Master Logray

There are several dimensions of Jin. The basic dimension is how to increase the force one has and, as important, able to concentrate it into a single point. The 8 big Jin are applications of the Jin as Steve said. They can be applied with any part of the body and in any way. The third one, which is not visible and often ignored, is to prepare or create the environment for the Jin to apply. e.g. the user needs to dislodge the balance of the opponent and thereon he can throw him away long. Otherwise, the skill, the Chi can only increase the force of a person to a certain extent only. Taichi experts cannot be automatically become powerful weight lifters.

I would offer a geographical view point. Tibet is the most inaccessible part of the world. While it certainly had exchanges with the outside, but would it have been so narrowly restricted.

The translation of Jin to be explosive force seems quite good for usual discussion on this forum. However I googled there are 40 types of Jin. 粘黏劲、走劲、公劲、引劲、拿劲、发劲、借劲、开劲、合劲、提劲、沉劲、掤劲、捋劲、挤劲、按劲、采劲、扌列劲、肘劲、靠劲、长劲、截劲、钻劲、拨劲、搓劲、撅劲、卷劲、冷断劲、寸劲、分劲、抖跳劲、抖擞劲、折叠劲、擦皮劲、虚临劲、凌空劲等

Taichi has no fighting abilities if merely training for basic body qualities and Chi, or learning exerting forces/moving centres of gravity. So the system has build up different levels of training exercises. Solo - visualize engage with an enemy Push Hand - 1st time interactive training with another Taichi person. Loose Hand - engagement within the Taichi system vs Taichi player or someone who learned other martial arts Comparing and Testing - actual "gentle" competition On stage/ring Genuine street fight One can see the transition to be more realistic as levels change. Push hand can be turned into a competition with strict rules, but is far from realistic fight.

Really? Some Gulf nations have foreigner from all over the world and occupy more than 70% of their population. Some smaller European states have more than 50%. And how about New York? Los Angeles is inherently not very multinational when it has a big ocean to its side and the only neighbour is Mexico. It is said to be true for animals and plants, but does it apply to humans when we have a society? Indeed when a pandemic comes, the more diversity means some people would be spared and become the source for cures. But from another angle, when sickness strikes, the cures or vaccines would be developed for the majority only or at least for initial period. The minority would be left to themselves. Nowadays pharmaceuticals don't have sufficient incentive to develop medicine for some sicknesses simply because the target group is not big enough. Money also determines evolution these days. By the way it is generally observed for a long time that Chinese and European mixed are more beautiful, stronger, smarter than their parent sides. Yet they also age faster than normal. There are pros and cons in mixing races.

Both ways. TC, as you say, getting higher. It all started mainly for the imperial court students that grand master Yang taught in Peking. They could not be exhausted too much. Later Wu Style was famous for its development of "inch Jing" which means exert a sizable force with very short pull back before the strike. They didn't need to go very low to bounce back. But nowadays China TC teachers and athletes are going very low, as much as look like mopping the floor. It is because they employ Olympic gymnastic athletes to teach. They can go very low and look impressive. In contrast, the traditional martial people would not and cannot go that low even for training mode. In real life application, the combatant must not go low, it reduces flexibility and response time. An intention to lower the CG is sufficient.

I read that an US marine said, Taichi cannot deal with a determined opponent. He roughly reflected your opinion - what to do after unbalance an opponent and throw him to the ground. In Chinese Kung Fu as in worldwide fighting systems, there are many dirty tricks. These are not shown during fake demonstrations or trainings like push hands, or not allowed during matches. In Chinese language, no one really calls it martial arts (the term does exist), but normally refer to as martial techniques, techniques only.

Then why the people in California not moving away when a big earthquake certainly comes sooner or later, along with fire and other issues.

AI is giving the slave owner a perfect tool to control. It is not slavery by itself. However if it is AL, artificial life form, then ultimately we would involve in being slave of AL/AI or we enslave them.

Such predictions only started to be somewhat realistic after the atomic bomb. In the old days, nothing and no one can destroy the whole world. But endless is a good word.

Not theoretically, China schools use this kind of system in class room already. They can monitor your micro expression and movements.

Jacky Chan too. I think in the Sifu or fathers' mind, that I have endured all those inhuman conditions, now it is your turn to pay. It happens to many other professions too.

I think perpetual pain is badly wrong for that system, provided everything is the same i.e. if you have no pain, then go lower, pain comes back, get used to it, no pain, it is normal. If the person due to many reasons, cannot utilize this system, then it is better to adjust or even abandon it. How the leg comes into being discussed. ZZ is mainly for alignment or sinking Chi, sometimes for meditation. Leg strength can be trained in 1 month, and not necessarily by Taichi or ZZ. Body strength or even neck strength in ZZ does require more time.

That depends on which type of Buddhism is or which type of Taoism. Chinese Buddhism like Zen historically mixed with Taoism quite well . But it may not be true for other branches. Another viewpoint is the level. When it is more elementary more technical more restricted in scope, then one cannot assume mixing of practices is safe. It is even true for mixing different Taoist practices.

Saruman's corruption probably came from owning a property. His tower needs lots of resources to build and maintain. Other wizards like Gandalf lived poorly. Even the Rohan King didn't have a proper palace. Owning huge property is not good for maintaining spiritual development.

Illness is often a messenger for other illnesses.

As far as Chinese is concerned, high level cultivators, big religious figures, scholars, Chinese medicine doctors, qigong teachers, kung fu masters, even ZhengYi Taoist who do ceremonies and rituals, usually don't have the power, skill, knowledge and exposure to counter black magics. With luck they could solve some problems but not all, and not fully. Energy alone is not useful in many circumstances. Find the right person by trial and error perhaps. Another reason is the physical component. For example, in south west China and south east Asia, there is a kind of magic called Tame Head or Gong Tau. They have all the black magic stuff as in other parts of the world. But since these areas are tropical jungle and inhabitants are not primitive tribes, their in depth knowledge in plants, insects, animals and how these interact, are not surpassed and remain largely unknown. When these biological/physical components are applied in conjunction with normal black magic, it is unstoppable. In the old days, many Hong Kong men went to south east Asia, they frequently involved with local women. Normally it was just transaction and fake love. However sometimes both sides went deep and developed some genuine feelings in addition to attraction of money and outward appearance. Some women wanted to keep the men forever and used Gong Tau, with the help of magicians. The men was told they can go back to HK but had to return within one or 2 years, or cannot leave the country at all. If not, they would face horrible death. Sometimes the men, realizing their situation, would ask for help from HK's own Gong Tau Sifu or other Taoist sects priests to help. And there came the international magical war. There was a founder of most famous TV station in Chinese community in the world and he also being descendant of a powerful family in Singapore and HK, who said to have encountered this kind of unfortunate incident. He went back and developed sicknesses, both western and Chinese doctors could not do anything. During his autopsy, bugs were found climbing out from his body. Another version his body was full of Amoeba like organisms. It was almost a romantic tragedy, because some Gong Tau would exact a price on the requestor when attack is serious, it means both will die. If this was true, then the magic was potent because they have physical characteristics in addition to curses, deities help or symbolic magic. The victim is geo located - cannot leave a certain region taking into account the temperature and humidity. It also contains a timer, the disease would not blow up within a specified dormant period. Sometimes a grace period is allowed by ingesting additional substances, that means a suppressant or stimulating the immunity system temporarily. The lesson from then on would be never have feelings when visiting these countries for intimate company or pleasure, never visit the same establishment again and never the same woman, pay fully, beware of spiked drinks and food. Nowadays it is not heard of any more. Back to the Kurdistan situation, I think severing the delivery mechanism could help i.e. burn everything that taken out from Kurdistan, or sell them. If it is important, cleanse it with holy water or salt water, bring to churches, put it under the sun, buried in the ground or whatever popular in your countries. If it had been serious, cutting the hair or shaving the head might even help. Just in case there are some physical components embedded somewhere.

Dan Tian means a field which is for growing/building of elixir. A paddy field is used to grow rice. A vine field is for growing grapes. A construction site is for building a house. The meaning is on the "Site". It is not for storage of Chi, there are many words for storage, not need to use a "field". It is not an oil well, otherwise it would be called Dan Spring, Dan Well. The idea to build a Dantian is even more problematic when many Neidan and martial arts lineages place little importance on it. e.g. some schools' Dantian is at the back, outside of the body, near to the body, above the head etc. How to "build" in these locations? While many Kung Fu that stress mobility, agility, do not "sink Chi to Dantian" as it impair moving and particularly jumping ability.

Sorry, I mean would practising dark arts endanger the person from other humans like religious fanatics, especially Iraq and Yemen ?

Nuralshamal is multi racial. Does practice black magic in these countries bring great risks?

If eastern alchemy worked, there would not have been eastern internal alchemy.

What is the common geographical term for England, Scotland and Ireland together?

I do Swimming Dragon a bit. I used to find a video that says it solved a huge problem, but can't locate it. Nowadays I am a bit worried that the knees could face problem in side way motion. So just don't do it too much.

Black Magic: Peculiar things do exist. For normal people, it is better to follow the Confucian attitude - respect the ghosts and gods but keep a long distance. A Taiwan mystic has encountered a statue fallen from an abandoned temple. She set it up again but found something try to attach to her. Then she was angry and kicked it down slope. So even with "proper" religious setting, one should be careful. Karmic Debts: While other problems can be solved by ZhengYi magicians, Karmic Debt cannot. It could be an excuse when the Taoist cannot do anything. The normal solution is cultivation, following a proper Taoist/Buddhist religion, good deeds, good diet etc. Burning joss papers said to help too if it is not so serious. Local spirit kings: In Chinese community, every home or grave used to have a Shen of the Door, which is a red wood plate which says the dragon kings of 5 directions, Lords of the location, God of fortune. We could offer incenses and wine once a year, or even daily. It is mainly to avoid evil spirits coming in. They mainly act as a protection service. Conceal Blessings: It used to be common in Chinese traditions. You downplay everything, down dress. Spirits follow home: Going to casinos would said to dampen your 3 fires of powers. Going to hospitals/funerals would also be a problem. It is better to go to some noisy places, have food with others, get some sunshine, before directly go home. In short, similar to spy stuff.

Really? the English/Scottish/Irish got their Druids, pagans, witches and wicca. Nowadays they even have Harry Potter.