ChiDragon

1. That is exactly what you don't want to do. Not ejaculate or masturbate too often, it will build up gases and pain in the LDT(abdomen) . 2. Masturbate two days in the roll is not recommended. Your body is not suitable for that. Especially, you have no Chi Kung experience. Since you are having pain in the LDT, I have been advising people to use two fingers to press right below the navel to get rid of the pain. Thus you should do the same. At the same time while your fingers are depressing that area, you should feel a pulsating sensation and uncomfortable pain which are normal. You just continue depressing the area below the navel until the pain is soften or gone. Then the gas should be released and you should be back to normal again. It works every time. btw It is better to lay down facing up to do the finger depression. PS.... Your description is very common to those who masturbate too often without any scientific knowledge or experiences.

Yes, one can practice Tai Chi Chuan for years. However, as soon one wears a pair of boxing gloves, then he is nobody but a boxer. With the gloves on, one can only do a straight or hook punch. The only advantage is the Chi Kung breathing to maintain chi sunken to the dan tian to generate lots of jin for fajin. In addition, it is the Tai Ji kick on the chest to keep the opponent away. Another is a low side kick while the opponent is standing on one legs to get him off balance. If one who understand Tai Ji, one would know that all the techniques are with the hands for grabbing and holding. Indeed, with the boxing gloves, it deprives all the special hand skills of a Tai ji practitioner. The only thing one can do is to hold, not grab, the opponent's leg to throw him off balance.

It is because their lungs are fully developed for breathing and can do away with the belly.

If that is true, then why would all the Chinese fighters, in the videos, are only teenagers fighting against the most Thai boxers in their twenties....???

IMO The last fight was lost by exhaustion rather than any special skills. The Taiji practitioner has the advantage over the Thai boxer was the Chi Kung from Taiji practice which helped him to continue to generate his energy. Unfortunately, the Thai boxer had reached the lactate threshold and collapsed.

I don't know why you said that the guy doesn't use Taiji in fight, so he doesn't practice Taiji for fighting skills.....??? Do you practice Taiji yourself...??? In the first video, the first match in the advance level 18, the guy in red practiced Taiji for 9 years; and the one in black only five years. According to one of the judges, these guys are still young which lack of jin(勁) yet.

Question.... On the last two videos....??? What is your opinion about the size and strength of both, are they an equal or a fair match in the arena....???

After all that said, if you know what is the true definition of Qigong, then you should be able to determine it is real or not....!!!

Hi, DT What you said is true that Taiji teachers don't fight. It is because, nowadays, most people are practicing the art for healthy purposes only. Actually, the modern Taiji Quan you were referring to is only the first level of Taiji. For health purpose, that's all one needs to learn and practice. However, the art itself is a martial art as questioned by the OP. The most common techniques used in Taiji are grab and hold to get the opponent off balance. My argument was that with the boxing gloves with disable the ability for a Taiji practitioner. That besides the point, the modern Taiji practitioner can build a tremendous body energy in the muscles. Even unintentionally, one can get hurt pretty deadly. This just happened to me recently. I had practiced the art for years and develop a tremendous jin in my muscles. I have volunteered to teacher the art in a senior community. I thought I'll do a little demo with my jin and that was my worse regret in my life. I ask a lady to stand still and relax. I put my right lower arm against her left upper arm and applied a slight jolt(not a push) on her. I expected her to move side way and try to keep her balance. Instead, she didn't but fell straight down to the ground due to the unbalance of herself. She got up and said she was OK. She also start telling everybody how strong I was. Unfortunately, she came back the next week and told me she had blues on her buttock, right elbow and a bump on her head. My teach had warned me to be careful who I touch after a long time practice of Taiji. Now, I only do the demo on a person and be sure there is a wall next to the person to lean on. Indeed, Taiji is deadly even without the intention to hurt someone. PS.... I didn't know her physical condition. Afterward, the lead person of community told me she was sorry that I wasn't warn about the lady's condition. Anyway, the demo was not meant to put her on the floor. It was really just a slight jolt to demonstrate the jin.

They are only a source of energy but haven't converted to energy(ATP) yet.

Boxing is different from Tai Chi fighting. The boxing gloves are a big handicap for a Tai Ji practitioner.

Yes, energy can be stored but not for long. Eventually, the energy stored in a battery will be discharged. Beside, if we are talking about the energy in the human body. If it has not been used, it will be gone in seconds.

"the thighs are pressed against the abdomen" which restricts the movement of the abdomen from expansion and contraction for the UMB. Note: UMB: the Ultimate Method of Breathing.

No offense.... This is the worse position for breathing. Please be advised do not take this as standard practice.....!!!

IMHO..... I wouldn't say that a sage is like an idiot. Their minds are not empty but full of philosophical principles to be cultivated. Doing house work is to keep a living quarter in a sanitary condition. Watching TV will became a couch potato. What do you think...???

What harm could it be done...??? It could only burns up your calories. Isn't it.....???

Yes, QiGong isn't a martial art but it has the same effect as Tai Chi. Indeed, it is deadly too. You have to be careful who you touch....!!!

It is the body strength, jin(勁), developed from the diligent practice which is deadly. With the aid of each move, it is even more deadly. It is the self discipline of mental control not to hurt anyone which make it not so deadly.

Interesting question..... How many of you are learning or cultivating to master your emotions on TTB.......???

That is if, only if, A is not a sage.

In respect to a child, the idea of both terms.... 1. Prenatal was referred to that the DNA is still in the parents. 2. Postnatal was referred to that the DNA has been passed onto the child. Another concept for TCM..... 1. Prenatal Qi(氣) is the five grains and the air(Qi from Heaven and Earth), the sources of energy from nature, are provided for the survival of human after birth. 2. Postnatal Qi are the basic units for the body structure. The ancient Chinese Taoists were referred as Jing(精), Chi(氣), and Shen(神). Unfortunately, these three terms were never explicitly defined and spinning our heads.

Brian.... Thank you....!!! Unfortunately, I still didn't get an automatic notice in my email.

Brian.... Normally, when a member PM me, I get a notice in the email. The last three times I didn't. It happens to be that I have bookmarked the message section. My original question was how can I find the path to go to the message section initially.

In the mean time, since the email function is not working, how do we go about check our messages.....???

None, it is because I only see a monk meditating and don't see how it was related to Neigong. IMHO This logo is more suitable for a Buddhist forum. Sorry for the kill joy...!!!