ChiDragon

Do you think that acupuncture has anything to with the human nervous system? If so, how does it relate to it? Have you ever studied the sympathetic and the parasympathetic systems?

One sentence will not say it all. It is the principle that applies to all. Humans learn from the disasters to cope with them in the future. There is nothing to follow disasters in a negative way.

Two down, more to go!

IMO Follow nature doesn't mean to do exactly what nature does. It simply means to cope with nature. For example, flood is a natural cause of nature. The following action was dictated by nature is to avoid the flood by going to higher places. Indeed, it is not possible for human to create flood by following nature.

I was able to delete all the posts of JKJB in my PPD. I think it is very dangerous for us to have such option. May I ask the Adm to cease this option for future confusion and mistakes?

My bad. I was able to edit the posts but not deleting. However, I still can delete by editing all the contents and left with a period.

He sounds like that chi inside the body is the dependent factor for any practice. I don't believe that was the case. Originally, the amount of the internal chi in the body depends on the present heath of the body. The practice is to enhance the body to have more chi. For that said, the practice is the dependent factor for more chi. It is not the other way around. Peace!

OK, I didn't realize that I could edit others, but others cannot delete mine. Is that the case?

MMHO It is not what builds chi. It is what you practice to condition the body to generate more chi. Assumed chi is the body energy that one wants to increase the amount of. The practice of any types of movements coordinated with breathing will accomplish the body muscles to generate more chi. Chi is internal energy, it helps to perform the function of the body internally and externally. He said the opposite that Taiji doesn't produce chi is not quite right. He is right about just doing the moves does not produce chi. However, if the movements coordinate with the breathing and breathing coordinated with the movements, then, the body will be conditioned to generate chi. I have done this for forty years. It can be seen and justify in my PPD.

I was told that in France, once upon time, people fought with lots of kicking and it was very brutal. The government stopped all kicking in the fights. However, since Bruce Lee introduce Chinese Kung Fu to the world, the whole scenery in the martial arts industry has been changed to a very brutal fighting ground. I didn't realize that the MMA scene was that brutal until I had a glance of it. FYI The Chinese have a habit of signing a death certificate before going into the fighting ring. It is like a warranty not to have any liable responsibility or obligation for the death of the opponent. That is, also, indicates how brutal the martial arts was in ancient China.

Honestly, it is too brutal for me to watch. I took one glance at it, then quit.

Please keep in mind: Fighters who follow the rules get slaughtered.

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So far, I have not seen anyone has been disqualified yet. The fight continues no matter what!

The rules were made in 2000. Look at the MOST brutal knockouts viewed on Oct 17, 2022(in the video). Who follows the rules in the fighting ring?

What rules?

Sorry, I am a late comer to this thread. I was trained on Taiji for more than forty years for health. Thus my health have improved tremendously. Sorry to say, again, MMA is the only sport that has no rules. It involves all kinds of violent moves in the ring.

I thought that was what you meant 发劲(fa jin). In the video, the instructor made it sounds like he has special chi power. However, I think he was only performing fa jin. He was moving the opponent by getting him off balance. He ask the opponent to hold him real tight, so he can manipulate the guy. He also used a light weighted guy so he can push him away easily. Overall, he was use the fa jin trick to show his ability of being processed with special chi power. Peace!

By the inclusive TCM definition, besides it is the system, it was understood that qi is also implicated the function of an organ.

Yes, I know where you are coming from. I know a Chinese acupuncturist, Qiu Zhuoyi( 邱卓嶷 ), who teaches TCM in Santa Monica, California. He also practice western medicine. My wife went to him for an unknown illness that was unrecognized in western medicine. He treated her with both herbs and acupuncture for few months. One visit per week. My wife's problem went away. He told me there are two versions of teaching courses. One is for westerners and the other is for Chinese. The reason for that is some Chinese terms are hard to be explained in English. Thus they have to come up with a set of TCM language that the English speakers would be easily understood. The Chinese terminologies are very broad and inclusive. However, as long as the contextual meaning was understood is suitable.

Sorry, anatomy is 解剖学 臟 is human internal organs 脾臟 is spleen 心臟 is heart

Yes, it also could be meant that the spleen is malfunction(脾氣虛).

What do you all think about this? The spleen qi is weak!

Thank you! I will stay out of your thread. Peace!

How about hold your arms at chest level and loosen up the arm muscles. Do that for a few minutes at a time as a beginner. Let your shoulder muscles get use to the new stress that was never applied to them before.