Hello everyone,
I have just recently became aware of the internal aspects of the martial arts. I come from a very limited background of gendai jujutsu training with little to no mention of "Ki" or anything similar. About 6 months ago, I read a post by Dan Harden on Aikiweb and it opened my eyes to a ton of new information. Although I haven't been able to get my hands on any internal guys yet, (waiting desperately for Dan to email me back about attending a seminar) I have read anything I can get my hands on about the subject. I just finished reading Transparent Power by Kimura Tatsuo and Hidden in Plain Sight by Ellis Amdur. Both very insightful books. I also have read hundreds of posts by numerous people on various internet forums, websites, etc. I'm 18 and live at home with my father(Just got accepted to USF so not for long! ) who is a very smart individual. He has an engineering degree and is very knowledgable in numerous fields of science. I have shared with him the information I've gained about the Internal aspects of the martial arts and tried to explain to him what little I can with my limited understand. Although he is polite and humors me, he wants concrete evidence that this stuff exists. He also asks why no scientists have done any studies on the subject and why it is not more widely known. So the purpose of this thread is to examine the IP/Aiki stuff scientifically, and if you have it, any articles, videos, personal stories, etc.. that might shed some light.
Thanks,
Michael Zeiters
P.S. I read on an old Aikiweb thread that a kinesiology professor from the US went to see Ark from the Aunkai and was totally amazed by what he experienced. Can anyone back this up? Maybe Rob John would know...