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- From: twcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Terry Chan)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Is chi/ ki real?
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:18:31 GMT
- Organization: Department of Redundancy Department
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- RE An exchange between John Peter Wagner and me on Beijing University
- studies on chi.
-
- dcthomas@.vnet.ibm.com (Dave Thomas) writes:
- +
- +I'm not sure where this thread is going, but I think you guys are
- +up in the clouds a little. Ki exists in all of us. We don't have to
- +lift houses or make chickens implode with our ki to prove its existence.
- +Us normal grunts can use it in everyday life. Any decent martial arts
- +training should provide a glimpse (albeit fleeting at times).
-
- Nothing personal, I think people would argue that you are up
- in the clouds a little for believing in chi on the basis
- that you do. Aside from subjective impressions, I don't see
- how you can say that "Ki exists in all of us." Given that,
- and the unlikelihood of the net (or perhaps anyone) being able
- to come up with a scientific basis/proof for chi, I find it
- interesting to examine those that would claim to approach it
- that way.
-
- Terry Chan
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