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  5. Posted

    7 hours ago, Yang said:

    Please show me how 1. the moon phases relate to how we walk and run or 2. how it relates to heaven earth and hell or 3.  the 5 dimensions or existence. You won't find any of that in your link from 1000's of years ago


    I don't I understand your questions. I really don't know what is in your mind by those wordings. I don't see any relation between the moon phases and how we walk or run. Nor the relation with heaven and hell. Would you please define what are the 5 dimensions or existence.

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    41 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    In Wing Chun it's called Turning the Horse, it starts from the feet though or even the ground beneath the feet.

     

    I gotta ask you @ChiDragon respectfully I have you ever felt Chi, yourself or other people's for example?

     

    I ask respectfully, you talk a lot about science but have you never had an experience or a knowing that seemed to defy science?

    Yes, turning the whole body is also a method. However, the pivot point is on the ground. It is not as effective as turning the upper torso. InTaiji, the pivot point is at the waist. That makes the lower body more stable is because the feet are grounded that makes the body more balance and stable. Moving the feet on the ground will make the whole body unstable. The idea of a horse stance is to stand firm on the ground to give the body more leverage. Turning the upper torso at the waist give a better pivot point for the torque. The upper torso is acting like the arm movement of the torque as described in physics. Hence, turning the upper torso is more effective than just moving one arm.

    If the energy exerted by the muscles you called Chi, then, yes I do felt the Chi in my muscles. What I had talked about the cellular respiration that the ATP energy was releases by the mitochondria doesn't defy science. That is science. I know that is the energy what people were talking is Chi. Chi is energy, and energy is the ATP energy released by the mitochondria. Call it Chi if you like. It makes no difference to me. I know how my body functions and how it works! Do you?

  7. Posted

    39 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    What is Fajin?

     

    Stillness + Chi + Movement = Fajin 

     

    Add

    better Grounding, 

    better knitted together joints

    better muscular co ordination 

    better Kenetic Firing 

    better peng and song 

     

    better practice and loads of it.

     

    and yes @ChiDragon dude, better breathing. 
     

    = Better Fajin 

    Thanks TD!
    What you are describing is not Fajin. It is not about what is better, rather it is how to make it more effective for the execution of Faijn. The focus is on turning of the waist to produce a torque of the upper torso to exert the maximum power that the body can give.

  8. Posted

    On 9/18/2024 at 8:11 AM, doc benway said:

     

    Sure, what makes you think “all the systems do Fajin the same way?”

    In my experience, while there are definitely important similarities, different systems emphasize different training methods and techniques which lead to different expressions of fajin. 

    There is a big difference between Fali(發力) and Fajin(發勁).
    Fali is just an ordinary person exerting a force in any way. Fajin is a special technique to exert a force by a Taiji or other martial arts practitioner.

    What makes me think that all systems do Fajin the same way is the method of execution to Fajin. The most effective way to Fajin is to turn the waist at the point of execution. It is because by turning the waist will give a torque of the upper torso. The key to Fajin is the torque of the upper body that helps to produce the maximum power of strength.

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    18 minutes ago, Thrice Daily said:

    Breath in to lower, then middle, then upper

    I don't see how you can do that. The normal sequence of breathing is the air goes into the nostril, the throat, then the lung. Actually, your breath does not go into the abdomen. The Taoist thought it was. It is because when the lung is full of breath, the diaphragm goes downward causing the abdomen to expand outward. That was why the ancient Chinese Taoists thought the breath went down deep to the abdomen. It was only a manner of speaking.

  10. Posted

    6 hours ago, Rheor said:

    Wow this is very dynamic, what style is it ? I personally learned alone from watching David Dorian Ross. You seem quite involved and enjoying it too :)

    I am practicing the Yang 108 form. Some of the movements won't be seen on the present practitioners. I did not do the movements sequentially. I break them down and do it the way I wanted to. So, I don't have to memorize them in sequence. Taiji is not the form dependent but the diligent practice is. The coordination of the movements and breathing is the key to success in Taiji. To reach the realm of Taiji practice is when the breath had reached down to the abdomen. It has been known as sink chi to the dantian.

  11. Posted · Edited by ChiDragon

    7 hours ago, Rheor said:

    Tai Chi helped a lot, but it did not regulate energy in the trunk that much in my case. Yes breathing deeper and deeper, I didn't pay special regards to that, that was the missing link, extra care on deep diaphragmatic breathing. With that in mind I feel confident to practice more as I enjoy it a lot.

    You are not at the point to have the capability to regulate energy yet. It takes diligent practice daily for Taiji practitioners to get to that point. Wait until your breath have reached to the abdomen, then, you will be very stronger like you have never felt before. Keep up the good work.

  12. Posted

    6 hours ago, Rheor said:

    I meditated 30 minutes yesterday before sleep, it helped getting to sleep more easily with less pain. I focused on the lower abdomen, breathing deeply without forcing, I will keep doing that for now. While focusing gently on the lower abdomen and not concerning myself with the rest of the body, my breathing is deeper and more relaxed but still constricted between sternum and throat for known reasons.

    Thank you for your response. I am glad that you are meditating and breathing helps you in the meantime. So far so good, you are making progress. However, I think I have spotted your problem. Your problem in highlighted in BOLD. It seems that you have a serious breathing problem. You are not breathing enough oxygen into your body. Your brain only used a small portion of the oxygen from your breathing. That is not enough for your brain to function properly. Your headache was caused by hypoxia, lack of oxygen.
     

    Here is what you need to do. Instead of focusing to your abdomen, focus your breathing between the sternum and throat. In other words, first you inhale slowly deep down to the sternum, then exhale slowly from there. You should do that in your meditation.

    While doing Taiji, you inhale slowly on the first move deep down to the sternum. Exhale slowly on the next move. Just continue with the breathing sequence. Eventually, your breath will go down deeper and deeper to the abdomen. So to speak. Then, you may focus on your lower abdomen.

    Here is something that might help you to understand more about breathing. Use it as a guideline.

     

  20. Posted · Edited by ChiDragon

    1 hour ago, doc benway said:

    Feel what you feel, pay close attention to that, and trust in it!

    Label them this or that if you must, it helps communication.....


    Ofc with an open-mind, don't just trust the things that you might believed blindly.

    PS Things are subject to change!
    PPS You are a gentlemen and a scholar!

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    16 minutes ago, forestofclarity said:

     

    Not to mention a thread dedicated to defining what one of these terms means. 

     

    My impression is that people are all over the place, which leads to a lot of confusion and arguments. 

    Yes, that is true. If one doesn't stick to one definition, rather using multi definitions and terms from one system applied to another. Crossing systems is confusing like hell. I see that is what people are doing here for their arguments. 

  22. Posted · Edited by ChiDragon

    1 hour ago, Rheor said:

    Still doing a little bit of Tai Chi. At the moment I am getting migraine headaches and strong heart pain especially before major releases.

     


    Hi Rheor, you had not mentioned anytime about sleeping. How is your sleeping at night? Can you sleep right a way when you jump in bed? How is your breathing. What you do mean by doing a little bit of Tai Chi? Tai Chi is something has to be done daily and diligently as many times a day as possible. You must make progress in your breathing by breathing deeper and deeper from time to time along with your practice. Tai Chi has to be done correctly to get the right effect on your body. You should feel that you are stronger than before doing the practice. It is, also, that you can breathe deeper and deeper.

    Here is my practice demo, perhaps it give you an idea how it should be.


     

  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, Thrice Daily said:

     

     

    How important do you guys feel breath work is working with Lower Dan Tien . Do you bother with Breath at all in Neidan or just tend to release it to natural breath and yi instead to focus internally without placing emphasis on breath. 
     

    Im interested to know what a Neidan practice would look like if you were viewed practicing, sitting in stillness with relaxed breath?

     

    spontaneous movements? Hand mudras if they arise? 


    All martial arts and internal practice relies on breathwork. Without breathwork, one will accomplish nothing. Natural breathing depends on how deep can one breathe. Everyone has a different depth baseline of breathing. If one can breathe deep down to the baseline, then, it was considered to be the natural breathing condition of that individual. 

    A Neidan practice would look like, exactly, sitting in stillness with natural breathing as described above. I am assuming that you are talking about the kind of Neidan for health and longevity only. Nowadays, the term Neidan, people have changed the definition widely.
     

    Spontaneous movements?
    I am assuming that you  are talking about 自發功, Spontaneous Qigong. That is a form of Qigong which is dangerous to some practitioners who cannot stop the practice to ended. The practitioner may go insane under this condition.

    Hand mudras if they arise?  
    I had no knowledge of that. Perhaps it may be an esoteric term from other forms!

  24. Posted

    Just now, -ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- said:

     

     

    Come on you have to tell us who it is now!

    I don't know who he meant. He is always telling a half-S story. The real thruth has never been come out from him but empty bomb shells. He said he knew something but could not tell what it was. He can only tell you that it is not.