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WOW Is Garry teaching this kind of stuff then ?

That actually explains the holes in them and also their shapes. The pyramids are nothing more then old swiss cheese.

That was a kinda cool breakdown. I think I want more if available...

that sounds good. Are u asociated with them ?

I know where u r comming from. I'm all about grappling. It's just that in grappling they r missing some important aspects that taichi is covering. So IMO it's not perfect but it's the best and the most realistic and practical I could find so far comming from a taichi school.

Now I know why american cars r so crappy but people keep making and buying them - to keep the bond.

rofl I think that's just chinese standup comedy oh man..I really needed to see smth like this tonight...

Oh, I wasn't refering to the fact that the face has been damaged. I was refering to the error in proportions. The head's size just doesn't fit the rest of the body. It's too small. The theory that I am talking about is much older then Napoleon's days. Basically it's referring to one of the laws by which everything was created on this planet and that is the law of proportions. It has been reflected in other structures as well. Like some temples that have a cupola for instance. All of the temples around it would have a cupola that is rested on 4 poles let's say. But this specific one is intentionally built on 3 poles so that it would attract peoples attention. Of course not everyone would understand that concept, but somebody involved in construction of temples would notice it. Then they would question it: Why the hell there are only 3 poles in this one when every normal cupola has 4 poles, this just doesn't feel right. Hmm lemme look into this?. And that's just step nr1. From there you go to the next clue etc.... All this would determine you to think in a certain way until you get the message - This method would save the author hundreds of pages of theories that can would be lost in translation anyway or sumtimes can't even be put in words....

Well it's just a theory like all of them. But it states clearly that most of the art is not designed like that - but only a few. Supposedly the builders of the Sphinx carried a very useful type of knowledge that was important to be transmitted to humanity but it was hard because of the lack of consistency in people's mentality. Most of the art just happened by imitation and misinterpretation without any esoteric background. Just like let's say a lot of paintings of tibetan religion. There are many westerners that reproduce those painting and they do even a better job then the tibetans themselves but they rarely can grasp the true meaning of them. But what about the Japanese pottery that you mentioned. Did they do that as well ?

Very often I wish we had a "minus" button next to the "plus" , but I guess that would be too much to ask for a comunist type of mentality where everything has to look positive...

There's also the theory that it was designed from the beginning with a flaw because that's the only way to show the key to it's message. Just imagine had it been a statue of a lion or some mythical creature it would have been treated as a simple art piece. However if there's the feeling that it caries a message then it will be studied in depth in the attempt to understand it. And the old civilizations were counting on it. Over time cultures and languages change and the orginial meaning of the symbols is always getting lost. Even people that can speak an old language, because of their different mind set - most of the time they don't understand and misinterpret the old message. So many of these ancient monuments were created to transcend this unfortunate process. These are not simple art pieces - these are very well designed sources of ancient wisdom that we are unable to comprehend yet.

I just don't get it. What exactly did Kosta do to you? I've never met the guy and I am not asociated with any of his followers. All I know about him is from his books and his inverview. I am pretty certain your experience is very similar to mine so my question again: What did he do to you or if you hate him so much why even bother writing in this thread?

There was another theory here on the forum stating that Jesus was trained by Taoists, so right now I'm not sure which theory is best 1. Alexander Makedonski was a kung-fu grandmaster or 2. Jesus was a Ninja. I digg 'em both though....

nice!

To me internal skill is very obvious from the videos with John Chang. And I never met the guy but I've never had any doubt in my mind that he is real 100%. The problem is he won't teach you. By comparison the other guys from the videos they will teach you a lot of things and forever and they all look fake! Now ain't that smth?

You know I would rather get hurt for real then praticipate in this exchange of fairy-tale online forever. Is there a master that is willing to hurt me with his fajin because I would pay him for that! And don't get me wrong just because a guy is fake it doesn't mean that he is necessarily evil. Some people don't even know they are fakes and they really believe in their own BS. I believe Max Christensen is a very good example. He is a very nice individual that is serious about his practice and doesn't even charge much for his teaching - but in my opinion he convinced himself of something that he never really tested himself of and really believes in it. He is a victim of his own imagination - kinda like Michael Jackson. Check it out... I find this fascinating! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLdYEpKkByg And I believe the other "masters" in the videos are all the same they just didn't take the time to stage it as much...

Please take me with you to M Phillips, I will even pay for your trip and I will be respectfull to the guy even if he is a fake!. Please let me know how can I get a demo from M Phillips. Thank you.

I've done that effort and spent that money already. Don't even bother. They are fakes all these guys in the videos in this thread at least and a whole bunch of others. Some of them (the smart ones, I guess) just don't want to be tested (like Mr Phillips). Of course they have classic excuses like: Oh I practice only for health reason, oh you can ask such and such if you don't believe me or you can watch my videos etc....) None of them make any sense. Why would you call yourself a "martial" artist if you are scared to show your fighting skill? You don't have to go any competition or anything like that all you have to do is a demo on a non-believer. Oh no! but the grandmaster is already tired of proving to the nonbelievers and he is retired now. They are all tired and retired but there is not one single recorded proof of a "fajin" guy knocking out a regular boxer or smb like that. But when it comes to film cheap tricks like the "spear in the throat" or break the stick against my chi belly - no problem - hundreds of hours of footage. Hundreds of useless "fajin" video demos on the internet and none of them against a non-student. Oh and give me a break with the argument "closed door/big family secret" hidden dragon crouching tiger junk that's soooooo cheap and outdated

"Writing ability" "He came across as a novice to me"- why would you even care about writing style in this case? This book is more like a documentation of what his experience was and I couldn't care less if it was written in ebonics!!! Most Americans didn't even know that Indonesia is a country(most still don't,probably...) Kosta revolutionized the whole "Internal Arts" concept for the westerners. Just take the term neikung. Before Kosta everything was Qigong or Chi Kung etc and only rarely a few schools made the difference. Now everybody out of the blue is a neikung expert because it sounds more genuine or smth. How did that happen? If it wasn't for Kosta - westerners would still be masturbating following Mantak Chia's book and thinking they are being spiritual....... "And his absolute surprise... made me wonder" - Please tell me how many people like Pak John have you met in your life? I guarantee you that NONE! Otherwise you wouldn't be talking like that and would show more respect.

Well I totally agree with you there, but I am curious about your opinion on these kind of demos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPDm8G_cyc This guy call it fajin!

I bet this thread is gonna be more then 100 posts!

So my question is to you then, What kind of fajin (if any) can you demonstrate? I don't need book references - I can use google and amazon for that. I want to see a practical demonstration please.

That is true for me. I've only seen it on youtube and was never impressed by it. Could you explain pls Mr TMWong?

Sounds fair. My question is to you Stigweard - can you do it?