Green Tiger

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"I'm going to try to hit you. See if you can prevent me from doing that."

Who could argue with that. Ask him how much he charges for a healing session. Or is that also covered in the book?

Those are just itty bitty rocks. They do not even come close to qualifying as boulders. I'm talking about something that weighs 500lbs. Something no other man could break, no matter how he hit it. So far, most of what I've seen looks like something that could be a magic trick. I'm not saying they are magic tricks, but they could be. Film him doing something that is clearly not a trick, like more of that laser-finger stuff. That would be tough to fake.

See if you can get him to demonstrate cracking a boulder in half with internal power. EDIT: Don't forget to film it!

I'd seen that last one before and was pretty impressed with it. Thanks for posting. I'm interested in his qigong healing methods. Does he use wai qi liao fa (energy projection) or is it more like a needle-less acupuncture? Also, it looks like he comes from a Shaolin lineage, is that right?

Welcome Arnaud! Did you study with Serge in France? I've heard good things about him. Where in Chicago will your school be located?

Tao Bums satisfies my need to discuss some of the more esoteric aspects of Chinese internal arts. Only a few of my T'ai Chi friends can feel energy and we really don't discuss it a lot. I've met some good people through Tao Bums (several I've met in the really real world) and I feel like some of the best Qigong and Neigong schools are represented here.

That would be truly impressive. In Power Healing by Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, he says: "In the beginning, I could hold this fixed position for only one hour. My legs and body ached. After reporting to Master [Zhi Chen] Guo, he told me, 'Not enough! Do it more and longer!' After that, I did it for two hours. I felt warm, even hot, and I felt strong inner power. My body felt as if it were expanding. Then I reported to Master Guo again, and he said, 'Not enough!' Next, I managed to do three hours. My whole body was boiling inside. Then I reported to him, and he said, 'Still not enough!' I tried very hard to follow my master's instruction in order to win his approval. I practiced the position for longer and longer, until I could hold it for five hours at a time. Then Master Guo smiled and said, 'This is your first step.'" -- Power Healing, page 30 Note: he was practicing san jiao, which is more like wu chi than ma bu.

My favorite part about this thread is the revelation that Sinfest was doing 5 mins of horse stance and not 5 hours.

You know what ligers are (aside from sterile)? Bad. Ass.

Great post, Brian. It reminded me of an Alan Watts quote: “As you make more and more powerful microscopic instruments, the universe has to get smaller and smaller in order to escape the investigation. Just as when the telescopes become more and more powerful, the galaxies have to recede in order to get away from the telescopes. Because what is happening in all these investigations is this: Through us and through our eyes and senses, the universe is looking at itself. And when you try to turn around to see your own head, what happens? It runs away. You can't get at it." Keep in mind, Watts said this 30 years before anyone was aware that the universe was expanding at an increasing rate.

While they're at it, they need to get those two NFL cheerleaders who got arrested to fight each other. Sarah Jones and Elizabeth Garner. Bikini mud wrestling, of course.

We do vote for them, after all. We get what we deserve. Back in 1909, the New York Times asked a number of authors to write essays on the topic "What is Wrong with the World?" G.K. Chesterton wrote the shortest response. “Dear Sirs, I am. Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton”.

I see a lot of people hating on him and calling him a liar, but I have still not seen any reason to believe he has done a poor job. I think he has done as good a job as anyone in that position could. Regan and Clinton left me with a sense that it would be good fun to be president. Bush and Obama have made me wonder why the hell anyone would want such a thankless job.

Yeah, I think it is tragic that it happened, but there is no way to know for sure if it was justified or not. All we have is the testimony of the killer, who is still alive. The dead kid can't tell his side of the story. It is in cases like this that I try to trust in karma.

Vagina dentata? never. I have encountered women who had remarkable muscular control, though.

Ditto on the listening and the dropping the MCO stuff. I find that my practice fluctuates (possibly due to inconsistency in practice) between feeling very smooth and even and light, to being very course and heavy and, sometimes jarringly violent.

Yeah, I dig his stuff. Never met him, but I learned a lot from Tao of Letting Go and Relaxing Into Your Being. His longevity breathing stuff is good too. I enjoyed Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body, but I never really used it for practice. I own The Great Stillness, but I haven't read it yet. I think it depends on where you're at with your practice and what you want to accomplish, but he has some very useful information. Some of it may seem expensive, but compare it to a year of martial arts classes at a local school. I considered buying his Hsing-Yi program, but decided I was already paying an instructor who knows Hsing-Yi; if I wanted to learn it I would probably be better off just asking him to teach me.

This really brightened my day.

You can't see it? http://thumbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/funny-space-view-satellite-aurora1.jpg

I wouldn't believe anyone who told me anything different.