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Thanks so much for the help, Earl Grey! Ace

So...are we saying that FPCK is ok when sick? Just wanted to check with those that have more experience with this particular qigong than I do. Thanks for the replies thus far!

Hello all, My wife and I are returning to Flying Phoenix practice after a very long absence. One quick question: is it ok to do the practice when you're sick (ie. A virus, bacterial infection etc)? I ask because I've been told in the past that some kinds of Qigong should not be practiced when. Thanks for any help out there!

Many thanks, Sifu Terry. I did remember your statement that eating something would dampen the effects of the FP practice. I've gone through a few energy ssytems in the past. Some advised waiting 30 minutes after practice for the activities in question; others presecribed an hour or more. I wanted to make sure my scheduling was in keeping with whatever was advised for FPCK. Your post has clarified this for me. As a side-note, I'd like to once again thank you for being so attentive and freely giving of your knowledge on this forum. Your posts made a great deal of difference to me as I was researching FPCK.

Thanks, mostly_empty. So far, I've been waiting at least 30 min after FPCK practice before bathing/eating/drinking/bathroom use etc. Just wanted to see what the guidelines might be for that. I appreciate your answer!

After months of reading and researching, I'm happy to say that I've started my FPCK practice and I find myself wishing I'd started earlier! I have a quick question to those who have been walking down this path longer than me: I'm aware of the "No eating for at least 30 minutes before practice" guideline. However, I'm struggling with the following: How soon after an FPCK practice session can you bathe, use the bathroom and eat/drink ? What are the preferred timeframes to get the most out of the practice? My apologies if this has been covered before; I have over 50 pages of notes but I didn't see anything there that would answer my questions and this thread is now an amazing 208 pages in length! Thanks in advance for any help. Ace

Hi All, Just wanted to report that I received my Vol. 1 DVD yesterday. I contacted Sifu Terry who deduced that my initial order was probably lost in the mail. Sifu Terry very generously mailed out another copy with tracking to ensure that this one would get to me. Looks like I'm finally ready to begin training in this system!

Many thanks for the e-mail address and advice, John, Sifu Terry: I just sent you an e-mail to the e-mail address that John referenced regarding the order that I placed two weeks ago. Hope to be training soon!

Quick question for those who have ordered from Interarts Productions. Can you tell me what the usual turn-around time might be on an order? I placed mine two weeks ago and have yet to receive it. Not complaining by any means...would just like to get started after all the reading I've done!

Thank you for the reply, Sifu Terry. I appreciate the insight and am eager to get my practice under way. I sent you a PM on an unrelated matter so as not to clutter this thread with extraneous material. Ace

I have read this thread all the way through and am ready to begin my Flying Phoenix practice. A quick question for Sifu Terry and/or any of the more experienced practitioners that might care to chime in: if I recall correctly from previous posts, Flying Phoenix Chi Kung has a beneficial effect on Taijiquan and Baguazhang practices. What effect might it have on Xingyiquan practice. Would it likely have a beneficial effect on "external" Kung-Fu systems such as Wing Chun and Northern Praying Mantis?

Sifu Dunn, Thank you for the PM. I sent an e-mail to your [email protected]. I very much appreciate your time & efforts!

As a point of interest (to anyone that may be interested) I just finished a session with Eric Isen, the medical intuitive that has been referenced in this thread a number of times. I gave him an extremely long list of practices and systems to test for benfits on me. Only three practices showed as having extreme benefits for my goals. Flying Phoenix Chi Kung was one of the highest-rated systems for me by far. Flying Phoenix appears to be synergistic with Taijiquan generally speaking from what I've been able to glean in reading this thread.. Does anyone know if it would be complementary with Chen-style Taijiquan in partcular and with Yin-style Baguazhang?

Ironically, I was doing research on another system when I accidentally happened upon references to the Doo Wai practices. That, in turn, led me to this thread.

Thank you for the reassurance, tao stillness. By the way, I have really enjoyed (and benefited from) your many posts on this thread.