dubj
08-25-2002, 11:33 PM
Everyone knows of all of the stories about "superhuman" feats of martial artists. Well I thought it would be interesting reading any first hand stories that people here have of something amazing that you have seen your teacher or anyone else do that left you baffled and wanting to learn. This thread could easily turn to cr@p, but please share any serious stories you have.
The only one I have is when I had the energy drained from my arm by one of my teachers students. Me and a friend of mine volunteered to be the dummies. I was to hold my arm out straight in front of me while my friend tried to press my arm down without using his weight. He could only move my arm slightly. The senior student then used a pressure point on the inside of my arm and my friend tried again. When he pressed the point it didn't really feel strange, but when my friend pressed down with even less pressure than before, my arm had no resisting strength and it definately was weak.
I don't remember exactly but I am pretty sure he pressed a point on my temple to set things back to normal. My friend tried again and could barely move my arm again. I don't think it was some trick or hypnotism since it was my friend and I doing the demo, although that is still always a possibility. I believe it was the chi or energy meridians being disrupted and with skill it could be very useful in combat for blocking and sapping energy. That showed me one reason why sometimes my teacher can move my arms around like nothing. I am sure that the folks here have much better stories than that.
The only one I have is when I had the energy drained from my arm by one of my teachers students. Me and a friend of mine volunteered to be the dummies. I was to hold my arm out straight in front of me while my friend tried to press my arm down without using his weight. He could only move my arm slightly. The senior student then used a pressure point on the inside of my arm and my friend tried again. When he pressed the point it didn't really feel strange, but when my friend pressed down with even less pressure than before, my arm had no resisting strength and it definately was weak.
I don't remember exactly but I am pretty sure he pressed a point on my temple to set things back to normal. My friend tried again and could barely move my arm again. I don't think it was some trick or hypnotism since it was my friend and I doing the demo, although that is still always a possibility. I believe it was the chi or energy meridians being disrupted and with skill it could be very useful in combat for blocking and sapping energy. That showed me one reason why sometimes my teacher can move my arms around like nothing. I am sure that the folks here have much better stories than that.