philosopy and spiritual(?) concepts related to asian martial arts. Control of your own chi was part of that. I believe a lot of things that are considered 'spiritual' in nature are perhaps real phenomena that we simply can't now, and perhaps never will, explain.

Aloha nui loa Jeri; my sister.

You are ABSOLUTELY correct about martial artists directing ch'i.

I once saw on video tape a Qigong advanced student break a shaft of bamboo over his Qigong master's adam's apple when the bamboo should have crushed the Qigong master's trachea.

Sifu Richard Mooney (a Lin Gong Jing Qigong master) gives Qigong demonstrations around the country, and he is famous for knocking two lines of 6 people down without touching them. Mr. Mooney was an advanced student of Paul Dong. Mr. Dong wrote the book "Invisivle Force: The Ultimate Martial Art). Paul Dong once knocked down a line of 30 people while he was on the other side of a sheet of plywood, to the people could not observe him. or pick up any cues from him.

The study and manipulation of life-force energy is world wide.

Chinese called this energy ch'i; Japanese called it ki. Pueblo Indians called it Itaki, Cerokee Indians called it nuwati, Osage indians called it manitou, Hawai'ians called it mana, etc.

Acupuncture is, I believe, aimed at re-directing chi (please correct me if I'm wrong). For years, people involved in western

You are absolutely correct.

Accupuncture has been used to heal all kinds of maladys, and if memory serves; I once saw a report on a news proadcast like 20/20, 60 minutes, or something similar where an accupuncture therapist was helping heroin addicts break the heroin addiction.

of what he said up there?) I've become perfectly comfortable with the idea that I can't explain certain things. If a thing helps someone, or at least causes no harm, I have no problem with it. If a thing

Good philosophy

Maybe I could fix this stupid forearm problem, or numb fingers, or...

What is wrong with your forearm and fingers.

Two bears, you seem like a fascinating and gentle person, and if I should meet you one day, I'd be glad.

What part of the country do you live in. It's possible we may meet one day.

Aloha nui loa
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