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- From: joshg@athena.mit.edu (Josh Gagliardi)
- Subject: Is chi/ki real?
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- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:34:47 GMT
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- As a beginning (one year) Aikidoist and an engineer, ki is a troubling concept:
- here are the two definitions I switch between depending on mood:
- 1) Ki is what I feel (albeit rarely) during the balanced and extended execution
- of certain techniques on the mat
- 2) (More cynical) The concept if ki creates a desirable effect in the
- musculature of a martial artist who is holding the concept in mind. Much the
- way in any other activities one is told to "Think of x" while learning becuase
- by picturing x correct form is achieved through association.
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- We lowly beginners can only trust the masters who tell us to learn ki
- extension.
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- --Josh Gagliardi (joshg@athena.mit.edu)
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