Lai See,
Thanks for the reply and your explanation. I understand what you mean now. Earlier, I was simply stating that the move is called “Bil Jee,” in most schools. Of course, in application it could be ‘10,000.’ I was making fun out of Choy Kuil, saying that the punch after the Bil Jee could be a bridge as well.
My main deal is Jik Bo, or any of the treasures being Chi Gung, and cultivating “Chi.”
Let’s forget about Macrocosmic Orbit for the moment, as it is a completely different can that would take far too much time to talk about because of everything that it includes…
Microcosmic Orbit comes from the I Ching. BASICALLY, your dan tien is a cauldron (note the cauldrons monks used to embrace to forever brandish their forearms Shaolin) that steams off clouds of fire’s energy (Chi) into Heaven (your head) and returns. On a basic level, this is breath, this is us getting oxygen. But, in order for us to cultivate it we have to conceive it.
Jik Bo doesn’t cultivate Chi that much. I can kind of see it cultivating it if you are breathing in on the Jik Bo step with Bil Jee strike, whatever, then out with the punch/ bridge, whatever. But again, not much. Mainly, it cultivates proper body mechanics. FCTT is proper body mechanics.
In all honesty, I don’t know why we are arguing about it anyways, it’s a stupid form.
