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RE: Writerz Diary 002 (Bruce Lee )

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I like your art work of Bruce Lee a lot! I used to watch lots of old recordings and videos on Bruce Lee. I found an old book on him many years ago; that’s how I became very interested in his philosophy and life.

Chi Qong is very different from tai chi; the breathing methods were completely different. They were five main schools of tai chi, in which four schools were renditions or adaptation from the original school. These were former students of the original teacher who went out to seek their own fame later. I was lucky to have met the last disciple of the original school when she was over eighty years old and still full of energy. But I wasn’t fortunate enough to have been with her very long. Some of her old students had been with her for over twenty years; they could do calligraphy and Chinese paintings. These were very private and quiet people with professional career; I would never be able to tell that they were very advanced practitioners. I did witness real martial art ability of these people while on a summer camp. The way they used their chi to repel other people without force (Li) was stunning. I was sent backward some five meters in the air but a senior student caught me to prevent any injury. Those were the good old days of seeking for knowledge and learning. I wish I could meet traditional practitioners one day.

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@kaminchan apparently bruce lee was also someone who appreciated Jiddu Krishnamurti.

From what I read, I am sure the both of us would have some interesting conversations.

Your account of the tai chi experience sounds incredible. It might sound unbelievable to most people. They'd think it's impossible to repel someone without force.

Recently, I have been thinking about the fact that martial art training has taught me a thing or two about muscle memory and since a couple of years now I have been delving into the topic of the fascia.

I'd also treat taiji and qigong as very different. Apparently qi gong is more ancient and taiji emerged sometime around the 11th, 12th century AD.

I am convinced about the positive effects on the deep tissue ECM(Extra Cellular Matrix) and to boot a healing process on a parasympathetic level through qigong. A both breath and mind coordinated movement really does have a very specific method of achievement and you are right when you say that probably only very few truly mastered it.

I got into vinyasa and I can tell that somewhere along the original lineage of astanga vinyasa must have been a teacher who had a flow that was similar to some Kalaripayattu from a time where all these practices merged from various fighting styles.

Can only fathom how strong their qi/parana must have been and their ability to extend it.