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I'll try to explain some of the mechanics of the explosive strike here. When I do it, which is rare, I don't think about energy at all, so it isn't required. I have noticed though, that if you store up energy in your body and then use the right posture that a fajin does tend to pop out automatically, so possibly building up chi power helps but like I said I don't think about it and one doesn't need to focus on their energy in order to do it. Technically there are other types of fajin, but the one referred to by the masters of old is the explosive strike using a short motion. The short motion is required to make it more explosive. A few points that are involved are that you need to be very relaxed and soft in order to do it, and you need to imagine that you are hitting something a couple of inches on the far side of the object you will be striking in order to generate the penetrating power. The structure of the body that is involved forms sort of an 'S' shape and the movement is initiated by a snapping motion of the waist, which you mentioned, as if the kidney area suddenly expanded, which may be why you also mention your kidney area. It is also good to train your fast twitch muscles, which is something that most chi kung does not address. So the waist snaps forward suddenly, with a feeling a lot like a sneeze, and two waves go out, like waves that go out a whip. One wave goes up and out the arm to the hand, and another wave goes down the leg to the rearmost foot. Once when I did it my foot slipped back and that took the power out of the hand motion. Another thing that is involved is that the shoulder moves down ward and the intent of the hand is also downwards, a lot like a hammer strike, but with an open palm the way I do it. You can look for some of these elements in the video I made which shows a one inch strike in slow motion and with bare arms. Here is that video: I'll make another video later of some of the motions that you can practice in order to refine the ability. Questions are invited.