Who here believes in Chi? there's so may fakers i'm begining to believe that it doesn't exist, is there any way i can prove to myself that it exists?

I am very sadden to see that the theories of Qi have not been transmitted well to many of you by your Sifu.

Please let me clear some things.

1. Qi or Chi is the same one is Wade Giles the other is Pinyin. However Ki is not the same it is a different theory from a different country.

2. A part of Qi can be measured via bio-electric feedback but this is only the result of Qi. The instrument to see Qi in motion does not yet exist.

3. Reikei has nothing to do with the Chinese Theory of Qi.

4. Qi is not just energy it is a theory that we use not only in Martial arts but in Chinese culture. It is very insulting to say Qi is energy, much like saying water and acid are the same because the look and behave the same.

Qi is not something that needs to proven to you. Do you have consciousness? Prove it, point to the source of your awareness. Measure it on a scientific device? You can not. You can measure brain activity, heart beat, respiration but none of these things are your consciousness, the thing that makes you self aware yet you know that it exists.

Qi is both the shape and application of Tao. Qi can be positive (Yang) negative (Yin) neutral (Wuji) or a mix of positive and negative at the same time (Taiji). Qi is the force that condones Ching via Te. This may confuse you if you are not Chinese as it is a Chinese theory after all but what this means is this; The Tao is the soure of all things, Te is the physical manifestation of the Tao, Ching is the changing of those manifestations based on time, perception etc... Qi is the force that facilitates the change.

So then why would a martial artist study and cultivate Qi? Because just as force is the rate at which mass changes position is accelerates (F=MA) so to are there ways to control the direction and shape of impact not just the force, allowing for greater efficiency in combat.

But as Qi is related to how all things change it has limitless application outside of combat as well.

Understand that I have touched lightly on a very in-depth theory but I hope it helps you to understand that Qi is a Chinese theory based and rooted in Chinese culture and was used before Martial Arts and must be understood as such.