Originally Posted by BoarSpear

Qi Qong is probably the toughest thing to find a "real" source for.

ALL of the Internal fighting arts REQUIRE oral instruction to compliment the movements if you ever hope to comprehend their meaning. The more "players" involved the easier it is to comprehend a subject. Movement along with a sound "works" better. If you can add a "picture" to the movement and sound it becomes more "substantial" add an application and MAYBE just maybe eventually the idea will take root. Thing is the only applications you can get a beginner see are the ones HE is capable of replicating. This causes people to get a false idea of how Internal arts "work" until they move out of a beginner's level (child level) of understanding. Thing is anyone with 25 years in the internal arts will tell you that they themselves are just a newborn in internal understanding. It is said that until you have white hair in your beard you CAN"T comprehend the internal arts (this assumes you began training as a child) because you have too much muscle and rely on this instead of technique. Now if its that freakin hard to understand things you can see (internal applications) imagine how hard it is to grasp (let alone TEACH) Internal training that has ZERO visible or audible indicators to help you understand what it is you are "feeling.

All our Chi gung is Martial for this reason, we have seated, standing and standing moving meditations. Unless you plan on taking Taiji along with Chi Gong, and unless you plan on investing MAJOR amounts of time and effort in each, take yoga.