Chi is Real Brothers ignore the skeptics

[SOCOMSASGsG9]

heres my take on chi. i dont claim to understand chi, but if i had to guess, it would go somthing like this.

(this is gonna be long)

chi is energy. chi, or qi, is internal energy. its not some mystical 6th sense that helps you see the future. my teacher calls chi "bioelectricity". when you use chi, your more focused on what you want, on generating power, on holding your ground, that you are able to do it. when a person does tai chi, and chi kung, he is building his bodys chi.

no, chi isnt some kind of star wars "the force" or anything like that. if doesnt enable you to fly, but it does enable you to do things other people cant. when you lift weights, you build your muscles, when you do chi kung, you build your chi. most people dont do chi kung, which is why it seems to most people to be fake. bioelectricity is real, it is what gives us energy, and that is what chi is.

consider this story: hundreds of years ago during a revolt a monk (who was a kung fu/chi king master) got attacked by a soldier. according to the story, the monk killed the soldier without thouching him. do i believe that story? im not sure, i believe the power of chi, but i dont think it is that drastic.

here is a more realistic example: my tai chi instructor went to a seminar once, in which he saw a tai chi master put a phone book on a persons back, and then he hit the book. when he removed it there was the masters hand print on the guys back.

i think that is what chi does. that is what enables bruce lee to send a person back a couple feet with a puch delivered from 2 inches away. it is what enables the 65+ years old yang zhendou (grandmaster of yang style tai chi) to stand there grinning while my 30 year old instructor trys to push him over.

now, when it comes to sensing danger, our body is very mysterious. its not some kind of chi thing that helps us sense danger. you see, your walking down a city street in the ghetto by a bunch of back alleys. now, its noisy, cars, traffic, people talking and shouting, but as you pass an alley you turn to your right and see a large man holding a knife coming at you. is that chi? i do not believe so. i think it is more likely that your brain sensed somthing you didnt. your brain heard the opening of the knife, and by instinct you reacted to it, even though you wouldnt think about the sound, or even realize you heard it. now, when it comes to turning around and seeing somone looking at you, somtimes i experience that, and i have no explination for it. except that i am paranoid. but i think for the average human paranoia has nothing to do with it.

now, i was also disturbed by the statement that kung fu is a religion. now, im a christian, and i dont think God is gonna send me to hell because i take kung fu. if i started worshiping chi (as some people i have seen posting here seem to) then God would be mad. but kung fu is not a religion.

does what im saying make sense? i hope it does, but let me know if you have a question.

[jubaji]

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[Ghost]

i hate the stories that start "hundreds of years ago a monk..."
This is always the starting point, if you know any monks you will know they are ordinary people that have simply dedicated themselves to some degree towards something.

Then you get the, my instructor stories..my instructor once met...once with his instructor...and then follows the unlikely nonsense that means nothing.
I mean like above, a telephone book on his back and hand print is left or some nonsense. What the hell is that meant to be.

There are simply no examples of chi out there. might have a look on youtube to see if i can find anything. Chi does not exist. if it did we would simply all be aware of it. I think weak minded people like to have something to hold on to mentally that they think gives them some extra strength that others dont have.
I dont like the shaolin monk examples either, there are kids in china doing the same and in russia and so on.

[Bjjexpertise@be]

The good old "fanman" days huh? That was before we got our trolling sh*t under control.

[DickHardman]

Hi Brothers,

Indeed chi is real and it is the life force which compounds us all.

Once one develops and manipulates chi he is able to utilize it protect
himself from danger. The chi can help build the 6 th sense that our
ancestors once had but have lost since we became "civil".

I recall after performing a heavy chi kung session i packed my bags and
went to the airport. All of a sudden as I placed my bags through customs.

I could feel my 6 th sense kicking in and telling me that my bags would be lost
When i arrived on the otherside and went to collect my bags they had been
lost in transit..

Unfortunately as humans we must learn to trust our own animal instincts and
this is chi.

nah this guy is legit. some people do have like a 6th sense. perception, instinct, intuition, telekinesis... etc.... whatever you want to call it. but i know for a fact i have this power, cause i can predict the outcomes of many events. for example, every time i approach a woman i get the intense feeling that she is going to flat out reject me once i talk to her, and sure enough i am always correct. in fact, i have never been wrong once. so obviously i realized that i had psychic powers to a certain degree, since i can predict certain future events. the same thing happens every time i am about to enter a Hooters restaurant, for some reason i get this feeling that im going to end up leaving the place intoxicated, and sure enough every time i leave Hooters im piss drunk. so i know for a fact that im one of those people who uses like, a way larger percentage of their brain while most people only use a very small portion or whatever.

[zirk]

I once thought about a friend, and then the phone called and it was him.

oooh. Chi.

ops, I thought about my friend many times, and he did not call. Disturbance in the force ?

Do not place coincidences as 'supernatural'.

Being a bit bold, I will tell what chi realy is.

When all energy is lost, and some people manage to raise that last bit of strenght to raise arms and throw a final punch.. that is chi,

Fighting spirit. Human determination. It is what seperates most people from those who are able to push their body the last mile beyond what they are 'able' to. It is the willpower that enables some to go the extra mile.

The chinese call it chi, we call it spirit, determination and will.

It is as simple as that. Anything else is BS.

my 0.5$

[DickHardman]

to be honest, there were some times when i sparred hard for a very long time in muay thai, and afterwards id be sitting on the bench to the side and id be feeling a weird sensation of energy flowing through me. i felt like i was glowing or something. could that be chi??

[Wilks123]

Thats just probably the feeling of your adrenaline still.

I did Kung fu for nearly 3 years and I was told chi was just like oxygen and helped you to relax and meditate i dont think it is any specific special force. It just seems like a method of relaxation and focusing, people have probably just changed its meaning and added their own thoughts about it, so it probably dosent even resemble what it used to be in the first place now. Most things over time get changed and remade over time, and thats what i think has happned to Chi. Just like that game chinese whispers.