Apech

IEDs

I knew it!

Being a bad sport is not extreme.

Bem vindo

No, no you will be welcome with open arms. By arms I mean small arms or possibly an assault rifle or two.

Forthwith thou shalt be known as bradley.

Good to have a run before lunch.

Hi, It's great that you've have an interest in chi etc. and I agree that some claims seem a bit woo woo. But from my experience there's much benefit from studying this and related subjects. You'll get some help from here but you need to look at everything with a bit of a critical eye and decide for yourself what seems to work and what doesn't. My recommendation is to try a system that appeals to you for say three months and then review what the results are. If positive then carry on with it but if not try something else. The best possible outcome is to find a good teacher you can learn from in person. This may happen, it quite often does, when you are ready. The other thing you can do is read round the subject and its history to try to get a feel for the basis of what is going on. Then you'll have a good grounding to work from. Best wishes. A.

I agree he is a complete flogsverrranhopgtdj.

Welcome - we should have more discussion on the I Ching so I am looking forward to what you have to say.

He’s on the edge of a dessert - tiramisu possibly.

Come on! If Vasco da Gama can do it so can you!

Hi and welcome.

It cannot be defined.

Most versions of I Ching have an intro on how to use the yarrow stalks. It is the case that you should split the pile more or less in half but not exactly. It doesn’t matter if this is inexact as long as you end up with two piles. You could I suppose do 80/20 but why would you? 90/20 def not

You can’t make an omelette without first instructing the chicken.

When I did Aikido we used a boken for that but it’s to relax not to beat nonsense out of people.

‘Beat it out’? Nice.

Hi Shirley what is SOTGF?

should be

more the latter

I once started a thread called emotion is the path. I think it’s very good that you are feeling these things. Generally the advice would be to continue whatever practice you were doing and allow these things to emerge without indulging in them or suppressing them. Watch and learn. If they are very strong or overwhelming you can probe the feeling and let the memories and associations unfold, without judgement , with interest, and to educate you.

I hate to contradict old Elkhart but what is a thing but the presence of God in that place????