ReturnDragon

Hi, dwai
Do you consider what you two are doing is fajin?

On 2/18/2020 at 12:12 PM, rideforever said:

Help needed for enthusiastic Mandarin translators !

This teacher purports to demonstrate the basic principles of LHBF in the following video, perhaps someone would care to translate a bit a the beginning so we can get the flavour ?

 

 

@1.31 There are two stances: Static and dynamic stands
First one: Breathing stand
@ 1:53 Static stand demo
@ 2:11 stand with feet together; toes point toward the front; body straight with head's up
Lower chin goes inward; eyes look straight forward;
lips slightly closed; lock the teeth slightly; breathe with nose
Mainly is abdominal breathing; require the sacrum and coccyx to be center with vertical;
shoulders relaxed; elbows down to the sides of the buttock;
thumbs toward the front; palms facing inward;
sink body slightly downward; left foot move toward the left;
feet parallel at shoulder width; body sink downward with knees bent.
 

8 minutes ago, SirPalomides said:

Thanks, though it doesn't clarify 路上逢人半里難 to me.

路上逢人半里難。
It's hardly to see anyone within a half mile on the road.

It means there was nobody around, at all, to indicate the loneliness of a Taoist.

1 hour ago, SirPalomides said:

This is the closing spell to the Fox Immortal Scripture I was talking about earlier.

 

Here's the text:

狐仙放生咒
人世知音能有幾。天地萬物是良朋。
今日歌頌仙狐訣。施放眾生盡解脫。
逢山過山到深山。逢水過水進池潭。
雲霧山頭乘風去。東西南北逍遙游。
深山百鳥千聲叫。河海深處好修煉。
山神土地來相助。路上逢人半里難。

 

There are a number of iffy moments for me here, but the part I'm having the most trouble with is the closing line- I can't make sense of it. Does it mean something like, "It's hard to meet people along the way"? How does it relate to what came before? Thanks

人世知音能有幾。
How many true friends are there in a life time.
天地萬物是良朋。
All the things in nature are my good friends.

今日歌頌仙狐訣。
Today I praise the fox immortals on my departure.
施放眾生盡解脫。
Release all lives to let them free.

逢山過山到深山。
Crossing from mountain to mountain into the deep mountain.
逢水過水進池潭。
Stepping over all the waters into the deep lakes.

雲霧山頭乘風去。
Clouds and mist, on the mountaintop, are gone with the wind.
東西南北逍遙游。
Roaming freely in all directions.

深山百鳥千聲叫。
All the birds in the deep mountain are making their calls.
河海深處好修煉。
Deep places by the river and the sea are good for cultivation.

山神土地來相助。
The gods of the mountain and earth come for mutual assistance.
路上逢人半里難。
It's hardly to see anyone within a half mile on the road.

I hope this will clear the mist!

4 hours ago, rideforever said:

..... Better still do it somewhere flat on the ground.  You can later  add difficulty by doing left right weighting, or lifting one leg according to the traditional training.

Hi, rideforever
Thank you for your safely concern. Yes, you are very correct. It is better to do ZZ on flat ground. Why does one need an apparatus anyway?

If you read the title of the OP, it says "balance test" rather than a practice. Since it is a test, don't you think a special apparatus should be used for an ultimate test with a higher degree of difficulty. Don't you think this practitioner had any training or confidence to perform the balance test. Do you think any average person can just hop on the narrow platform and stood there for a 6 minute video demo?
 

He can do that too!

This is only for those who are interested. It was a discussion with a biochemist from another site. At least read the last post to see where we stand.

Ref: http://discuss.yangfamilytaichi.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4235&hilit=mitochondria

 

With respect to the previous view, the two GB 14 points are the two red dots above the eyebrows. Is that what you are refferring to?

The top one is looked from the outside. The bottom one is looked from the inside(center). The bottom one is the most commonly used.

I had seen the top one in a Taoist temple, once, in China last year.

On 2/13/2020 at 7:51 AM, rideforever said:

And are there any secret channels that actually have it continuing down through eye along another meridien or something ?

Follow the green line is the continuous GB meridian in the front and back of the body.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acupuncture_points#/media/File:Chinese_meridians.JPG
 

@ChiDragon You are lucky if you don't get any.
 

Muscle contraction energy

Ref:
https://www.ck12.org/biology/muscle-contraction-energy/lesson/Muscle-Contraction-Energy-Supply-Advanced-BIO-ADV/

I think I had stepped my foot on the wrong side but not by mistake. Rather it is good to be on two sides. Like the yin and the yang.

You all Lim's are alike.....

hey, Limahong
Are you the same stalker of mine from another site? AKA yslim?

On 7/3/2019 at 2:32 PM, wandelaar said:

Lots of times Chuang tzu doesn't take a definitive position himself

Yes, Chuang Tzu was right.
He says: "I rather use some other's words. It is because no one believes what I say."

Your lung capacity is the total amount of air that your lungs can hold. Over time, our lung capacity and lung function typically decrease slowly as we age after our mid-20s.

The reason we practice Qigong or Tai Chi is to restore the lung to its normal capacity.

 

Ref: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-to-increase-lung-capacity

5 hours ago, anshino23 said:

Please read the actual paper you sent. It is about the role of aging on mitochondrial biogenesis and reactive oxygen species. This says nothing about abdominal breathing, nor does it suggest that the mechanism by which meditation increases "energy" (which is an ill-defined term, to be fair in this investigation thus far) is through increased oxygen.

Sorry, I was mean to answer Steve about abdominal breathing. But computer was acting up. So, I used my smartphone which is not very smart for me to handle this kind of input.

Anyway, you are right. This is exactly what I want to point out. Did you know mitochondria use oxygen to produce energy? When we talking about energy, we cannot exclude mitochondria. In increase oxygen means increase the ability for the mitochondria to produce energy. We cannot just mention energy without thinking about mitochondria.

Yes, I grant you! Meditation do not increase energy. However, it will, if one does in combination with a good breathing method.

Here is the proper way of Tai Chi breathing and good for cell respiration which taking place hidden inside the body.
https://www.energyarts.com/qigong-breathing/

4 hours ago, dwai said:

Hi CD, 

 

I find that normal people breath a lot more than good taiji or qigong people.

 

Have you heard of the term “turtle breathing”? There is direct correlation with frequency of the breath and both longevity as well as the state of mind (which ends up being a feedback loop into the system). 

Hi dwai
Hypothetically, you are telling me that normal people are breathing properly; and the good taiji or qigong people are not. Then, the good taiji or qigong people are not good.

Yes, I have heard of the term “turtle breathing”. Turtle can take one breath and stay under water for 8 full minutes before taken another one.
 

4 minutes ago, steve said:

How do you know you are doing the taijiquan properly? 

Please let me get to that. Most people ask that question because they didn't know the concept. Please hold your questions until I give more insights.

Next thing you need to know is about muscle contraction. That will answer your question.

47 minutes ago, steve said:

Cool, I like you too

So how does knowing about mitochondria make one less dependent on a teacher? I genuinely want to understand how that works.

Thank you. OK Now, we know that mitos generates energy. They react differently in accordance with the muscle movements. Taiji has lots of movements. Practing these movements  with breathing will affect our body muscle structure and behavior. 

Next thing to know, now, is what happens when the muscles contract? 

23 minutes ago, steve said:

Why does it matter if the practitioner has theoretical knowledge of mitochondria?

Do the masters of Chen village and the mythical Zhang San Feng suffer for their lack of knowledge about mitochondria?

No problem, Steve, I like you.

Of course, there is no need for anyone to know. However , once you know the concept you wiil be more appreciative in your practice. It would be less dependent on a teacher.

33 minutes ago, Cleansox said:

Yes, but you changed subjects. 

And the title on the thread, which means I am out. 

Tai chi exercise does incease the mitochondrial quantity. In other words, the energy will be increased in the body. Thus the subject has not been changed.

Just now, Cleansox said:

Aerobics is good for the elderly to enhance mitochondrial function?

 

Nothing about abdominal breathing, and when it comes to abdominal breathing, increased blood oxygenation is not the main mechanism for increased energy unless you have some sort of disease, for example with the lungs. 

 

But nice try. 

Please don't jump the gun yet. It is about how exercise is affecting the quality and quantity of the mitochondria.