[QUOTE=imperialtaichi;1174242]I’m sure most of us have seen lots of spectacular “Chi Blast” demonstrations done by world famous masters on YouTube. But have you noticed that these demos were done mostly on students, and on people already in the game, but NEVER duplicated on an average Joe in the audience in such a spectacular fashion?
For those of you unaware of my background, this is what I used to do a lot. This clip was made 6 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEx3KZ5Wio
Is this real? Yes, but with a biiiiiiiig “BUT”… here is why.
Most of these demos focus on the ISSUING OF POWER, which is actually the EASIEST part. To make the demonstration spectacular, the demonstrator would need to lock on to the mind and body of the subject very precisely, so the power can go through completely unopposed. Of which, if the subject is corporative and has the skills to line himself up precisely, the result is spectacular. But if the subject is NOT corporative, nor has the required skills to coordinate with the demonstrator, the demonstration would at best, be mediocre.
In real fights, the real skills is the invisible “Listening, Asking, Locking” of the opponent. The “issuing of power” is the visible spectacular easy part. And no-one, is going to just stand there and let you take control of their mind/body/centre of gravity/power generating pathway.
This type of training does, however, have it’s LIMITED place in developing skills; much like, we train with the Wooden Dummy to fine tune our coordination and power, although the the Dummy never hits back; except in this case, a real person is acting as the “Dummy”, so that we can train internal alignment, mental projections etc. while the person doesn’t hit back just like the dummy. A good training partner can also, vary the degree of “corporation”, to make it easy or hard, and to guide you like a “training wheel” like we first learn to ride. But not everyone of us learn with the training wheel and can still ride.
Unfortunately, a lot of people, Masters alike, are over obsessed with this type of things. They see it as the “Holy Grail”, losing track of the real world, living only in fantasy land. Many Masters won’t demonstrate on strangers because they KNOW it does not work that way. Some are honest, and would tell you straight up it wouldn’t work; but some would make excuses like “I don’t want to hurt you” or “you will get internal injuries by my Chi Blast” etc. And some, being totally delusional, thinking they can reproduce it cleanly in real fights, get their head smacked. 
So, it is REAL under a certain context; FAKE if anyone claims to have super-human powers; and I hope I managed to shed some light on WHAT’S GOING ON.[/QUOTE]
- Appreciate for your sharing! This sure has great value to open up and clarify this subject!
Here is my view,
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IMHO, similar to the wing Chun demo of holding a structure, it is a natural human phenomenon of using visualization to balance force vector. Knowing this force balancing alone cannot be neigong. This is a type of taiji push hand skil which even the taiji figther knows it is not that applicable in combat. In fact it has nothing to do with qi. And also not the same with the power develop from the six harmony from such as Xing yi or ba ji or Chen taiji reel silk Dan dien inter rotate.
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In order to classify as neigong one has to be able to develop to a point of Listen, ask, lock, issue in the same time. Or otherwise, it is not that useful in real life. However, this alone is still not a complete neigong as define by the ancient internal art.
That is because the breathing, qi cultivation, the sinews, the bone marrow, the Shen (present ness) are not develop.
Breathing Development increase ones breathing volume and oxigen intake from 2x to 5 x Compare to the pre develop state, Qi development lead one to be able to strengthen , linking ones internal organ , the limbs , and whole body in to one piece. Sinews development lead one to be agile and loose. Bone marrow development develop the density of the bone. Shen development bring one into samadhi where one can switch off the thought and stay in uninterrupted awareness.
So, who has this type of neigong develop? An example for those exist in 1900’s Chen cin of chen tai ji, Wang Xiang zai of yee chuan, Du xing wu of zi lan men, ma lee dang of Xing yi, Chen man Ching of taiji . Just to name a few.
- IMHO, WCK pulse inch Jin is the same with the above type of vector balancing act . In wck pulsing,mone can send the pulse inch Jin as one likes it anytime , any place , and any depth. Independed of the opponent.
That is develop from both the crane joints snake qi and body weight wave at every move one takes.
This WCK pulse in jin, if one doesn’t develop the six bows, snake engine, and the natural used of body weight wave, one cannot get there, brute forcing it before the development will cause internal injury.
Thus, as in the YKT slt transform drill , it is design by using the proven healing therapeutic drll to develop ones breathing, qi flow, six bow, snake engine, and the natural body weight wave. Target to develop a solid neigong which is capable of the WCK pulse Jin. And even if one doesn’t get there one still get the health and strengthening part if practice properly.
Why it is called slt transform? Because it exposes one to the full body function including the body weight wave where most people stuck in the hold structure and lock into just arm movements. In aware of there are lots and lots going on in ones body mind while doing slt.
So, is yjkym a lock rooting stance? According to yik kam wing Chun 1850 , No. It is a platform of everything is dynamic alive. Thus, no part of body should be lock. Not the knee, elbow, or toes. Everything got to be natural. Because the goal is to develop flow.
