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Old 02-19-2013, 11:31 PM   #1
Michael Varin
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Ki and

In another thread,

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David Orange wrote:
It's how they use that tendon strength.

There may be some traces of IS in ancient wrestling when Hercules lifts his opponent off the ground, breaking his ground connection, at which time the opponent lost all his strength.

However, in IS, the tendon and sinew are seen as part of a whole complex web unlike I've ever heard it described in athletics.

Further, in IS, this entire "connective tissue" system is the medium of "ki" in the body. Ki flows through the fascia/connective tissue. This also explains why some acupuncture points are on nerve points but others are not. The western approach is that these must be imaginary points and that only the nerves have any capacity to conduct energy, and that can only be electrical energy. But ki is in the whole connective tissue complex all the time. Traditional approaches moved and balanced the body in specific ways to shift the efforts from muscle to the connective tissue via ki movement.

That's a big difference in usage and the quality of the results can't be attained by Western sports and athletic methods. Otherwise, judo would have improved remarkably after its inclusion in the Olympics. Instead it became more like wrestling and less like an Asian fighting art, this according to Minoru Mochizuki.

So the use of the connective tissue in IS is completely different from Western sport and athletics.

David
What is ki?

Does it only exist within the fascia? How do we know?

How does it flow?

How is ki related to "IP/IT/IS"?

What is its function?

-Michael
"Through aiki we can feel the mind of the enemy who comes to attack and are thus able to respond immediately." - M. Mochizuki
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Old 02-22-2013, 01:10 PM   #2
patrick de block
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Re: Ki and

What is ki? It is pronounced 'key'. It unlocks doors unless you prefer to ram doors.

Does it only exist within the fascia? No, it is made of ore and fire.

How do we know? Like everything else, from experience unless you're only used to ram doors.

How does it flow? That's a metaphor, it turns.

How is it related to "IP/IT/IS"? It unlocks without effort if the lock is well oiled.

What is its function? You don't need boots to open doors.
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