Experiencing Qi (Chi)

01/09/2014 16:16
           
Hello everyone, as one of the newest members of  "Barrie Tai Chi & Qigong", I would like to recount the first time that I have experienced Qi (Chi).
 
I have been a student of the Martial Arts for approximately 14 years now. My background is in the "hard external" styles of "Goju-Ryu" and "Shotokan" Karate-do. I have also been exposed to Jujitsu, Grappling and Kobudo (traditional weapons training). In all the time I had trained in the Martial Arts, I had never never experienced Qi, that is until now.
 
About 2 weeks ago, I had the pleasure of working "one on one" with "Sifu" Rod on the "Commence Tai Chi" sequence when I experienced Qi!  Rod saw this happen and commented immediately upon my reaction. I was a little unnerved and startled to say the least! 
 
The feeling I felt is going to be hard to explain,but here goes. There was a warm tingling and a powerful force radiating from my hands as I completed the sequence we were working on! I only experienced Qi for an instant but through continued practice of Tai Chi, I hope to cultivate this feeling again.
 
Michael F

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"Second is mindfulness of feelings, it is at this stage that we work with the chi or fine material energy. The chi is most easily perceived through feelings and this path of practice helps one to bypass the common pitfall of relying on imagination and visualization of the internal energy as this can quickly become a fabricated fantasy rather than a direct knowing of reality in the present."

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