It is possible to throw someone by touching them lightly, but not to throw them without touching them from miles away (as far as I know). I have heard of "Masters" who could flip people from a distance, but it turned out they could flip only those people who were their pupils.
Clint
I know a Lin Kong Jing qigong master Sifu Richard Mooney who is known to knock down two lines of 6 people (total of 12 people) from across the room without touching them.
His teacher Paul Dong once knocked down a line of 30 people on the other side of a sheet of plywood.
I would much rather throw energy 2000 miles for healing.
Clint, in my understanding chi is not magical at all, but a natural force, subtle and invisible - like gravity. It seems incomprehensible and "paranormal" to the Western mind only because
Daylia: You are absolutely correct. Ch'i, mana, ikaki, manitou, prana, nuwati, Ki, and many other names for it is neither magical or paranormal.
As a fist step however I would recommend skipping the martial side and going for Qi Gung. A good bit of deep breathing and Qi (Chi) stengthening will help to rid you of the need to fight in the first place :-)
Dave the gnome posted that if memory serves, and I replied with something like "I wish that was correct"
The explanation is that as a child in school, and the abuse I received at home; the scool principal and others in the schoos system dictated that I be trained in the martial arts "So that young man can learn some self control and self discipline.
All the martial arts did for me was turn an SOB into a dangerous SOB, and I left three of my school teachers lying in the floor.
Deep breathing and Qi development is a tremendous help; but it is NOT a panacea.
People need to receive proper training, and I certainly did not. I was taught how to break things and hurt people, and I did that in spades.
After Tsang took me under his wing, and taught me Qigong the right way was I able to tame the monster within. One day I just got it.
"My thoughts and emotions affect the world around me. Every day I wake up; I am given the choice to be a positive influence or a negative influence" then I started choosing to be a positive influence.
I just did not want people falling into the trap of thinking deep breathing and developing ULE to be an instant cure.