I am Asian and confirm this, The chi is just simple as when you try to do something and you take a deep breath and focusing. you are just perfectly using "CHI" force.
A native Chinese teacher explained to me that there are several different meanings for "Chi," some of which are common concepts in Chinese culture. He also told me that in old Chinese, the characters for the different concepts of chi sometimes had some different strokes, but since I don't know Chinese, that was kind of over my head. So Chi could simply be "breath." Chi gung, to some extent is simply breathwork. The second definition of chi was a vector of force. So when someone pushes you and you don't want to get pushed, you "redirect his chi." It sounds mystical, but it's really purely physical. Then there's the chi (energy) that circulates around your body and makes it work. When your mind makes your bicep contract, that's a motion of the chi. When you get a muscle cramp that's a blockage of chi. You can do chi gung (breathwork) to strengthen your chi (inner energy) It's not part of western culture, but again, it's common way of thinking in Asia. Some people have learned to take that inner chi and project it, but usually for healing, not hitting. Finally, there's the Chi of nature and the universe. Taoists feel they can absorb it from forests and mountains, but it's not so different from the "energy" in a hunk of beef that we eat and digest to strengthen our own chi.
@@simpletongeek The 'Ji'(or 'Chi') in Tai Ji Quan(or T'ai Chi Ch'uan) is an entirely different word with a different inflection and a different meaning. This one has meanings such as 'Extreme', 'Supreme', 'Mighty' and 'Ultimate'. The name itself links to the concept of taiji, the 'Supreme Ultimate'(Wikipedia). Interpreting this concept as the 'Origin of All Things As A Force Of Nature But Not A Sentient Deity' might help. The word that makes up the syllable 'Tai' translates to "great; grand; supreme; extreme; very; too"(Source Wikipedia because it's been a decade since I've studied Chinese). Quan is Fist and is normally localised as 'Boxing' in this type of word, basically a martial art that involves striking within its overall context and framework. As a result, the actual name of Tai Ji Quan can be interpreted as anything from "Supreme Ultimate Fist"(Wikipedia) to "Very Mighty Fist" to "Original Boxing". Also "Too Extreme Boxing" and "Very Extreme Fisting".
My limited understanding of the concept was something along the lines of the bodies mechanical potential energy. Whether in a striking or grappling context, it's how you apply yours or manipulate your opponents. One way it has effected my views and understanding of "chi/ki" martial arts, aikido in particular, is the original meaning being along the lines of "the way of binding energies" to "the flow of manipulating potential energy". If that makes sense. Essentially, learning to feel where and how an opponent will attack and interrupting or displacing the incoming blow, be it strike or grappling technique.
Missed your comment and just said the same. Chi is breathing, and for the hieroglyphic language and the way of thinking all the meanings are connected. For several years I've tried to imagine and "feel" a special "energy" flowing through my body when practicing Taichi and Chi-gong until I understood that it is a breathing itself, and when I've started to follow my breathing, I've really started to sense my body acting and moving on a new level with really more energy. :)
Meme Notyou anyone who does stamina/aerobic training is literally building up their chi in the most direct manner, so yes, any self respecting MMA fighter believes in training their chi.
My master explained to me that chi is a living conscious force that responds to our intention and awareness. We can use it to strike more efficiently and harder, to preserve our lifeforce or simply to learn better. We can focus it to a specific part of the body to heal faster or even to our voice to influence and project onto others. It is said that master with immense accumulation of this force can influence another person s body and mind without a single touch, only it s mere presence. Chi flows through the blood but it is not the blood, enters through the air but it is not the air, is guided by our movement but it is not our movement. Chi is probably the closest thing to the abstract of Tao that there is. It cannot be simplify, it simply IS. Lamas in tibet believed in ancient times there were levels of human evolution that allow us even to fly. This might sound crazy for our science evolved times, but for the ancients it appear to have been a kind of technlogy as well. Something that can be learned to focus and use. To my experience to explain chi is to try to explain a mindless state achieved through meditation. How can you explain something that the mind cannot touch ? If I tell you that I feel the universe through me at that moment and there is nothing that separates me from the surrounding you can go to Einstein and his unified field for a reference but that is not comprehension, only the title of the chapter, a mere reference. In fact meditation for others can be a totaly different thing. The same way chi cannot be fully explained, only experienced. And I believe as westeners the closest we are to understand it is through the concept of faith. It is said that a man with faith can move mountains. But what is faith ? For some is just a set of beliefs well rooted in the mind that drive the individual's actions. But is it truly only that ? The faithful, if we can believe the sacred books of the earth were able to do miracles, to open the sea, to cast fire from the sky. Sounds a lot like magic but who said magic is not a type of technology. After all our bodies are machines. We are machines that create machines as well, that use fuel to live, require metals to function and constant mantainance. Yet chi existed before us and will continue after us. unlike the concept of god it is not considered a non localized phenomena but a tangible one. With training you can feel the energy within you and move it through your body as you can feel the heat of the stove. A martial artist can concentrate it on the tan tien or on the fist. A healer can focus it through his/her mind or hands. An artist can channel it through a brush. In our times we were tought to only believe in what can be explained and that is our loss. It is as pernicious as the concept of religion to only believe in what we cannot explain. In the first one all you can achieve is the capacity to create constructs outside of you. In the second you are just a conduit without will subject to the Will of your god. Chi and Tao are none of those. You cannot fully explain any of them yet you can experience both.
I wonder how it could extend our life and slow our aging if we really tried. Imagine being 50 and passing for a 20 year old and still physically fit to do the things you love
@@cliffbot638 yes. As a yoga practitioner. I find these other Asian forms of chi practices very similar to yoga. They’re all rooted in a deep understanding of the movement of the subtle life force. The term chi-gong has very close translation to the yogic breathing practices called ‘pranayaam’ which means ‘practices to control or exercise the life force, chi or prana in Sanskrit. Long term practice of kriya yoga can definitely enhance your life span and slow down cellular aging, it’s medically proven n u also can feel a sense of vibrance in your mind and body in a short span of practice time. Now I dunno about having the strength of a 20 year old at the age of 50, but if u maintain a consistent practice of hatha-yoga in life, u will definitely not need any crutches even at 70 n will maintain a reasonable amount of strength and fitness in your body. All the old age problems like spinal issues, n knee or other joint problems ligaments issues, it takes care of all that, plus the mental clarity u have is an added benefit.
Let me share my experience. Firstly, I do agree with your explanation that chi is energy. My first experience with Chi was actually from my mother in law. She's a regular Tai Chi pratitioner. Not a master or anything, just for exercise purpose for an elderly lady. We can actually feels heat emitting from the palm of her hands when she performs it. We've tried to do the same and got nothing. Mind you the distance between her palm and my hand is quite close...maybe 2-3 inches. So no, she is not going to starts shooting fireballs and yells Hadoken! anytime soon. But the thing is, there is something there. So thermal energy is pretty accurate. I have no idea how to generate it or how far it can go. But i am 100% sure there is something there. Just don't expect Hadoken or shooting laser beam from your eyes.
Yes, there is more to chi than meets the eye. I use energy or chi to heal and it works really well and the results are not explainable with normal physics, or placebo. For example, I used chi to straighten my sister's huge scoliosis. No force of any kind, just very light touch and concentrated chi to the spine for 10 minutes. Before healing there was huge curvature, after 10 minutes of channeling chi, straight spine. That proves (at least to me) that chi is actually real, because scoliosis does not correct by itself, or with placebo to my knowledge. But I don't think you can use chi effectively in combat situation, it works much better when the subject is relaxed, like in healing session.
I met this great basketball coach in Illinois in 1972. He was a great coach and had the utmost respect from everybody. He wasn't a firebreather type. He was a gentlemanly mild mannered person who just happened to be a master at his craft. He had an aura of greatness about him that I will never forget. I compare that aura to chi or ki power. It's unseen, but influential. His name was Vergil Fletcher.
@@ItsMeAsena for example the wind turbines generate electricity with lenz's law, when you move a magnet near a cable around it (change of the magnetic field over time) it induces current in that cable, producing electricity
Also I think Chi is about visualisation: what you visualise when doing a movement effects your quality of motion. It can be used to help acquire a particular way of moving. Professional dancers will often use visualisation to give a movement a particular desired quality and it's sometimes used in Yoga for a similar reason (and often to engender a particular mental state).
Thank you for the heart Jesse :) I think quality of motion can be associated with mental state. The obvious example of a particular way of moving being linked to a particular mental state is Tai Chi: in doing the form one's emotional state gets aligned to the emotional state of the form, but I think this is so with all styles. I like one style and dismiss another because of how it feels: do I like how this way of moving feels and do I like the emotional state this quality of motion is associated with. So that it doesn't matter what mental or emotional state I'm in, I'm in a better one after doing forms. A bit like how Hari Krishna devotees say "chant and be happy", one could also say do kata and be happy.
I believe that Western people are missing another point in the meaning of "chi": for Chinese people it also means "breathing", so when they're talking about "chi" circulation in the body it is connected with inhaling and exhaling, and right breathing is essential for both health and your biodynamics if we're talking about martial arts. It is not a "magical" energy, but it is the energy of your breathing.
According to Chinese medicine, Qi is acquired through two simple methods: 1. Eating food 2. Breathing air. How do you use Qi? By doing absolutely anything or simply being alive! 😁
@@fernandoescudero5585 Of course! Too much negative thinking/feeling can block qi and cause illness. Some emotions like extreme sorrow can drain the lung energy, making you more prone to illness.
*But admit it or not guys there's one point in your life that you tried to form energy ball with your hands while uttering the words hadouken or kamehameha... 😂*
Belive is not feel! Belive is like, when Parents feed their child , the child have to 'believe' that this food is not poisoned or anything , but the child only know its good after eaten it! Trust ur inner child !
@John Smith Exactly its not that the Human body have an Energiefield , its more that the energiefield is first and creates that visible quintessencia of it called human body .. Hope i explained that aspect with the right words First is the spirit and then it forms the body ... but at least both is the same thing , both are just the same energies!
bro heat ,also produce fire ,take the ex of magnifying glass if you concentrate all its light on a single peice of paper the it start getting heated and some time later it got fire
So the most amount of heat is the most amount of chi? So the more muscle behind a motion. Against the least amount of muscle of the opponent is good use of chi. So we want to flow to not alow them to apply force. And apply force when they can't flow.
My suggestion on a video is: how to not lose motivation in training, despite if your sensei stops teaching, martial politics get in the way, dojo let's you down, etc.. 🙏🏼
“Thank You so much for watching” Are you kidding me, thank you for making such informative videos. Well produced and makes me happy to learn new things everyday. An honor to have you on UA-cam sensei
He is not a seinseï. don't mix all things, please. And no, there are mysteries that come from the invisible. I don't say that it cannot be explained with science (not ours from 2023, but ours from maybe 100, 150,1000 years, don't know). for my part, I can move objects, big, heavy, light, with my type of concentration. thus, the nowadays physics won't explain anything; no, sorry ! 😉 (I'm not the one in the world, of course).
Many years ago when I did Chen Taichi I had Chi explained to me as ,"Efficiently using your body and breathing...and anything else we need to explain." by my instructor. It was shortly after he effortlessly knocked the wind out of me during push-hands practice. I later learned that what he did was basically a gentle version of the classic "one-inch punch" with an open hand, to my solar plexus. Which makes a lot more practical sense than some of the "magic" I've seen touted.
In Qigong and taijiquan, Qi means "breath," "energy," or can also be "attention." Breath is a source of energy, i.e. oxygen that is used to transform chemical energy in our cells, so that our muscles can generate mechanical energy and kinetic energy. Attention requires the expenditure of mental energy, which requires firing of synapses, which is the transformation of chemical energy into electrical energy. These processes happen on a level and at a speed that our conscious mind cannot comprehend. So is Qi magical? Actually, our body and unconscious processes are quite magical, if you think about it. In the end, many martial arts masters have figured out how to use their body in a way that defies description, and moves at a speed that is faster that most people's capacity to think. There are rigorous scientific explanations, but of the esoteric explanations work, they are generally much faster, and don't require intense thought, making them more useful. Just don't get confused by the language
I believe Qi is energy just something to add just by experience trouble situations like fighting or your life being endangered in the moment if ur trained or by a long shot like me that had no prior training I really just learned as things happens the adrenaline ur Instincts can take u far
Anyone else feel like a nerd because when he asked you do you understand any of the energy things but you actually did know how to answer all the questions because they taught me in high school
Chi ( or ki ) is a way of thinking about energy that used to make sense in ancient times when people thought they could improve their ¨internal energy¨ to live healthier, longer or even to punch harder. Nowadays we can understand for example how really energy is contained in molecules and how we use ATP to boost our internal processes or to create movement. Due to this new way of understanding energy and our body we know that practices like iron shirt or chi Kung don´t make any sense, at least in terms of redirecting energy or create energy. I am studying the physics degree and I can tell that energy is something weird and really difficult to understand, however, talking about chi energy nowadays simple doesn´t make sense . I love your videos but in this one, I don´t really get the point. Sorry for my English if I have any mistake, I am Spanish :)
I agree! I would also add intention to direct that energy. This is mental work and as so opens up physical potential. I guess you can just ask yourselves, Is it possible the power of belief can help you overcome a physical challenges in any way? My answer is Yes. So now what? I think, thought/belief/heart (spirit) plus intention (mind) with direction (body) is chi (energy) in action and that takes practice to achieve that balance.
@Yamile Magubeni Hi, I don't understand your comment. Surely a perspective beyond what is physically possible or known allows greater potential. Are you saying belief is a limitation?
Ah! I really loved this one. I've had a hard time trying to like the way I've been taught about the chi. I'm really skeptical about this magic understanding of the chi. But yeah, this sounds a lot more aligned about what I understand about energy, in the physics arena. Thank you, sensei!
Hey Jesse, I share your stand on different karate styles. That most paths lead to the same goal in the end, since the perfection of character is what we strife for eventually. That said, I looked at all the kata that are "approved" bye the WKF in their official kata list and was overwhelmed by the number of katas I had never heard of before. So, I started to figure out which kata is trained in which "karate style" (using this term lightly). Some of my findings are: - Shito-Ryu has a lot of kata - Shotokan and Goju-Ryu are very distinct from each other - There are so many "styles" I have never heard from Naturally I felt like my karate-do is incomplete, since there seems so much knowledge in different styles. Okay, at this point I should say, that my sensei toughed Shotokan and I consider myself also training Shotokan karate, even though I walk a different path then my sensei by now and also incorporate kodudo. Thanks for reading so far, now to the point/question! Looking at all the 102 katas listed by the WKF, I figured out there are many kata that teaches the same principles. I never tried Sanchin or Tensho, but the breathing is similar to the beginning of Hangetsu. I never tried Kushanku, but the techniques are similar to Kanku Dai + Sho, so I understood, what the kata was about and aimed to teach. Then there are different names for basically the same kata, Chinto = Gankaku, Wanshu = Enpi or Matsukaze = Wankan. As far as I am aware this happened, because of political reasons. Some names are Chinese and at that time it was considered a bad thing. Some names were changed from one sensei to the next, because they wanted to give the kata their own touch. Etc. But then there are also kata that are unique. For example Annan or Chinte. What is your opinion on this matter? Are there kata that are unique to one style and should be learned by others to complete the kara pool? Or is all the knowledge of karate in the limited pool of kata of each style respectively? I would like to know what you and your community thinks about this. And I also left a comment for your video ideas ;-) Best regards from Germany, Oss
Thank you! My qigong teacher was forward about how it was not a term he liked to use in teaching, though he knew it’s many contexts in Chinese and could express them. He used “energy” instead, which made sense as his western academic background is in kinesiology. Certain Western philosophical terms also experienced eastward obfuscation and occasionally reappeared in the west again in ostensibly Buddhist formulations (DT Suzuki and the Kyoto School, some of Robert Sharf’s work).
its crazy how edits can really make content that much more appealing to the audience. Great Video definitely had me intrigued and amused, subbed at 555k👍🏼
Great video, makes alot of sense, I did find an exercise labelled as 'Chi' (basic movements timed with breathing) and very quickly I noticed an unusual sensation, it no longer felt like I was using physical effort but instead that my breathing and intention was causing the body to move I immediately recognised the sensation as being the same as when you relieve the burden of carrying a heavy backpack or shopping bags, that 'floaty' feeling I later noticed a description of a function of our muscular system, that it has an aspect to keep us stable and upright and another aspect to enable us to move Apparently the movement function can be felt when operating and tires more quickly, The posture function cannot be felt and doesn't tire out, So I gather that what's happening here is the movement muscles are being tired out, so much that when the mind intends to move- the posture muscles perform the command I get the impression that when we are young we always correctly use stabilisation muscles for standing, but over time we learn the bad habit of using our movement muscles for that role, meaning we feel as though we are carrying the body like a burden I believe this contributes towards the tension we carry in our bodies, particularly around the joints, which leads to I'll health So I believe that an exercise labelled Chi is intended to enable us to return to the natural state of using posture muscles for stabilisation and possibly to take that a step further and begin to learn how to move only using the posture muscles I found this very interesting, don't know if this is hundred percent right or common knowledge but thought I'd share in case someone understands this better, hope I explained it clearly enough
I would love to see a video on the gyaku zuki. I know that sounds boring at first, since you do it all the time, but there are so many things you have to keep an eye on (e.g. shoulder position, hip movement, legs straight or not, relaxation and tension, arm not completely straight, twisting in the end, hikite, kime, breathing...) Maybe you can do some kind of "basics" video in which you explain all the things you have to keep in mind and even some drills on how to improve your zuki. And again great video 👍🏻
I'd love to see this. A video on the perfect gyaku zuki. Not just very good, PERFECT. The goal that all karate practioners strive for. It would be even better if you could explain some of principles behind it and how they apply to other techniques. I'd also like to see a video on general biomechanical principles for perfect stances and techniques.
I really felt that ENERGY AND so I thought what it was the chi people talk about , I wasn’t sure as there was no one to confirm my thought. Thanks 😊 for this video really made things clear. From now on I can practice karate in a more efficient way.
@@KARATEbyJesse I study traditional Japanese martial arts (Kenjutsu, BOjutsu), and as you mentioned "KI" is a big part of it, but it's not mystic at all, it's just energy!
Curt Ambrose Dantien and Hara are quite different ideas there are three dantiens in Chinese medicine religions and philosophy not one. And it is not in anyway related to center of gravity those words exist and are prolific in Chinese wrestling styles.
Windmills produce electricity due to the wind hitting its blades. The momentum of the air is creating lift on the blades making it spin. In the center there is an alternator, a magnet surrounded by coils. The spinning magnet moves the electrons in the coils to create 3 phase electricity. A bar with carbohydrates contains a lot of chemical energy. When breathing in oxygen you allow for the carbohydrates to burn, releasing energy and heat. The energy is used for ATP and ADP conversion, the batteries of your body so to speak. ATP is a molecule with energy stored. When reales in muscle fibrils, they will contract causing your muscle to tense up voluntary or involuntary aka cramps. Antagonist muscle groups allow for reverse action. As for fire, heat exites the molecules allowing them to bond with oxygen and forming other molecules. When bonding with oxygen, the electrons around the atom also get exited and jump to a higher shell, then they jump back and releasing energy in the form of photons. The more heat there is generates the higher the energy of the color. Therefore fire can be multiple colors like from red to green to blue red being the lower energy emission and blue being the higher energy emission. There are your forms of energy
Chi is real. The sensation feels like cool air settling down the Dan Tien. When you apply it in motion, you feel sensation like water going through your body.
I love youre videos, clear and very good explained. I practice tangsoodo for very long time and stil love it. Youre videos keep inspiring me thank you👍👊
Chi or in mainland Chinese Pinyin, Qi, is far more than just energy. It can also be focused attention, vitality or consciousness , and many many more. For example, "气死 - Qi kills“ means someone fails to control his anger and die as a result of being overwhelmed by the anger whatever causing it. ”勇气 - brave Qi“ means courage. ”志气 - ambition Qi“ means aspiration. ”福气 - lucky Qi“ means blessing. "气节 - Qi discipline“ means integrity, and "节气 - season Qi" means agricultural seasons. One thing is certain, except when it means air, Qi is an abstractive and intangible concept. In martial arts or Kung Fu, people use “精， 气， 神“ to describe it more inclusively and accurately.
Having been on the receiving end of some masters of Aikido, Tai Chi, and Karate, there was absolutely no "energy" or Chi, but as you said just exceptional technique, timing, and execution.
@@kputala but exceptional technique, timing, and execution IS chi. It is practical, martial chi. The other is mystical chi or religious chi. At least that is what I was taught.
@@danielmankiller5098 I understand what you're saying but I have yet to feel anything in martial arts to qualify as this "mystical" energy released at another. Watch old videos of Morihei Ueshiba performing Aikido, with people flying and falling without being touched and it's claimed to be Ki/Chi. I've never felt that type of energy... ever.
The problem with the term "chi" is that it is a very general word used for everything from air to breathing to motion to energy, which gave some people (including at least a few of the equivalent of Chinese philosophers and naturalists of ancient times) the idea that there is a single "chi" that encompasses every definition of chi when this is generally not the case.
Jesse, this explanation and presentation is clear and crisp, if not unique ! At last ! Energy, in physics, the capacity for doing work. It may exist in potential, kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or any other form. Here, perhaps, it may point to heat and work; an energy or chi in the process of transferring chi from one body to another. Over the years I also noticed it is extremely difficult to grasp for most people. After endless attempts (as a physicist and karate student / instructor :-) ) I actually gave up somehow. Well-done ! yoku yata !
In my teens some 50 yrs ago my older brother in an informal Kumite, threw a soft kick that sent his opponent flying across the dojo. Our sensei (5th Dan Shotokan) Reverend Foster who missionaried in China announced, no one was allowed to spar with him without his presence. Then personally trained him in breathing techniques and control of "Chi". The only example I ever witnessed that I might believe. Thanks for video.
@@user-pl9yq3fc8u well if you do it right ie “focusing your chi”, it is possible to fling a dude rather than just broke his rip. It like the different between pushing a glass pane flying across the room using your fist and smashing right through it. Kinda hard to explain but it is what it is
A couple of times in my life I have been in a situation where I have felt I was under threat of being attacked physically and quite spontaneously I have felt a force of explosive energy come from deep inside myself and protect me from harm. I am not sure about the mechanism of this power or why humans have it's potential. All I know is that before it happened, I felt sincerely righteous and justified that it should!!
You're absolutely right! Also, in my opinion, Chi can be translated as "determination", because it's what makes practice and its application reality; without it, nothing could be done! It's just mine interpretation of it by the way😅
I was born in the 1980 and back then one of the first movie that hooked us as children practicing martial arts ( yoseikan budo) , is Blood Sport with Van Damme. In this movie I remember the actor performs what they called "Dim Mak" which is hitting a set of 5 bricks but only destroying the one at the bottom and leaving the ones above it unscathed. Surely this should not be possible but we believed it was due to the whole mysticism at the time around the concept of 'KI" or "Chi" :) there was no internet back then and very few books so anything could be argued and we were fascinated by this i remember :)
You are completely wrong my friend, i know a master of chi gong, he is capable to blow up a flame of candle at a distance of 3 m point out his fingers and it is chi!
I agree. Jesse Enkamp seems to think that dynamos, carbohydrates and fire are practically voodoo and are universally baffling so the finer points of Ki/Chi probably fly right over his head.
It's so nice to search for "chi manipulation" or something similar and actually get a video that is down to earth and not filled with highshool mumbo jumbo. And it does make sense. Aligning your ki, or centering it could very well ring as an umbrella term for "are you eating right? Are you healthy, mentally and physically, are you appropriately alert". All of which are crucial in performing well within an activity. And we are getting closer and closer to the mathematically correct way to use our Chi. There are explanations for all the 3 examples you have given, testable, repeatable and transformable. Likewise there are more and more deeper understandings of how to correctly balance yourself, where to place your center of balance according to your strike, heck even when not striking, you can see the example in your every day life. When you try to move a heavy box you might grab it at first and realise you might not be able to handle it, then you think for a few seconds and find a way to prop yourself and it up so you can effortlessly move it. Or trying to budge a heavy object, instead of just slamming into it you can incrementally push it using leverage. Truly fascinating.
Thank you, Jesse! I just found a book that I wanted to read and to learn from. It is filled with ways to (supposedly) learn to use "chi" to learn how to do just about anything. There are breathing exercises which show how to use Chi to do... well, I can't explain it after I read it. I believe it could be related to Zen because I profited much from Eugen Herrigel's book, "Zen and the Art of Archery." For me, Zen "happens" when I do something in Archery or in Karate that "wasn't done" by me. I have had an attacker stop in mid-attack and reach to his mouth to see what had happened to one of his teeth! I looked down to find that one of my knuckles was bleeding! "I" didn't throw the punch. Nevertheless it had been thrown without my conscious knowledge. I have done many such things that I feel that "I" didn't do. Groups of arrows that were shot that I know for a fact that "I" could not possibly have shot with such an astonishing level of accuracy. Although I am still confused, I wanted to thank you for writing something about it. I have considered finding a Zen Master and "debriefing" myself to see what he would say. Goodbye for now and could you talk about "Ti" sometime.
I've been training my Ki energy for years by now. I also do martial arts and train my physical fitness with the mindset to go beyond the limits of my limit. That's an intend that helped to get to the level i'm at now. In terms of my Ki training...i now think i finally know, how i'm able to create pressure between my hands when concentrating. I think it also explains how that one guy who commented here, said that his mother can create heat between her hands. I think for her it felt like pressure. Why? Because i think it is just the blood that you are concentrating to your hands through body control. The blood pressure in the hands gets immense, wich makes you think that something is between your hands. And blood is warm, because of your bodys tempature. So that's explains it kinda. If you read this, would you mind pinning it? So everyone knows how it works and understands it better. Have a fine day guys
There is a mystical aspect of Qi, but it rarely has anything to do with martial art. It is in between the philosophical origin of the universe and the basic unit of matter. that constructs everything.
Qi is like the Tao: It’s there but you can’t summon it at will because it’s something always present, so realizing this, you use it eternally until death without knowing it personally 🙏🏽
That’s about the best explanation I’ve ever heard. It is indeed a real thing! My old Sifu could knock me to the ground with the smallest movements. It was truly demoralizing for a long time. Until I figure it out how he was doing it. Generating great deals of force in very short distances.
@@buddhisttarotrigdzenamdrol5620 it's common for example ..in western buddhism the term ego is often used..a borrowed term from psychology. Enough similarities to get a point through...but not an exact translation.
Guido Ramackers yes but chi is a medium and flow is the movement of this medium chi can cycle or stagnate it’s like a liquid. Flow is a function it can perform.
Ok, that's agood point, Jesse. May I add my experience to that? Because in my book, "Chi" that is supposedly "flowing" throughout our bodies can be equated to "bioelectricity". You see, just like you train, say, your bicep better when you focus on it (and thereby command your cerebral cortex to send more bioelectric impulses into it), a fughting technique i.e. will become more efficient if you really put all your conviction into it, hence creating more bioelectric stimulation and thereby stronger activity. I learned that through a very muscular training buddy of mine who participated in the same Martial Art as I do. He was waaaaay ore buff and ripped than I was and had way more brute force. We came by a pile of bulk trash one day and he challenged me to break a wooden board that lay around there. Long sotry short: We placed it on top of two chair backrests and he hit it with all his power but obviously the wrong way of thinking (determination) because he couldn't break it. By telling his brain through doubts and fear that he was unable to, his muscles obeyed his command to NOT manage it. I concentrated solely on that one thought, namely to get through as if it was nothing and so I did. The bioelectric impulses my brain sent into my muscle were bound on a simple action: breaking the board no matter what. Without doubt or unrest. I was completely calm and composed. My kinteic energy was consitent with the information that my brain send to my tricep and brachialis, wrist and hammerfist. The board split in half and hit my forehead with such power that it left a bruise and knocked me off balance xD
Hahahahahahaha that clip is hilarious!!! I love your explanation I definitely believe it’s a bit deeper than that, I know u tell the truth. Just subscribed notifications bell on!!!
Energy is vague enough for people to refer it in metaphysics as well. Some of the more obscure schools, in Chinese, Japanese and Malay martial arts, have occultism included. It's good to stay mainstream. 😅
Windmill: The blade shape convert the pushing of the wind into rotation of the central shaft. This rotation causes a magnet to rotate within a coil of wire. This causes a flux differential within the wire that induces electrons to move within the wire.
I forgot about chi for so long, but I recently remembered it and when I tried it on my punching bag, I knocked over a 250lbs bag in a single hit without putting much physical effort into the punch.
Great video! Yes, I can answer all of those questions and yes, I can explain energy in various forms. It's textbook physics. The optimal and efficient use of mechanical energy is a great way of describing chi. Like feng shui optimizes the ergonomic efficiency of a living space, making living less effortful, learning to move and project force efficiently increases performance and decreases effort in the martial arts. If a person is running at you, you can try to stop their momentum with direct force, which is very effortful, or you can redirect their momentum using very little force and make them careen out of control and tumble through the air. To an untrained observer it can appear magical, you made an effortless movement and thew a large and powerful attacker. This is where the mystical ideas of chi come from. That, and the psychological aspect of compliance to authority. If a grand master says he's going to touch you and you will fall down, while you're standing in front of the entire class, you are faced with a difficult situation. If you don't fall down, you embarrass your instructor and shame yourself. Most likely, you will simply comply and rationalize it to avoid the shame. The students begin to believe that the master has that power and the master begins to believe that he/she has that power as well. This kind of illusory psychological influence has been a legitimate practice in the martial arts forever. Even animals will puff themselve up to look bigger and intimidate and enemy. Armies will present themselve in the most formidable way possible to intimidate their enemies. Professional fighters will make scary faces at each other during weigh in to intimidate each other. The psychological effects of such actions can have a real effect on the outcome of a battle or fight. So, the mystical aspects of the martial arts, while not based in physics, can still have a significant psychological effect on the outcome of combat. Simply looking scary so that people don't mess with you is a legitimate form of self defense....
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Nice! 👍 I actually wrote an article about that: www.karatebyjesse.com/10-important-karate-words-japanese/
maybe a video about Choki Motobus ideas of using Kata as combat?
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I am Asian and confirm this, The chi is just simple as when you try to do something and you take a deep breath and focusing. you are just perfectly using "CHI" force.
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When the CHI master release their CHI, it looks so magical.
So it's basically the flow state
As apposed to G force or Luke using "the" force.
@@JoseDaPrimo ULTRA INSTINC- i mean, the Power of flow state
A native Chinese teacher explained to me that there are several different meanings for "Chi," some of which are common concepts in Chinese culture. He also told me that in old Chinese, the characters for the different concepts of chi sometimes had some different strokes, but since I don't know Chinese, that was kind of over my head. So Chi could simply be "breath." Chi gung, to some extent is simply breathwork. The second definition of chi was a vector of force. So when someone pushes you and you don't want to get pushed, you "redirect his chi." It sounds mystical, but it's really purely physical. Then there's the chi (energy) that circulates around your body and makes it work. When your mind makes your bicep contract, that's a motion of the chi. When you get a muscle cramp that's a blockage of chi. You can do chi gung (breathwork) to strengthen your chi (inner energy) It's not part of western culture, but again, it's common way of thinking in Asia. Some people have learned to take that inner chi and project it, but usually for healing, not hitting. Finally, there's the Chi of nature and the universe. Taoists feel they can absorb it from forests and mountains, but it's not so different from the "energy" in a hunk of beef that we eat and digest to strengthen our own chi.
I've always understand it as "flow". No flow, no chi.
So, regarding vocabulary, is it Ki Reiki? Qi QiGong? Ji Tai ji? Tai chi?
@@simpletongeek The 'Ji'(or 'Chi') in Tai Ji Quan(or T'ai Chi Ch'uan) is an entirely different word with a different inflection and a different meaning. This one has meanings such as 'Extreme', 'Supreme', 'Mighty' and 'Ultimate'. The name itself links to the concept of taiji, the 'Supreme Ultimate'(Wikipedia). Interpreting this concept as the 'Origin of All Things As A Force Of Nature But Not A Sentient Deity' might help. The word that makes up the syllable 'Tai' translates to "great; grand; supreme; extreme; very; too"(Source Wikipedia because it's been a decade since I've studied Chinese). Quan is Fist and is normally localised as 'Boxing' in this type of word, basically a martial art that involves striking within its overall context and framework.
As a result, the actual name of Tai Ji Quan can be interpreted as anything from "Supreme Ultimate Fist"(Wikipedia) to "Very Mighty Fist" to "Original Boxing". Also "Too Extreme Boxing" and "Very Extreme Fisting".
My limited understanding of the concept was something along the lines of the bodies mechanical potential energy. Whether in a striking or grappling context, it's how you apply yours or manipulate your opponents. One way it has effected my views and understanding of "chi/ki" martial arts, aikido in particular, is the original meaning being along the lines of "the way of binding energies" to "the flow of manipulating potential energy". If that makes sense. Essentially, learning to feel where and how an opponent will attack and interrupting or displacing the incoming blow, be it strike or grappling technique.
Missed your comment and just said the same. Chi is breathing, and for the hieroglyphic language and the way of thinking all the meanings are connected. For several years I've tried to imagine and "feel" a special "energy" flowing through my body when practicing Taichi and Chi-gong until I understood that it is a breathing itself, and when I've started to follow my breathing, I've really started to sense my body acting and moving on a new level with really more energy. :)
Meme Notyou anyone who does stamina/aerobic training is literally building up their chi in the most direct manner, so yes, any self respecting MMA fighter believes in training their chi.
“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
― Nikola Tesla
USEFULL!
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My master explained to me that chi is a living conscious force that responds to our intention and awareness. We can use it to strike more efficiently and harder, to preserve our lifeforce or simply to learn better. We can focus it to a specific part of the body to heal faster or even to our voice to influence and project onto others. It is said that master with immense accumulation of this force can influence another person s body and mind without a single touch, only it s mere presence. Chi flows through the blood but it is not the blood, enters through the air but it is not the air, is guided by our movement but it is not our movement. Chi is probably the closest thing to the abstract of Tao that there is. It cannot be simplify, it simply IS. Lamas in tibet believed in ancient times there were levels of human evolution that allow us even to fly. This might sound crazy for our science evolved times, but for the ancients it appear to have been a kind of technlogy as well. Something that can be learned to focus and use.
To my experience to explain chi is to try to explain a mindless state achieved through meditation. How can you explain something that the mind cannot touch ? If I tell you that I feel the universe through me at that moment and there is nothing that separates me from the surrounding you can go to Einstein and his unified field for a reference but that is not comprehension, only the title of the chapter, a mere reference. In fact meditation for others can be a totaly different thing. The same way chi cannot be fully explained, only experienced. And I believe as westeners the closest we are to understand it is through the concept of faith. It is said that a man with faith can move mountains. But what is faith ? For some is just a set of beliefs well rooted in the mind that drive the individual's actions. But is it truly only that ? The faithful, if we can believe the sacred books of the earth were able to do miracles, to open the sea, to cast fire from the sky. Sounds a lot like magic but who said magic is not a type of technology. After all our bodies are machines.
We are machines that create machines as well, that use fuel to live, require metals to function and constant mantainance. Yet chi existed before us and will continue after us. unlike the concept of god it is not considered a non localized phenomena but a tangible one. With training you can feel the energy within you and move it through your body as you can feel the heat of the stove. A martial artist can concentrate it on the tan tien or on the fist. A healer can focus it through his/her mind or hands. An artist can channel it through a brush.
In our times we were tought to only believe in what can be explained and that is our loss. It is as pernicious as the concept of religion to only believe in what we cannot explain. In the first one all you can achieve is the capacity to create constructs outside of you. In the second you are just a conduit without will subject to the Will of your god. Chi and Tao are none of those. You cannot fully explain any of them yet you can experience both.
I wonder how it could extend our life and slow our aging if we really tried. Imagine being 50 and passing for a 20 year old and still physically fit to do the things you love
It's like the force in Star Wars.
@@cliffbot638Kriya yoga does exactly this.
@@dubclub4843 Really?
@@cliffbot638 yes. As a yoga practitioner. I find these other Asian forms of chi practices very similar to yoga. They’re all rooted in a deep understanding of the movement of the subtle life force. The term chi-gong has very close translation to the yogic breathing practices called ‘pranayaam’ which means ‘practices to control or exercise the life force, chi or prana in Sanskrit. Long term practice of kriya yoga can definitely enhance your life span and slow down cellular aging, it’s medically proven n u also can feel a sense of vibrance in your mind and body in a short span of practice time. Now I dunno about having the strength of a 20 year old at the age of 50, but if u maintain a consistent practice of hatha-yoga in life, u will definitely not need any crutches even at 70 n will maintain a reasonable amount of strength and fitness in your body. All the old age problems like spinal issues, n knee or other joint problems ligaments issues, it takes care of all that, plus the mental clarity u have is an added benefit.
How dare you to disagree with Master Ken? xD
Don’t worry, I asked for his permission 🤪
Oh well now i get it!
I was sure i have seen this guy, who get that kick into the balls, from somewhere !😜😝😂
That price was it worth, i guess!🏋👍💪💸
I love watching the master Ken videos. The things he comes up with is funny
@@boominS10 He looks like a mix between Cobra Kai and Jesse Ventura
@@KARATEbyJesse
You will also disagree with Master Gouken and Gouki as well...but who am i to talk anyway
Let me share my experience. Firstly, I do agree with your explanation that chi is energy. My first experience with Chi was actually from my mother in law. She's a regular Tai Chi pratitioner. Not a master or anything, just for exercise purpose for an elderly lady. We can actually feels heat emitting from the palm of her hands when she performs it. We've tried to do the same and got nothing. Mind you the distance between her palm and my hand is quite close...maybe 2-3 inches. So no, she is not going to starts shooting fireballs and yells Hadoken! anytime soon. But the thing is, there is something there. So thermal energy is pretty accurate. I have no idea how to generate it or how far it can go. But i am 100% sure there is something there. Just don't expect Hadoken or shooting laser beam from your eyes.
Oooo
Wow
Yes, there is more to chi than meets the eye.
I use energy or chi to heal and it works really well and the results are not explainable with normal physics, or placebo.
For example, I used chi to straighten my sister's huge scoliosis.
No force of any kind, just very light touch and concentrated chi to the spine for 10 minutes.
Before healing there was huge curvature, after 10 minutes of channeling chi, straight spine.
That proves (at least to me) that chi is actually real, because scoliosis does not correct by itself, or with placebo to my knowledge.
But I don't think you can use chi effectively in combat situation, it works much better when the subject is relaxed, like in healing session.
No chi is not actual energy.
@@filipcza Nah bro, chi cannot travel from inside to outside.
I met this great basketball coach in Illinois in 1972. He was a great coach and had the utmost respect from everybody. He wasn't a firebreather type. He was a gentlemanly mild mannered person who just happened to be a master at his craft. He had an aura of greatness about him that I will never forget. I compare that aura to chi or ki power. It's unseen, but influential. His name was Vergil Fletcher.
I'm no fighter, but I get Chi every time I see my wife in the shower
@Cartoon Madhouse ; )
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Me too! Umm, with my wife that is
@Silent Psykosis that creative chi
im so done lmfaooooooooooooo
The Wii shop music is refreshing
Glad you liked it! 😜
@@KARATEbyJesse When will you be available to train me sensei
Yes!!! The Mii theme!!
Just wii music, not shop perse
Made me giggle
1:35 I studyed science, so yes, I can explain it all. If you want, I can even write it here
I'm actually intrigued.. Please go on✨
@@ItsMeAsenastill intrigued ? 💀
@@Shrubby1337 Yes.
@@ItsMeAsena for example the wind turbines generate electricity with lenz's law, when you move a magnet near a cable around it (change of the magnetic field over time) it induces current in that cable, producing electricity
Who else came to this video trying to learn about how to do a Kamehameha
Me im into raging demon lol...want to learn the instant 1000 strike
Also I think Chi is about visualisation: what you visualise when doing a movement effects your quality of motion. It can be used to help acquire a particular way of moving. Professional dancers will often use visualisation to give a movement a particular desired quality and it's sometimes used in Yoga for a similar reason (and often to engender a particular mental state).
Thank you for the heart Jesse :)
I think quality of motion can be associated with mental state. The obvious example of a particular way of moving being linked to a particular mental state is Tai Chi: in doing the form one's emotional state gets aligned to the emotional state of the form, but I think this is so with all styles. I like one style and dismiss another because of how it feels: do I like how this way of moving feels and do I like the emotional state this quality of motion is associated with. So that it doesn't matter what mental or emotional state I'm in, I'm in a better one after doing forms. A bit like how Hari Krishna devotees say "chant and be happy", one could also say do kata and be happy.
Yes
I believe that Western people are missing another point in the meaning of "chi": for Chinese people it also means "breathing", so when they're talking about "chi" circulation in the body it is connected with inhaling and exhaling, and right breathing is essential for both health and your biodynamics if we're talking about martial arts. It is not a "magical" energy, but it is the energy of your breathing.
Of course. Thats is magical to me.
According to Chinese medicine, Qi is acquired through two simple methods:
1. Eating food
2. Breathing air.
How do you use Qi? By doing absolutely anything or simply being alive! 😁
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Precisely. It is known as blood pressure and body heat. Concentrate all that into one part, and risk one of your limbs in the process.
ATP.
I agree one more.
3) How you think and feel.
@@fernandoescudero5585 Of course! Too much negative thinking/feeling can block qi and cause illness. Some emotions like extreme sorrow can drain the lung energy, making you more prone to illness.
@@Bj-yf3im even too much hapiness.
My friend, search in the web the interview to Cheng Xinnong.
*But admit it or not guys there's one point in your life that you tried to form energy ball with your hands while uttering the words hadouken or kamehameha... 😂*
me rasengan 😂
Rasenshuriken
@yo mom bbw Don’t deny it
Bijū Dama!
@@zanyryan6417 Futon: Kamitachi!
Im just gonna stick with my chakra 😂
Uhh tobi your alive?
@@notorious9278 yes, i even got rin 😏
@@brienYT no you're just living in infinite tsukyomi
You Know I can do rasengan
Yes
I used to believe in Chi when I was a newbie, but now I know it's just a proper use of (bio)mechanics. And a freaking lot of training, of course.
I agree! It’s almost supernatural when done well 🤩
Belive is not feel!
Belive is like, when Parents feed their child , the child have to 'believe' that this food is not poisoned or anything , but the child only know its good after eaten it!
Trust ur inner child !
@@KARATEbyJesse absolutely
Jesse Enkamp but not actually supernatural?? Nothings transcendent being experienced you can’t spoil with your intellect.
@John Smith Exactly its not that the Human body have an Energiefield , its more that the energiefield is first and creates that visible quintessencia of it called human body ..
Hope i explained that aspect with the right words
First is the spirit and then it forms the body ... but at least both is the same thing , both are just the same energies!
"heat produces fire" now wait a minute, doesn't fire produce heat? And friction produce heat? Heat is a product or result of an action
Yare yare!😂
@@AmberRathour366 , daze!
bro heat ,also produce fire ,take the ex of magnifying glass if you concentrate all its light on a single peice of paper the it start getting heated and some time later it got fire
For fire to make you'll need air(oxygen), heat and fuel. If you have fire and take out any of these the fire is off. Ask any fire fighter.
So the most amount of heat is the most amount of chi?
So the more muscle behind a motion. Against the least amount of muscle of the opponent is good use of chi.
So we want to flow to not alow them to apply force. And apply force when they can't flow.
Can you explain that . Anyone who finished high school with science class : Yes
My suggestion on a video is: how to not lose motivation in training, despite if your sensei stops teaching, martial politics get in the way, dojo let's you down, etc.. 🙏🏼
“Thank You so much for watching” Are you kidding me, thank you for making such informative videos. Well produced and makes me happy to learn new things everyday. An honor to have you on UA-cam sensei
He is not a seinseï. don't mix all things, please. And no, there are mysteries that come from the invisible. I don't say that it cannot be explained with science (not ours from 2023, but ours from maybe 100, 150,1000 years, don't know). for my part, I can move objects, big, heavy, light, with my type of concentration. thus, the nowadays physics won't explain anything; no, sorry ! 😉 (I'm not the one in the world, of course).
An approximate description of chi would be how Yoda described the Force to young Luke Skywalker.
It is the same. SW is a remake of taoism, christianism, hinduism, kabbalah, etc.
Many years ago when I did Chen Taichi I had Chi explained to me as ,"Efficiently using your body and breathing...and anything else we need to explain." by my instructor. It was shortly after he effortlessly knocked the wind out of me during push-hands practice. I later learned that what he did was basically a gentle version of the classic "one-inch punch" with an open hand, to my solar plexus. Which makes a lot more practical sense than some of the "magic" I've seen touted.
I always thought the same so I'm glad you made a video on Chi
Glad to hear it resonates! 👍
In Qigong and taijiquan, Qi means "breath," "energy," or can also be "attention." Breath is a source of energy, i.e. oxygen that is used to transform chemical energy in our cells, so that our muscles can generate mechanical energy and kinetic energy. Attention requires the expenditure of mental energy, which requires firing of synapses, which is the transformation of chemical energy into electrical energy. These processes happen on a level and at a speed that our conscious mind cannot comprehend.
So is Qi magical? Actually, our body and unconscious processes are quite magical, if you think about it. In the end, many martial arts masters have figured out how to use their body in a way that defies description, and moves at a speed that is faster that most people's capacity to think. There are rigorous scientific explanations, but of the esoteric explanations work, they are generally much faster, and don't require intense thought, making them more useful. Just don't get confused by the language
I believe Qi is energy just something to add just by experience trouble situations like fighting or your life being endangered in the moment if ur trained or by a long shot like me that had no prior training I really just learned as things happens the adrenaline ur Instincts can take u far
Seing your newest video on Chi/Qi, I guess your awareness of the subject in this video has come a long way in 3 years? Excellent! 😊👍 🙏
Anyone else feel like a nerd because when he asked you do you understand any of the energy things but you actually did know how to answer all the questions because they taught me in high school
Chi ( or ki ) is a way of thinking about energy that used to make sense in ancient times when people thought they could improve their ¨internal energy¨ to live healthier, longer or even to punch harder. Nowadays we can understand for example how really energy is contained in molecules and how we use ATP to boost our internal processes or to create movement. Due to this new way of understanding energy and our body we know that practices like iron shirt or chi Kung don´t make any sense, at least in terms of redirecting energy or create energy. I am studying the physics degree and I can tell that energy is something weird and really difficult to understand, however, talking about chi energy nowadays simple doesn´t make sense .
I love your videos but in this one, I don´t really get the point. Sorry for my English if I have any mistake, I am Spanish :)
You got the point exactly! 👍 (And don’t worry, English is not my first language either 😄)
Right! Only iron shirt does make sense, if you apply science from wolfes law...
More than physics. It’s life flowing, it’s your thoughts....
I agree! I would also add intention to direct that energy. This is mental work and as so opens up physical potential. I guess you can just ask yourselves, Is it possible the power of belief can help you overcome a physical challenges in any way? My answer is Yes. So now what? I think, thought/belief/heart (spirit) plus intention (mind) with direction (body) is chi (energy) in action and that takes practice to achieve that balance.
@Yamile Magubeni Hi, I don't understand your comment. Surely a perspective beyond what is physically possible or known allows greater potential. Are you saying belief is a limitation?
again such a very great video - thank you so much sir
Cant lie i had that thought in my head since chi was interduced i never thought of a way of explaining it thank you
Ah! I really loved this one. I've had a hard time trying to like the way I've been taught about the chi. I'm really skeptical about this magic understanding of the chi. But yeah, this sounds a lot more aligned about what I understand about energy, in the physics arena.
Thank you, sensei!
Hey Jesse,
I share your stand on different karate styles. That most paths lead to the same goal in the end, since the perfection of character is what we strife for eventually.
That said, I looked at all the kata that are "approved" bye the WKF in their official kata list and was overwhelmed by the number of katas I had never heard of before.
So, I started to figure out which kata is trained in which "karate style" (using this term lightly).
Some of my findings are:
- Shito-Ryu has a lot of kata
- Shotokan and Goju-Ryu are very distinct from each other
- There are so many "styles" I have never heard from
Naturally I felt like my karate-do is incomplete, since there seems so much knowledge in different styles.
Okay, at this point I should say, that my sensei toughed Shotokan and I consider myself also training Shotokan karate, even though I walk a different path then my sensei by now and also incorporate kodudo.
Thanks for reading so far, now to the point/question!
Looking at all the 102 katas listed by the WKF, I figured out there are many kata that teaches the same principles.
I never tried Sanchin or Tensho, but the breathing is similar to the beginning of Hangetsu. I never tried Kushanku, but the techniques are similar to Kanku Dai + Sho, so I understood, what the kata was about and aimed to teach.
Then there are different names for basically the same kata, Chinto = Gankaku, Wanshu = Enpi or Matsukaze = Wankan. As far as I am aware this happened, because of political reasons. Some names are Chinese and at that time it was considered a bad thing. Some names were changed from one sensei to the next, because they wanted to give the kata their own touch. Etc.
But then there are also kata that are unique. For example Annan or Chinte.
What is your opinion on this matter?
Are there kata that are unique to one style and should be learned by others to complete the kara pool? Or is all the knowledge of karate in the limited pool of kata of each style respectively?
I would like to know what you and your community thinks about this. And I also left a comment for your video ideas ;-)
Best regards from Germany,
Oss
Thank you! My qigong teacher was forward about how it was not a term he liked to use in teaching, though he knew it’s many contexts in Chinese and could express them. He used “energy” instead, which made sense as his western academic background is in kinesiology. Certain Western philosophical terms also experienced eastward obfuscation and occasionally reappeared in the west again in ostensibly Buddhist formulations (DT Suzuki and the Kyoto School, some of Robert Sharf’s work).
its crazy how edits can really make content that much more appealing to the audience. Great Video definitely had me intrigued and amused, subbed at 555k👍🏼
Great video, makes alot of sense,
I did find an exercise labelled as 'Chi' (basic movements timed with breathing)
and very quickly I noticed an unusual sensation, it no longer felt like I was using physical effort but instead that my breathing and intention was causing the body to move
I immediately recognised the sensation as being the same as when you relieve the burden of carrying a heavy backpack or shopping bags, that 'floaty' feeling
I later noticed a description of a function of our muscular system, that it has an aspect to keep us stable and upright and another aspect to enable us to move
Apparently the movement function can be felt when operating and tires more quickly,
The posture function cannot be felt and doesn't tire out,
So I gather that what's happening here is the movement muscles are being tired out, so much that when the mind intends to move- the posture muscles perform the command
I get the impression that when we are young we always correctly use stabilisation muscles for standing, but over time we learn the bad habit of using our movement muscles for that role, meaning we feel as though we are carrying the body like a burden
I believe this contributes towards the tension we carry in our bodies, particularly around the joints, which leads to I'll health
So I believe that an exercise labelled Chi is intended to enable us to return to the natural state of using posture muscles for stabilisation and possibly to take that a step further and begin to learn how to move only using the posture muscles
I found this very interesting, don't know if this is hundred percent right or common knowledge but thought I'd share in case someone understands this better, hope I explained it clearly enough
I would love to see a video on the gyaku zuki. I know that sounds boring at first, since you do it all the time, but there are so many things you have to keep an eye on (e.g. shoulder position, hip movement, legs straight or not, relaxation and tension, arm not completely straight, twisting in the end, hikite, kime, breathing...)
Maybe you can do some kind of "basics" video in which you explain all the things you have to keep in mind and even some drills on how to improve your zuki.
And again great video 👍🏻
Super important! 😄👍
I'd love to see this. A video on the perfect gyaku zuki. Not just very good, PERFECT. The goal that all karate practioners strive for.
It would be even better if you could explain some of principles behind it and how they apply to other techniques. I'd also like to see a video on general biomechanical principles for perfect stances and techniques.
@@isaackulp2885 That would also be a great title for the video: "The PERFECT gyaku zuki" 👊🏻
Great video! One of the best that explains what Ki really is. Thanks. Domo arigato
I really felt that ENERGY AND so I thought what it was the chi people talk about , I wasn’t sure as there was no one to confirm my thought. Thanks 😊 for this video really made things clear. From now on I can practice karate in a more efficient way.
Yeah, I agree with you, I think the old Japanese imagined it differently than how people today do.
I think so too! 😄
@@KARATEbyJesse I study traditional Japanese martial arts (Kenjutsu, BOjutsu), and as you mentioned "KI" is a big part of it, but it's not mystic at all, it's just energy!
Not according to acupuncturist or herbalist or shintoists or Buddhists or nearly any traditional Chinese martial art.
Curt Ambrose Dantien and Hara are quite different ideas there are three dantiens in Chinese medicine religions and philosophy not one. And it is not in anyway related to center of gravity those words exist and are prolific in Chinese wrestling styles.
chi is Taoism
That punch by Bruce Lee and Anderson Silva was a really great way to put it!
Windmills produce electricity due to the wind hitting its blades. The momentum of the air is creating lift on the blades making it spin. In the center there is an alternator, a magnet surrounded by coils. The spinning magnet moves the electrons in the coils to create 3 phase electricity.
A bar with carbohydrates contains a lot of chemical energy. When breathing in oxygen you allow for the carbohydrates to burn, releasing energy and heat. The energy is used for ATP and ADP conversion, the batteries of your body so to speak. ATP is a molecule with energy stored. When reales in muscle fibrils, they will contract causing your muscle to tense up voluntary or involuntary aka cramps. Antagonist muscle groups allow for reverse action.
As for fire, heat exites the molecules allowing them to bond with oxygen and forming other molecules. When bonding with oxygen, the electrons around the atom also get exited and jump to a higher shell, then they jump back and releasing energy in the form of photons. The more heat there is generates the higher the energy of the color. Therefore fire can be multiple colors like from red to green to blue red being the lower energy emission and blue being the higher energy emission.
There are your forms of energy
Great video, Jess!
Chi is real. The sensation feels like cool air settling down the Dan Tien. When you apply it in motion, you feel sensation like water going through your body.
I felt pressure that's pretty much it. I don't feel it normally
If chi is real much thinks have to be modificat ( transformation ) , them is, bettler , is good for the word that this don't be real.
"Be like water my friend"
@@Mr.Cold777 is that from Bruce lee
Yeah sometimes it feels like magnet
Tsutomu Oshima had an interesting account of his experience with Chi
years ago in
BlackBelt Magazine,
and it ain't just physical dynamics, Jesse.
Koîchi Tôhei wrote a book about using Ki to heal. He was a master in Aikido.
I love youre videos, clear and very good explained. I practice tangsoodo for very long time and stil love it. Youre videos keep inspiring me thank you👍👊
Chi or in mainland Chinese Pinyin, Qi, is far more than just energy. It can also be focused attention, vitality or consciousness
, and many many more. For example, "气死 - Qi kills“ means someone fails to control his anger and die as a result of being overwhelmed by the anger whatever causing it. ”勇气 - brave Qi“ means courage. ”志气 - ambition Qi“ means aspiration. ”福气 - lucky Qi“ means blessing. "气节 - Qi discipline“ means integrity, and "节气 - season Qi" means agricultural seasons. One thing is certain, except when it means air, Qi is an abstractive and intangible concept. In martial arts or Kung Fu, people use “精， 气， 神“ to describe it more inclusively and accurately.
三宝
Having been on the receiving end of some masters of Aikido, Tai Chi, and Karate, there was absolutely no "energy" or Chi, but as you said just exceptional technique, timing, and execution.
Glad to hear you survived to tell us about it! 🙏 To be on the receiving end of supreme skill is a true honor 💪
@@KARATEbyJesse It definitely let me know how much more I needed to learn and train! 😁
@@kputala but exceptional technique, timing, and execution IS chi. It is practical, martial chi. The other is mystical chi or religious chi. At least that is what I was taught.
@@danielmankiller5098 I understand what you're saying but I have yet to feel anything in martial arts to qualify as this "mystical" energy released at another. Watch old videos of Morihei Ueshiba performing Aikido, with people flying and falling without being touched and it's claimed to be Ki/Chi. I've never felt that type of energy... ever.
@@kputala I agree.
The problem with the term "chi" is that it is a very general word used for everything from air to breathing to motion to energy, which gave some people (including at least a few of the equivalent of Chinese philosophers and naturalists of ancient times) the idea that there is a single "chi" that encompasses every definition of chi when this is generally not the case.
Jesse, this explanation and presentation is clear and crisp, if not unique ! At last ! Energy, in physics, the capacity for doing work. It may exist in potential, kinetic, thermal, electrical, chemical, nuclear, or any other form. Here, perhaps, it may point to heat and work; an energy or chi in the process of transferring chi from one body to another. Over the years I also noticed it is extremely difficult to grasp for most people. After endless attempts (as a physicist and karate student / instructor :-) ) I actually gave up somehow. Well-done ! yoku yata !
Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍
That ameri-do-tei editing was flawless 🤣🤣🤣
In my teens some 50 yrs ago my older brother in an informal Kumite, threw a soft kick that sent his opponent flying across the dojo. Our sensei (5th Dan Shotokan) Reverend Foster who missionaried in China announced, no one was allowed to spar with him without his presence. Then personally trained him in breathing techniques and control of "Chi". The only example I ever witnessed that I might believe. Thanks for video.
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@@user-pl9yq3fc8u well if you do it right ie “focusing your chi”, it is possible to fling a dude rather than just broke his rip. It like the different between pushing a glass pane flying across the room using your fist and smashing right through it.
Kinda hard to explain but it is what it is
Fun video explaining Chi regarding Martial Arts, Sensei Enkamp!
thank you jesse for your insights
A couple of times in my life I have been in a situation where I have felt I was under threat of being attacked physically and quite spontaneously I have felt a force of explosive energy come from deep inside myself and protect me from harm.
I am not sure about the mechanism of this power or why humans have it's potential. All I know is that before it happened, I felt sincerely righteous and justified that it should!!
You're absolutely right! Also, in my opinion, Chi can be translated as "determination", because it's what makes practice and its application reality; without it, nothing could be done! It's just mine interpretation of it by the way😅
Determination with absolute awareness
Hands down the best and most sensible explanation I've ever heard.
He explained it in a clear and smooth way. Thank you😊.
"Do you know how a windmill produces electricity, how a energybar makes you move and how heat makes fire?"
Me: yes.
It is pronounced "qii" I guess
All my respect sensei! You have explained it so nicely!
Oss! 🙇
I was born in the 1980 and back then one of the first movie that hooked us as children practicing martial arts ( yoseikan budo) , is Blood Sport with Van Damme. In this movie I remember the actor performs what they called "Dim Mak" which is hitting a set of 5 bricks but only destroying the one at the bottom and leaving the ones above it unscathed. Surely this should not be possible but we believed it was due to the whole mysticism at the time around the concept of 'KI" or "Chi" :) there was no internet back then and very few books so anything could be argued and we were fascinated by this i remember :)
You are completely wrong my friend, i know a master of chi gong, he is capable to blow up a flame of candle at a distance of 3 m point out his fingers and it is chi!
Márcio Duque Thank you
As a practitioner of chi gong myself, and as someone who also knows masters that can do crazy things, i don't see a contradiction here...
I agree. Jesse Enkamp seems to think that dynamos, carbohydrates and fire are practically voodoo and are universally baffling so the finer points of Ki/Chi probably fly right over his head.
You have to feel the chi, no necessarily see, because we all are energy, but don't see.
Master Ken's statement there at the end was comic genius!
Great vid man but started laughing when I noticed u were playing the wii home screen song in the back ground
32 people disliked this?How!? Do they really think that one can harness energy and throw energy balls at people?
Great comments on Chi. Chi is known as universal life force. You're right that Chi is not easily explainable, but the examples of Chi are infinite.
Really good explained!!!!🎉
It's so nice to search for "chi manipulation" or something similar and actually get a video that is down to earth and not filled with highshool mumbo jumbo. And it does make sense. Aligning your ki, or centering it could very well ring as an umbrella term for "are you eating right? Are you healthy, mentally and physically, are you appropriately alert". All of which are crucial in performing well within an activity. And we are getting closer and closer to the mathematically correct way to use our Chi. There are explanations for all the 3 examples you have given, testable, repeatable and transformable. Likewise there are more and more deeper understandings of how to correctly balance yourself, where to place your center of balance according to your strike, heck even when not striking, you can see the example in your every day life. When you try to move a heavy box you might grab it at first and realise you might not be able to handle it, then you think for a few seconds and find a way to prop yourself and it up so you can effortlessly move it. Or trying to budge a heavy object, instead of just slamming into it you can incrementally push it using leverage. Truly fascinating.
I found info about chi through soft martial arts than hard martial arts. Soft martial art are like Tai Chi, Baguazhang, ect.
0:43 master ken 😂
Thanks for showing it in a scientific way. 👍
Thank you, Jesse! I just found a book that I wanted to read and to learn from. It is filled with ways to (supposedly) learn to use "chi" to learn how to do just about anything. There are breathing exercises which show how to use Chi to do... well, I can't explain it after I read it. I believe it could be related to Zen because I profited much from Eugen Herrigel's book, "Zen and the Art of Archery." For me, Zen "happens" when I do something in Archery or in Karate that "wasn't done" by me. I have had an attacker stop in mid-attack and reach to his mouth to see what had happened to one of his teeth! I looked down to find that one of my knuckles was bleeding! "I" didn't throw the punch. Nevertheless it had been thrown without my conscious knowledge. I have done many such things that I feel that "I" didn't do. Groups of arrows that were shot that I know for a fact that "I" could not possibly have shot with such an astonishing level of accuracy. Although I am still confused, I wanted to thank you for writing something about it. I have considered finding a Zen Master and "debriefing" myself to see what he would say. Goodbye for now and could you talk about "Ti" sometime.
Awesome info sensei!
Thank you!!
So pranayama is completely invalid then?
So Chia ,Qi,and or chi is basically just spiritual refinement,hard work and energy makes sense
I've been training my Ki energy for years by now. I also do martial arts and train my physical fitness with the mindset to go beyond the limits of my limit. That's an intend that helped to get to the level i'm at now.
In terms of my Ki training...i now think i finally know, how i'm able to create pressure between my hands when concentrating. I think it also explains how that one guy who commented here, said that his mother can create heat between her hands. I think for her it felt like pressure. Why? Because i think it is just the blood that you are concentrating to your hands through body control. The blood pressure in the hands gets immense, wich makes you think that something is between your hands. And blood is warm, because of your bodys tempature. So that's explains it kinda.
If you read this, would you mind pinning it? So everyone knows how it works and understands it better.
Have a fine day guys
There is a mystical aspect of Qi, but it rarely has anything to do with martial art. It is in between the philosophical origin of the universe and the basic unit of matter. that constructs everything.
“Chi is a way of describing ‘perfect technique.’ So, you can say I use Chi but I will say I am just using perfect technique” - Wally Jay (paraphrased)
Without perfect breathing technick you can't use chi.
No matter your fisical technics & body strength.
Qi is like the Tao:
It’s there but you can’t summon it at will because it’s something always present, so realizing this, you use it eternally until death without knowing it personally 🙏🏽
Massive upvote for including Matthew "Master Ken" Page!
Very clear, thank you
That’s about the best explanation I’ve ever heard. It is indeed a real thing! My old Sifu could knock me to the ground with the smallest movements. It was truly demoralizing for a long time. Until I figure it out how he was doing it. Generating great deals of force in very short distances.
I usually explain it like the "optimal way in which body and mind are working together". Kind of like the psychological term 'flow'.
Guido Ramackers not at all the same flow would be described in different terms.
@@buddhisttarotrigdzenamdrol5620 thats why I said 'kind of'.
Guido Ramackers I don’t see it but I believe you. Best wishes.
@@buddhisttarotrigdzenamdrol5620 it's common for example ..in western buddhism the term ego is often used..a borrowed term from psychology. Enough similarities to get a point through...but not an exact translation.
Guido Ramackers yes but chi is a medium and flow is the movement of this medium chi can cycle or stagnate it’s like a liquid. Flow is a function it can perform.
It's really wonderful just to think about the genki desu ka..元気..wow
I have heard someone say that “ Chi” can be also used as a term for controlling your breathing.
Ok, that's agood point, Jesse. May I add my experience to that?
Because in my book, "Chi" that is supposedly "flowing" throughout our bodies can be equated to "bioelectricity".
You see, just like you train, say, your bicep better when you focus on it (and thereby command your cerebral cortex to send more bioelectric impulses into it), a fughting technique i.e. will become more efficient if you really put all your conviction into it, hence creating more bioelectric stimulation and thereby stronger activity.
I learned that through a very muscular training buddy of mine who participated in the same Martial Art as I do. He was waaaaay ore buff and ripped than I was and had way more brute force. We came by a pile of bulk trash one day and he challenged me to break a wooden board that lay around there. Long sotry short: We placed it on top of two chair backrests and he hit it with all his power but obviously the wrong way of thinking (determination) because he couldn't break it. By telling his brain through doubts and fear that he was unable to, his muscles obeyed his command to NOT manage it. I concentrated solely on that one thought, namely to get through as if it was nothing and so I did. The bioelectric impulses my brain sent into my muscle were bound on a simple action: breaking the board no matter what. Without doubt or unrest. I was completely calm and composed. My kinteic energy was consitent with the information that my brain send to my tricep and brachialis, wrist and hammerfist.
The board split in half and hit my forehead with such power that it left a bruise and knocked me off balance xD
Chi in Chinese, Ki in Japanese and Prana in Indian. The actual root of martial arts is in India.
2:25 Is this you writing? It is beautiful.
Hahahahahahaha that clip is hilarious!!! I love your explanation I definitely believe it’s a bit deeper than that, I know u tell the truth. Just subscribed notifications bell on!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! You’ll like my upcoming video then 😄
Admit it you are here because of Kung fu Panda 3.
Yep
Energy is vague enough for people to refer it in metaphysics as well. Some of the more obscure schools, in Chinese, Japanese and Malay martial arts, have occultism included. It's good to stay mainstream. 😅
Peter Khew absolutely exactly it is actually worse.
Windmill:
The blade shape convert the pushing of the wind into rotation of the central shaft. This rotation causes a magnet to rotate within a coil of wire. This causes a flux differential within the wire that induces electrons to move within the wire.
Great video man
Appreciate it
0:14 force push
I do have chi, yesss when every time I get punch in my face, I'd say "Chiiieeeet!!"
I forgot about chi for so long, but I recently remembered it and when I tried it on my punching bag, I knocked over a 250lbs bag in a single hit without putting much physical effort into the punch.
Great video! Yes, I can answer all of those questions and yes, I can explain energy in various forms. It's textbook physics. The optimal and efficient use of mechanical energy is a great way of describing chi. Like feng shui optimizes the ergonomic efficiency of a living space, making living less effortful, learning to move and project force efficiently increases performance and decreases effort in the martial arts. If a person is running at you, you can try to stop their momentum with direct force, which is very effortful, or you can redirect their momentum using very little force and make them careen out of control and tumble through the air. To an untrained observer it can appear magical, you made an effortless movement and thew a large and powerful attacker. This is where the mystical ideas of chi come from. That, and the psychological aspect of compliance to authority. If a grand master says he's going to touch you and you will fall down, while you're standing in front of the entire class, you are faced with a difficult situation. If you don't fall down, you embarrass your instructor and shame yourself. Most likely, you will simply comply and rationalize it to avoid the shame. The students begin to believe that the master has that power and the master begins to believe that he/she has that power as well. This kind of illusory psychological influence has been a legitimate practice in the martial arts forever. Even animals will puff themselve up to look bigger and intimidate and enemy. Armies will present themselve in the most formidable way possible to intimidate their enemies. Professional fighters will make scary faces at each other during weigh in to intimidate each other. The psychological effects of such actions can have a real effect on the outcome of a battle or fight. So, the mystical aspects of the martial arts, while not based in physics, can still have a significant psychological effect on the outcome of combat. Simply looking scary so that people don't mess with you is a legitimate form of self defense....