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Post #11,757
by rsf
10/4/01 12:10:54 PM
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New I saw the same thing
I think it was on 60 minutes or some similar pop news show. A Tai Chi master - one of those ancient white bearded types just like in Kung Fu movies - had an American try punch him to demonstrate how he could channel an attackers energy against him.

The American threw the punch at the Tai Chi master. The master put up an open palm and blocked the punch. But what was remarkable was a split second later the American fell back and looked dazed. They asked the American what happened and he said that after his punch was blocked, it felt like the wind got knocked out of his chest and his legs went numb.
Ray
Post #11,761
by inthane-chan
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10/4/01 12:21:40 PM
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New I've had some personal experiences...
Not quite on that level, but there is something to it.

One exercise we did in Aikido had us close our eyes, and then our partner for the exercise approach us. Whenever they stepped near us, we would lift up our hands.

According to my partner, I lifted my hand every time that they came close, and I witnessed the same for them.

Then, I had the !@$!% scared out of me, when while I had my eyes shut, my sensei walked up to me and tapped me on the forehead. I couldn't feel him coming AT ALL.

Freaky.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #11,763
by boxley
10/4/01 12:24:22 PM
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New he is matching your life rythms
Very easy to sneak up on someone except for the last 3 feet. That is why taking out a sentry demands a fast jump and faster action.
thanx,
bill
What is a user? You mean userid isnt the same as uid?, gid? whats that? I dont understand "ask the requestor to send a non formal email request for ftp access? whaddya mean dean?
Halp Iam drowning in Bovine Fecal Matter!!!!
Bill
     Question about Tai Chi. - (static) - (15) - Oct. 3, 2001, 02:33:38 AM EDT
         Slo-mo kung fu - (kmself) - (2) - Oct. 3, 2001, 02:43:10 AM EDT
             Hmm. That's what I thought it was. Thanks! -NT - (static) - Oct. 3, 2001, 03:00:08 AM EDT
             variation of poison hand kung foo - (boxley) - Oct. 3, 2001, 10:13:19 AM EDT
         Think ~ yoga. - (Ashton) - Oct. 3, 2001, 07:12:09 AM EDT
         Here's what I've heard - (jb4) - Oct. 3, 2001, 09:59:54 AM EDT
         Tai Chi Chuan - Grand Ultimate Fist... - (Simon_Jester) - (9) - Oct. 3, 2001, 10:56:27 AM EDT
             Sounds interesting - (wharris2) - (8) - Oct. 3, 2001, 01:02:13 PM EDT
                 Tai Chi is extremely low impact... - (Simon_Jester) - (5) - Oct. 3, 2001, 02:29:25 PM EDT
                     Re: Tai Chi is extremely low impact... - (Gibbo) - (4) - Oct. 4, 2001, 03:24:54 AM EDT
                         Yeah, but that's extremely top end. - (Simon_Jester) - Oct. 4, 2001, 10:37:55 AM EDT
                         I saw the same thing - (rsf) - (2) - Oct. 4, 2001, 12:10:54 PM EDT
                             I've had some personal experiences... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Oct. 4, 2001, 12:21:40 PM EDT
                                 he is matching your life rythms - (boxley) - Oct. 4, 2001, 12:24:22 PM EDT
                 Think extremely slow motion - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Oct. 6, 2001, 12:47:34 PM EDT
                     They may have been on to something. Feldenkrais - (Ashton) - Oct. 6, 2001, 03:12:35 PM EDT

No, it's too perilous.
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