ki is ki
Originally Posted by
Asura
Um... actually I was only reffering to Ki,Qi as its defined martially.
There's the problem. You can't separate "martial" ki from weather ki, emotion ki, health ki or anything else.
The Western error in approaching ki is to understand it only in separated form. Belief that there is a "martial" ki that is somehow different from a baby's ki is what leads to the wild anime fantasies of what ki can do, and what its fundamental nature is.
The fundamental nature of ki is nature. Thinking that martial arts are a manufactured, externally invented system that the human body takes on and adjusts to supports the idea that ki is a mysterious force or that it's a label to paste on things the backward Asians failed to understand.
It's not a science and it's not a hokum pseudo-science. It can only be correctly discussed in the terms of its true nature as described by the people who have been discussing and healing with it for thousands of years.
After all, the thread is not "What is 'martial' ki?" It's "What is ki?"
And all the various forms are all just ki. You can't separate them from the ocean. They appear and disappear like the phenomena of the weather.
respectfully,
David Orange, Jr.
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