Originally Posted by
tiaji1983
I am an internal stylist. I am still wondering about some of the demos out there. I can personally say Qi exists because of my experiences. Then again anyone out there that hasnt experienced it can call me a liar or a fake, or say that I was fooled by my teacher or myself, but I know what I experienced. Saying that, I also realized during my practice that a LOT of the demos we see today are fake, and can be explained by proper body mechanics.
Those of you that believe in Qi, and have experienced it for yourself, I have some questions I would like answered.
I have seen demos of "masters" standing in a bow stance, with a student in a bow stance facing them. Without first unbalancing the student, or touching thier center, or stepping through thier center, the teacher will strike or touch the student and send them flying 15-20 feet. How do you do that? If their off balance its easy, if you touch thier center you can move them, but without the students help I have never seen someone go that far. I understand its easier to push someone if you put your intention behind them, but my sifu can let you feel his qi from across the room and cannot make them go that far. How can someone do that, is it a hoax?
I have seen videos of the mysterious "empty force". I can feel my sifu's qi from across the room when he sends it, but he cannot make me move without my will to move. I read the book empty force, and practiced standing on stake for at the least 30 min a day for a year, and no results. Please dont refer me to the book but explain, how do they do it?
I have seen demos with the old masters doing push hands. The student will attempt a move and then suddenly go flying. This has been explained to me as no matter what stance they are in, they have a weakness, you use thier tension and push towards the weak spot in the stance. In order to do that the opponent would have to be VERY tense, but they are doing this against Taijiquan students who are supposed to have sung, and are not yet pushing. How and why does this work, or is it all a hoax?