Hi
I think all this "qi" thing is all a myth. That is why Western
medicine overtook Chinese medicine although Chinese medicine has
such a long history.
Chinese like to base all their beliefs on theories, but never
conduct any scientific experiments to test if their theories are
true or not, or work or not. Chinese are unwilling to throw away
beliefs that have been shown to be false and wrong, and just keep
building layer upon layer of bullshit to explain things. I'm a
Chinese btw. They just accept that just because someone said so, it
must be true.
I have a lot of respect for the ancient Chinese. But I think that
along the way, the essence of things have been lost, and all that's
survived are unworkable things. If Huo Yuan Jia could fight and
beat ang moh boxers and all that, he must know how to fight. Look
at the shaolin monks and the kind of fitness/endurance training
they do, and all the conditioning of their hands/heads/neck/legs
etc. Even if their kung fu doesn't work for nuts, their
conditioning will allow them to win a large majority of fights
against untrained people. This is also why the Muay Thai boxers can
beat everyone else. And the stuff they do works.
One must realise that the power of suggestion is a powerful thing.
There is this guy in US claiming he can "stun" someone and make
them knockout without touching them! Master of Dim Mak or some
other bullshat. When he tried it against his own disciples, they
all fainted. When he tried it on people outside of his gym, nobody
felt anything. Why do people still believe such bullshat? I don't
know. I've learnt not to believe anything any "sifu" or "master" or
"tough guy" says unless he can back it up and demonstrate it on a
fully resisting person intent on punching and kicking the shats out
of him.
If "qi" is so deadly, will any "qigong" master kindly join the UFC
or Pride/K1 and kindly blow everyone to smithereens with his super
power.
If "qi" is so powerful then how come the muay thai boxers beat up
everyone in stand up fighting? They don't have any "qi", they only
have scientific methods that work. Fitness training, strength
training, conditioning to take hits, simple and KISS attacks and
defense, realistic fight drills, full contact sparring, endurance,
etc. No "chi" or "qi" and no cosmic power or super power. Yet they
kick everybody's ass.
If one's ever been in a real fight before, you'll know that the 101
moves to counter a punch that you've learnt in kung fu class will
not work for you under stress. You cannot think, your mind starts
to shut down. And why make yourself nervous and edgy by learning
101 moves against a punch and 202 moves against a kick? Just 1 or 2
moves will be enough. Imagine what it'll take for your mind to
process all that information and ask yourself "Hmmm..which move
will I use today."
Not meaning to diss anyone or any art, but we should keep it
realistic. Wing Chun guys may be able to kick my ass from here to
Timbucktoo for all I know, but we should always keep an inquiring
and skeptical mind and question everything. Honestly ask ourselves,
will it work in a real world situation, when a 100kg gorilla of a
guy is charging at me and swinging his arms trying to knock me out
cold. He's not a compliant partner, he's not going to hold out his
hand and wait for you to Akido him to death, he's going to beat and
kick and push and choke the shat out of you.
Will it work in that situation? If the answer is no, the art is
useless for self defense.
