That’s a nice book, I have it. WD - I saw it over at Myueng’s house.
sevenstar . .. since i don’t do forms i might be noticing benifits from my breathing sets i would normally get from forms.
i have learned a handful of short sets, but our sifu doesn’t encourage us to keep doing the sets after we understand the techniques. he doesn’t discourage it; he’s just not a big fan of forms.
im not sure that i would get the same benifit in terms of clearing my head from forms, but then again i wouldn’t know.
how important is qi gong?
SevenStar, I think you are overlooking the most important aspect here. The thing to remember is, all ninjas are mammals, and they hate pirates. 
IronFist
i posted here a few days ago and it didn’t even register… wtf? :mad:
Not that i said anything special anyway LOL
To me Qigong is very important, as it’s the foundation health and mental clarity are based on. If your body does not have good posture, is relaxed and clear, then it’s difficult to train in anything.
Qigong for me anyway, also develops the whole body connection (for want of a better term), which is very important in CMA, as well as patience and focus. I think a lot of CMA forms have this as well, so it’s good. I know the Wing Chun and Taijiquan i have seen does anyway.
The most important benefit i have found from practise though, is the mindset it develops. Just relaxed but focussed, able to adapt to whatever happens…
david
any thoughts on the chi/metabolism connection?
dunno about it sorry 
But i do know that when i train hard qigong a lot i REALLY need to eat much more than i do now… which is almost impossible as i eat so much anyway lol But i know others who don’t have such an appetite from training, even it slows down… i guess it depends
david