I am going to tell you the truth about this thing called Chi in this article. It is an easy truth, but you are going to have to give up all your mysticism. No matter if you study wudan or Shaolin, you are going to have to think logically and actually change the way you have been thinking.
First off, this thing called chi is a catch basket. It is a real thing, chi exists and can be used, but everybody confuses it by calling whatever they don't understand chi. If somebody puts out a candle with a fist at ten feet, it is the chi, but if somebody makes all the green lights, it is also the chi, so the subject of chi has been thrown around and totally confused.
To create this thing called chi one must discipline their body so it acts as a coordinated unit, I call this Coordinated Body Motion. In olden times instructors would tell their students to use the body as one unit, but that doesn't really tell the story of what one is actually doing. One must break the body down and understand all the pieces, if he is going to use it as a whole unit.
All motion of the body must start at the same instant in time. The fist and the foot move forward together, as one. There must be no push backward to give movement forward, the movement is only forward, and it must be done at the same moment.
All motion of the body must halt at the same instant in time. The fist and the foot end all motion at the same, exact moment. There is no staggering or swaying of the body, the weight simply drives into the ground at the point of focus.
All of the parts of the body must move relative to their size and weight. The hips, weighing more than the foot, must still achieve a smooth arc of motion that begins and ends simultaneous with the foot. The fist having a longer arc than an elbow, or a shoulder, must still start motion and stop motion at the same time as the elbow or shoulder.
When the body starts and stops at the same time, and all the body parts are properly calibrated for the length of distance they must move and the amount of weight that must be moved, then you will achieve CBM. Coordinated Body Motion is the secret of this thing called Chi. CBM will release Chi.
When you move with CBM your attention will be off the body and on the target, and then intention will flow. It is Intention that is Chi. Intention will fill up the body with energy, and enable you to have those amazing abilities that true martial arts possess. Of course, this is just the first step, a simple little step, and to make your way to the end of the Martial Arts, and to find the True Martial Art, no matter whether you study Aikido or Karate or whatever, you must find the remaining steps of the Martial Arts.
First off, this thing called chi is a catch basket. It is a real thing, chi exists and can be used, but everybody confuses it by calling whatever they don't understand chi. If somebody puts out a candle with a fist at ten feet, it is the chi, but if somebody makes all the green lights, it is also the chi, so the subject of chi has been thrown around and totally confused.
To create this thing called chi one must discipline their body so it acts as a coordinated unit, I call this Coordinated Body Motion. In olden times instructors would tell their students to use the body as one unit, but that doesn't really tell the story of what one is actually doing. One must break the body down and understand all the pieces, if he is going to use it as a whole unit.
All motion of the body must start at the same instant in time. The fist and the foot move forward together, as one. There must be no push backward to give movement forward, the movement is only forward, and it must be done at the same moment.
All motion of the body must halt at the same instant in time. The fist and the foot end all motion at the same, exact moment. There is no staggering or swaying of the body, the weight simply drives into the ground at the point of focus.
All of the parts of the body must move relative to their size and weight. The hips, weighing more than the foot, must still achieve a smooth arc of motion that begins and ends simultaneous with the foot. The fist having a longer arc than an elbow, or a shoulder, must still start motion and stop motion at the same time as the elbow or shoulder.
When the body starts and stops at the same time, and all the body parts are properly calibrated for the length of distance they must move and the amount of weight that must be moved, then you will achieve CBM. Coordinated Body Motion is the secret of this thing called Chi. CBM will release Chi.
When you move with CBM your attention will be off the body and on the target, and then intention will flow. It is Intention that is Chi. Intention will fill up the body with energy, and enable you to have those amazing abilities that true martial arts possess. Of course, this is just the first step, a simple little step, and to make your way to the end of the Martial Arts, and to find the True Martial Art, no matter whether you study Aikido or Karate or whatever, you must find the remaining steps of the Martial Arts.
About the Author:
Al Case has analyzed martial arts for 40 years. A writer for the magazines, he wrote the column 'Case Histories' in Inside Karate. He is the originator of Matrix Martial Arts, which you can find out about by getting his free ebook at Monster Martial Arts.
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