ChiDragon

Yes. You are very good in tracking information. IMO You are a scholar and a lady.

I believe Qigong was a derivative of Yoga which introduced into China by Dharma.

You can watch it here.

This is what westerners thought the definition was for 氣功: 氣: energy 功: work

Meditate without the UBM is not practicing Qigong at all. Qigong must be performed with the UBM. There is no restriction on which one to be used, either one will work. Normally, the ‘reversed abdominal breathing’ was used during combat situations.

For those who practice Qigong or do not understand what Qigong is all about. I would recommend that please stick with this definition to accomplish the goal in martial arts.

No, it is not any different. Abdominal breathing is the ultimate breathing method(UBM) that all practitioners wanted to achieve without realizing it. All martial artists are familiar with the UBM. Otherwise, they can't perform martial arts.

Meditation is sitting at any or lotus position while doing the abdominal breathing exercise. How does it work? The breathing will bring the oxygen, from the air, into the body to produce energy. That is why people always think that Qigong is energy work; and ignored that breathing was the main part.

Yes, it was understood meditation is part of the practice for Qigong.

Yes, it is Qigong. What else could it be?

The high level Shaolin monks practice and teaches Qigong which is breathing. Tibetan Monks also.

If you want to feel better Qi, just learn to breathe more of the fresh air in a green environment with lots of trees and plants. Qi is free, you just have to know how to obtain it by breathing Qi into your body system. That is why it is called Qigong.

Sorry, I can't think about it now. Thanks for asking!

Yes, it was the case. I left here and was invited to go there. I came back here twice which means I was here three times. During the three-time period, I had seen three different groups of people presented here. The attitude of the people, here, had changed quite a bit. Some hostile people are gone, and people with various attitude remains. Still, sadly, the new comers did not stay long.

The result the sameThe result happens twiceIt must be trusted

grow your own applesThe divine grows naturalTrust in the result

Yes, I can. 是，我可以

May I ask what are you practicing?

Yes. That is what you said they are.

Here is more choices of his videos. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Tien+Shan+Nei+Kung#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8b38b243,vid:wwmMSg8X4Z0 All his moves may be considered as Taiji movements in a non-traditional way. It is because he did the moves faster. You may slow it down to any speed that will give you the same Taiji effect with proper breathing.

This is his video on YouTube.

The last time I heard from him in the Original Dao Site, he is a hermit in an Arizona mountain rebuilding his house.

Steve's user name here was '@Starjumper'. Perhaps some of you may look up his old posts on the site!

@awaken It seems no one has a good definition of Qigong(氣功). Since your Chinese and English are very good, I would love to hear the insight from you in both languages. Would you please give us a little introduction in Qigong in a simplest way as possible? Thank you! Edited 1 minute ago by ChiDragon

@awaken It seems no one has a good definition of Qigong(氣功). Since your Chinese and English are very good, I would love to hear the insight from you in both languages. Would you please give us a little introduction in Qigong in a simplest way as possible? Thank you!