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- From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Chi
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 18:04:39 GMT
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- Reply-To: TWChan@lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
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- tekare00@nx13.mik.uky.edu writes:
- +
- +It has been my understanding that there are two ways to develop your chi.
- +One of the ways comes from India and involves using the breath to generate
- +and to move the chi (or the warmth). The other way comes from China.
- +This method uses the Tai Chi form or various excersizes to develop and
- +circulate chi. The breath in this method is not utilized. I must stress
- +again that this is only my understanding. This is what I have practiced,
- +and what has worked for me so far. I would more than welcome an opinion
- +form anyone else.
-
- I would suggest that this characterization is not correct. Most, if
- not all, moving chi kung exercises also place a premium on proper
- breath control to help stimulate chi movement. Of course, this may
- not be what you had in mind. A characterization that I've seen is
- that there are static and moving chi kung exercises. Breath control
- is important in both, but I find that the great (or perhaps greater)
- emphasis on mental visualization in static chi kung is a larger
- difference (except in the case of "spontaneous" chi kung, where they
- overlap).
-
- Terry
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