kung fu & cancer (& other health benefits)

[ba8fa]

I usually just surf this site and forums anonymously, but I wanted to share something that I thought was interesting. I was surfing the web regarding kung fu & health, and I came upon this website (not much content on it yet). This site talks about the health benefits of kung fu training. Anyways, there was one article I really liked about chi kung & exercise (particularly martial arts) for cancer (which is a topic close to my family). (There's also a good one on kettlebells, and some other stuff on nutrition.) Anyways, the cancer one has really been helpful for my family, and I share it with you in case it can be helpful to anyone:
http://sites.google.com/site/kungfuhealthfitness/

[David Jamieson]

Don't click that link and mods please remove this post.
There is an unusual element regarding the https value here.

also, your first post, promoting another site?
really?

that is spam.

DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK PEOPLE

[ba8fa]

I apologize if I do not understand the rules of posting (didn't think I had done something wrong). I just like the cancer article and wanted to share. Actually I would just copy and paste the article directly (but aren't there copyright rules against stuff like that?). I also thought the content was relevant to this community. Please advise on how I can better share info like this that has impacted me...

[Snipsky]

its better than posting a dubious link to hell.......

just copy and paste.

[David Jamieson]

I apologize if I do not understand the rules of posting (didn't think I had done something wrong). I just like the cancer article and wanted to share. Actually I would just copy and paste the article directly (but aren't there copyright rules against stuff like that?). I also thought the content was relevant to this community. Please advise on how I can better share info like this that has impacted me...

grab the article, copy it, paste it here inside of quote tags and credit the author.
the site is sketchy, it makes chromy go on alertzys.

[faxiapreta]

Don't click that link and mods please remove this post.
There is an unusual element regarding the https value here.

also, your first post, promoting another site?
really?

that is spam.

DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK PEOPLE

LOL @ Jimerson not knowing what he is talking about once again.

Of course a warning comes up if you enter it in as a secure https connection. They don't have an SSL cert because they don't need one for that page. Request a normal http connection and it is fine.

Try linking to the main Kung Fu forum here over https and you'll also get a warning: https://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/for...daysprune=&f=2

Does that mean this site is sketchy too?

[ba8fa]

OK -- I don't know anything about this https warning stuff. It works "normally" when I go to the site. In any case, I will do my best here (I am neither tech saavy, nor forum etiquette saavy, nor copyright saavy). A snippet from the article is:

"Fight Cancer With Martial Arts & Chi Kung Meditation
Studies show that exercise (and in particular, martial arts training) and chi kung meditation can help the body to fight (or prevent) cancer.

For various cancers, there seems to be a measurable beneficial effect after a certain amount of energy-expending exercise. And according to Dr. David Servan-Schreiber's book "Anticancer" (p. 207, Table 9), among the various physical activities measured, sustained martial arts training is one of the higher ranked activities, in terms of energy expenditure (measured in MET units).

In addition, studies have shown that chi kung meditation can help one to manage stress and can help to stimulate the body's immune system and natural defenses."
(Credit goes to the web site author above...)
And then the article goes into meditation studies, and immune system & blood cell response. And then it talks about exercise & martial arts, fatty tissue, hormones, inflammation & blood sugar levels. I don't feel comfortable copying the rest of the article because the website says the content cannot be reproduced or republished.

Anyways, this was helpful to my family (a couple members of my extended family have had different cancers); and this was the first time I felt strongly enough to share something online (I usually prefer to stay anonymous). I will be happy if the info I shared helps someone. However, if I have offended with poor forum etiquette, I am also happy to disappear back into anonymity (and keep the info to myself -- my family has already benefited from this anyways)...

[Lucas]

didnt helen liang's father teach her qigong for her cancer after modern medicine doomed her to death? and now she is all better and a champion.

[GeneChing]

I wish there was solid evidence that martial arts helped fight or prevent cancer. I really do. We've been monitoring such research here:
Tai Chi as Medicine
Qigong as Medicine

Does that mean this site is sketchy too?

This site is definitely sketchy. After all, we let all you yahoos post here for free.

didnt helen liang's father teach her qigong for her cancer after modern medicine doomed her to death? and now she is all better and a champion.

Opening and Closing the Gates of Heaven: Helen Liang's Triumph over Tragedy, Battling Lymphoma with Qigong, Tai Chi and Chinese Medicine by Martha Burr

[Lucas]

I wish there was solid evidence that martial arts helped fight or prevent cancer. I really do. We've been monitoring such research here:
Tai Chi as Medicine
Qigong as Medicine

This site is definitely sketchy. After all, we let all you yahoos post here for free.


Opening and Closing the Gates of Heaven: Helen Liang's Triumph over Tragedy, Battling Lymphoma with Qigong, Tai Chi and Chinese Medicine by Martha Burr

word. i knew gene had the goods

[ba8fa]

Just to clarify -- I know I didn't copy and paste the whole article (again for copyright reasons), but the article doesn't say kung fu or chi kung "cures" cancer. What it does is cite studies where, for example, meditation helped to increase certain immune cell response versus a control group, basically saying one group was fighting cancer better than the other group. Looks like (according to the article), the studies are detailed in a book called "Anticancer". When I showed the article to my family, I don't think anyone was thinking there was a miracle cure -- what they were thinking was that if they exercised more or maybe learned some chi kung, it might help help their recovery. And actually, I'm probably going to look for the book "Anticancer" on Amazon or something...

[David Jamieson]

dca cures cancer.

if wishes were horses, and beggars could ride, we'd be riding...

http://www.dca.med.ualberta.ca/Home/index.cfm

[SPJ]

my brothers are big believers in acupuncture

there are certain points will increase immune systems

including killing some cancer cells

but not all of them.

kung fu practice may massage some of the points

but if you have suspicions of cancer of any kind

go to see your family doctor then oncologist

have them biospy etc

chemo, surgery, laser, radiation etc are treatments of choice.

kung fu may not cure your cancers.

oncologist will.

[Hendrik]

The Shanghai Rehabilitation Club for cancer patients was established in 1989. in 1993, a survey was conducted of its 1,054 club members having cancer. The survey results revealed that 64 percent of the members having cancer had recovered. It was conclude that of those cured of cancer, 85 % were persistent in exercising GLQG
Some of the benefits from properly practicing GLQG therapy were improved s1eep, appetite, improved immune functions that contributed to preventing replaces and metastasis, improved quality of life, and prolonged survival.....

http://polariswushu.net/blog/2010/06...ouling-qigong/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKI6...eature=related

[bawang]

cancer can be cure.

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wing chun never be cure.

for wing chun euthanasia only option.