ChiDragon Posted December 12 23 hours ago, Thrice Daily said: Visualisation for example.it’s not a modern invention… you must realise, the mind doesn’t think in words, it thinks in pictures… The memory works that way, the senses give us input and lock us into our nervous system. A nervous system so incredible it cannot even distinguish reality from a visualisation (if the visualisation is absorbing enough) the nervous system will totally change … So you see it is thought and intention that has power to guide chi just as much as oxygen and food… I got you. So visualization is 意(YI) , the intend. I see what you are saying. You are following the traditional explanation that I am not so fond of. I believe that oxygen was delivered to the cells by blood circulation. The glucose from food was decomposed by oxygen into energy. The body system do it automatically. It does not require any will power. It was known as metabolism and self healing is part of the process too. Self healing does not require any will power. Just provide oxygen and food to the body will do. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted December 12 (edited) 9 hours ago, Thrice Daily said: I don’t know why you express opinions as truth, it really damages your reputation on here. In that case, I am willing to step out of the thread if you would like me to! Edited December 12 by ChiDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- Posted December 12 8 hours ago, Thrice Daily said: i don't mind to be honest, we can form mountains out of rock if we drip enough water on them. The problem is engaging will derail the thread and go completely off topic as per usual. Many such cases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrice Daily Posted December 12 6 hours ago, ChiDragon said: In that case, I am willing to step out of the thread if you would like me to! I really don’t mind , but I would rather you focused on Yijinjing , there is a lot to be said about it, here are some of the places I’d like to take the thread the people, the places and the practices of early practitioners mainly earlier on from year 600 ad onwards (before can be interesting too though) Taiji, I-Chaun, Hsing-I, Bagua, all deserve their own threads in my opinion so I’m more interested in keeping to Yijinjing as much as possible,,, however offshoots, hybridisations and earlier imaginings , roots/commonalities are still welcome here. Although it would be good to see something more obscure than typical if you wanna mention other arts. Practice experience , hints, tips, tricks, dos and donts, pros and cons. Comparisons with other practices, suggested adjunct exercises, complimentary exercises to Yijinjing etc etc , subjective experience insights , that would be brilliant, if you had experience just jump in with a comment and keep it going? that’s about it really, where it came from, who practiced it and how, then how modern folk practice it, understand it. Yijinjing , anything to offer on the subject at all you’re free to offer. And if in disagreement to points that’s great ok, just try to keep it about the YJJ History - Notable Characters - Theory or Practice… hope that helps 👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrice Daily Posted December 12 I would be interested to know how Yijinjing affects Motor Units - firing rates ,,, And my specific question would be , could exercises like Yijinjing sets (typical martial ones let’s say) off the the loss of Motor Units. This video suggests that by age 70 we could have lost 40% of days units [and no way to get them back] So we are not talking muscle size per se, we are talking about the motor units that fire them, for strength power swiftness and precision. I wonder if studies have been done to ascertain what this sort of intensity and repetitious stretching, contracting and relaxing exercises does for the central nervous system and specifically the preservation of more motor units for later on in life??? I figure study on the effect of later arts that still hold true to the Yijinjing principles may be of use in answering this question with at least some accuracy. I hope so I’d really like if someone could chime in with some empirical data … Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thrice Daily Posted Thursday at 10:16 PM Looking forward to getting back to this thread. I’ve given myself rather a lot of work to do over the next month so it’s taking up almost all possible time. Until then here are some exercises to keep things loose bit of nice Qigong in there as well splendid… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
