Tai Chi Martial Arts Exercise for Making Chi Power

When it comes to making that thing called chi energy, tai chi kung fu is one of the better methods. What's interesting is that the ideas used in that martial art can be used in Karate, taekwondo, hsing i, or whatever. The principles being utilized, you see, are pretty universal.

One of the first exercises one might encounter, if one finds a good tai chi chuan system, is 'holding the bowl.' This is an easy drill, at least for the first couple of minutes...smile. One simply assumes an hourglass stance, back very slightly rounded, and positions the arms as if holding a large pot.

The first problem one stumbles on when doing this exercise is mental. The mind starts thinking, and these thoughts tend to disturb the practice. Once one has firmly resolved to get past this phenomena, however, the mental aspect resolves.

The second problem in doing this drill is more physical. After an hour, the body starts to protest being made to do the discipline. It doesn't want to run chi power through it, it doesn't want to just stand there, and it will shake and quake and and even try to get ill.

Just ignore the mental yakkety yak, and ignore the body protest, and focus on the stillness of the mind (listen to the universe around you), and move chi energy through the body. After a short while in the holding the pot position one will start to feel chi power, and there are many things you can do with this energy. You can move the energy around the bowl of the arms, you can channel it around the major meridian running through the center of the front and back of the body, and you can do other sorts of tricks.

What is of importance is that this martial arts exercise has incredible effects. After becoming practiced at this posture, doing the karate pattern called Sanchin will show amazing amounts of chi power. One's martial arts abilities will truly start to grow and manifest.

This exercise, incidentally, is one of the ten arm positions in the martial arts, as revealed in 'The Perfect Technique,' (Quality Press). Thus, it becomes an important tool for martial arts studies. The core principle behind this book is that there are only ten positions the arms can assme that will channel chi power, and that the position of the limbs in the 'holding the bowl' exercise, as done in tai chi martial arts, is the first and probably the most critical of these arm positions.

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Resistance Training in Martial Arts Forms Makes For More Speed And Power

Resistance Training in Martial Arts Forms makes for More Speed and Power

Resistance training is a fascinating notion that has been around for a long time, and especially in the martial arts. In this bit of writing I'm going to take this concept apart for better understanding.

The earliest example of resistance training I have seen was in the comic books. Charles Atlas, or one of those old, big dudes, claimed that in 15 minutes a day you could build bulging muscles. The bulging muscles, of course, were necessary when you went to take down that creep who kicked sand in your face and stole your best gal.

I remember a couple of the dynamic tension exercises from those long ago comics. One was to place your hands palm to palm and across the body, and then reverse the resistance and press the opposite way. Do it right and you could end up with a sweat, and even build up those big guns.

The only problem with this approach was more in the advertising than in the resistance drill. Muscles aren't necessary to good self defense techniques. In fact, in certain circumstances an improperly constructed muscle can actual stand in the way of progress and function.

The second and more martial example of resistance training came from a form I learned at my karate school. In the kata the wrists were pressed against one another and tension was built. When the tension peaked, you released the pressure and the fist shot out.

This exercise was incredible, and increased speed and power quite a bit. I used to do this exercise a lot, and even developed a few other movements in which I could use this type of resistance training. In the end, I rubbed my wrists until they had no hair on them, and my punches got so they could penetrate just about anybody's defense.

Let me say one last thing about building big muscles for karate or kung fu or whatever martial art you happen to study. Big muscles are okay, but dense muscles are better. I prefer limbs that are dense, unassuming, and can work ALL day long.

I want my punching muscles to be more like a marathoners legs than comic book biceps...I want muscles that don't fatigue, yet shoot the juice like Clint Eastwood's big smokin' 45.

The martial arts are not about how good you look, they are about how quick you are. They are about how efficiently you move through time and space. So, whether you do resistance training in your karate patterns is up to you, just make sure that you are building the speed and power of your fists, and not just trying to look impressive.

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