsite--except of course for Sifu Garry...and now you. I was glad to see your recent posting and would like to get acquainted because of your 20 years of closed-door training with GM Doo Wai, and because you were also speaking for him in your post. If you care to, please identify yourself (through back-channel Private Message, if you prefer) so that we can commune further and share experiences with GM Doo Wai's most valuable and profound arts. Best Regards, Terry Dunn P.S. One of the great benefits of following the path of Kung-Fu is learning discernment and seeing directly into people's natures--by observing how they react to the knowledge that they are given. And one comes to see human nature and its tendencies as clearly Gasan saw it: The poor student utilizes his teacher's influence. The mediocre student admires his teacher's kindness. The superior student grows strong under his teacher's teachings.

Thank you very much for your complement and your encouragement in that battle.

Thank you very much for your compliment and encouragement in my battle.

Here, here! A great point that many of us have taken for granted. what a difference 100 years makes. With video, film, Flip cameras, webcam, DVD's and Youtube,the preservation and transmittal of martial forms and techniques has been made incredibly easy. (But that certainly doesn't mean that the high level-masters will ever commit their most advanced knowledge to any recordable media. That simply will never happen because of the Chinese oral tradition.) But you are so right, Si-hing Garry, that the audio-visual reference materials for learning authentic kung fu, Tai Chi and other internal systems are more and more readily available--and in the case of some styles are in abundance--that yes, all you need to do is find a teacher to share his knowledge through this method properly. (I can't put it any better than you.) Terry Dunn

Chris, Thank you for your good wishes regarding the Dreamworks case. Terry Dunn

Thank you very much for your good wishes, Fachao. Terry Dunn

No problem. You're welcome. But don't rule it out completely based on my opinion and report of my experience with the GM. With this particular high art, the FP Qigong, it is possible, depending on the practitioner, to attain a miraculous result that no one else has ever attained before. But as Sifu Hearfield said earlier, if you don't learn the system systematically and correctly--from whomever, you'll won't get the foundation laid to enable self-healing and then later the healing of others. Regards, Sifu Terry