![]() My personal beliefs however keep me from believing in mystical energy. I find there is something of value to be learned by studying ki. ![]() I've only spent around a year actively persuing ki. Anyone can take them to heart, or ignore them as they see fit. What I have written are personal observations. I would hope that all our lives are filled with such instructors.ĭon, what you have written are common popular beliefs. Who wants to lose their mobility by having a hip or knee replacement?įinding a good instructor is close to miraculous. Years of repetitive injuries can also take it's toll. It makes no sense to build your body and mind over the years, only to be stopped by a senseless training accident. However it's also important to do these activities safely. When used selectively, randori and sparring can greatly enhance a person's martial understanding. ![]() Concepts change and instructions change with it. Currently the Ki Society has moved past that and doesn't feel that particular image is worth pursuing. It's interesting that you're using the fire hose image (torrent of rushing water) for unbendable arm. At higher levels, psychology can win or lose the conflict before it begins. Even if that mind is the subconscious part of your being. You will always need a mental extension because you will always be a body united with a mind. You have to patiently look at things and constantly test them before arriving at any tentative conclusions. Sometimes people are too quick to dismiss "mystical teachings" into physical mechanics. If things were just that simple, I'm sure we'd all be training as good or better than the founder. But without the instruction, you are just going though a long process of trial and error. Judo randori and other alive sparing methods will go a long way to helping you develop what people would call ki, but a good instructor who understands ki (and is not trying to teach you to throw fireballs and mind bullets, but rather how to move in a strong, but supple way) will go a lot further in helping you to get a feel for how to move. (It would be a lot harder to show someone the proper way to hold their arm, then to simply say, slightly bent and imaging a torrent of water rushing out of it.) Once you understand the body mechanics, you no longer have to use the mental extension, you just do it. All of the mental parts of ki training to me have just been ways to get your body to do what you need it to do. I just see it as learning the proper way to move to maximize your potential strenght. I personally do not see ki as some kind of mystic force that you develop over time and channel.
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