Qigong Tuina Therapy

Qigong Tuina Therapy is a combination of Tuina (a therapeutic approach basing on TCM principles), acupressure, qi balancing, acu-cupping, western medical systems, logic and Qigong.  The therapy is based on the acupuncture points at the 12 Meridians and 8 Extraordinary Meridians; the Viscera a general term for the internal organs (zhang fu); Yin and Yang theory; Five Element Theory and the concepts of Qi. If possible, I would like to have a look at x-ray and medical reports to ascertain the real problem. I also use western medical theories on functions of cerebral cortex (brain), organs and human systems. 

stroke patient                                                                    edema patient

Qigong breathing exercises has been used for thousands years to maintain and improve the health of the practitioners and patients by strengthening their immune system. Simple breathing exercises are taught to patients to help improve their health and mobility. Tuina means push and grab/hold with Tui (push) and na (grab/hold). It is guided by (TCM's principles) has been used to treat patients with all kind of health issues since the Ming Dynasty. It is especially useful for removing blockages in blood and qi circulation. 

Each treatment takes at least 1.5 to 2 hours to complete. With the consent off the patient , the treatment may be extended by a maximum 2 hours to speed up the recovery (as in the case of someone with 30 years of chronic back pain where he could not sit for even 10 minutes or other chronic diseases such as stroke etc). 

I have also adopted western knowledge of the cerebral cortex in scalp acupuncture (but uses acupressure instead) for treatment of stroke, Parkinson and other illness due to brain damage/malfunctioning. I also used qigong to stimulate the damage brain cells or problematic areas. I also can treat frozen shoulders, all kinds of limbs problems, neck problems , migraine, severe headache, lady period pain/cramp, back pain, edema, and etc. I am also capable of providing post accident treatments to correct misaligned bone, jutting bones, edema (condition of swollen limbs due to body fluid build up), internal injury due to accident, blood and qi circulation problems etc . 

For inquiry / appointment call TF Foo at 016 2155022 . E-mail:  :tiockfeng@gmail.com

INTERNAL MARTIAL ARTS

Martial Arts can be classified into Internal and External martial arts. Martial arts is the art of combat either with or without any weapons (excluding guns and etc). External martial arts can be classified as overcoming your opponents with your aggression, speed, techniques and tactics. Internal martial arts can be classified as overcoming your opponent through maneuvering, balance, momentum, techniques and tactics. Of-course there is the spiritual martial arts where the master invoke a spirit (as in a trance). In many cases the master will be able to access to martial arts abilities even if he had never learn or practice martial arts. I had the privilege to see my former housemate (fellow disciple of a temple) with no martial art background invoking a spirit to help him do some demonstrations.

You can be good in external martial art inside 2 years of painful training like the Shaolin and Muay Thai students. Of course there is Silat (the Malay and Indonesian martial art), Taekwondo, Karate and etc. Internal martial arts is harder to master. It take around 20 years for someone to be good at it. To really reached the top level many well known Tai Chi Chuan masters would confessed, it might have to take more than a life time. Knowing the moves is one thing. Using Yi to move Qi and visualization is another. To be able to go another level up the spiritual path is yet another. It required lots of focusing, concentration, visualization and meditation. You cannot hurry up things. If you do not master qi, there is no way you can master internal martial arts. 

The Taoists Priests have been practicing internal martial arts even before the legendary Chang San Feng founded Wudang around the end of the Sung Dynasty (around 1200 AD). There were Chuan Chern Pai under Grandmaster Wang Chung Yang and other lesser known Taoist sects. Later they were integrated into Wudang Pai. Even today you still find martial arts in the Youtube aligning to Chuan Chern Pai and Chung Yang Pai under Wudang. There is also claims from Emei Pai to be the earliest form of Chinese Martial Arts. Contrary to previously known sources such as Jin Yong (author of many well accepted Wu Hiash /martial arts tales) always depicting Emei Pai as being a female/amazon Taoist sect which is opposite to Wudang Pai (which was depicted as male only). Recent sources however have changed such perception as we are now able to see there are female as well as male Taoist priests in both Wudang and Emei Pai. Wudang Pai is currently led by Grandmaster You Xuan De with lineage directly link to the founder GM Chang San Feng.. The Emei Pai is currently led by a male grandmaster.

Previously you need martial arts for self defense and also for military purposes. With the invention of modern weapons such as guns, the importance of martial arts for military purposes has diminished though still important at close range encounter. The military of many countries still use martial arts training for their soldiers. Likewise it can be useful for the police too.

The legendary master Huo Yuan Jia (Fok Yeen Kap in Cantonese), the father of modern Wushu started Chin Woo Physical Training School in Shanghai in 1909 (with the help of Nong Jin Sun) as the first registered martial arts school in China, to allow all Chinese the opportunity to learn Chinese martial arts and strengthen themselves in order to defend the country (against foreign oppression). China was labeled "the Sick Man of Asia" and there were many places for foreigners with signs such as "Chinese and Dogs not allowed". The foreigners came with their western boxing and Japanese martial arts such as karate and judo. They tried to challenge the traditional Chinese Wushu Schools which were declining in quality and quantity. This was not helped by the traditions among Wushu masters to teach their skills to a selected few. These students may then pass their skills to one or two students. Wushu was therefore limited to a selected few. The skills would be lost if the selected ones did not pass their skills down to anyone. On top of that, many do not teach the weak and female (Hou Yuan Jia was not allowed to learn Wushu because he was often sick). Some masters would keep some secret techniques for themselves as protection just in case the next in line were to rebel. He realized that if each master were to keep a few moves to themselves, very soon there would be not much left to learn. Hence, the standard of Wushu skills in China were steadily deteriorating over the years.

He named his school "Chin Woo" - "Chin" meaning "high spirit" and "Woo" meaning "martial art". His objective was to provide the people of China with the essence of Chinese martial arts with the aim of cultivating knowledge, benevolence and courage and improving the health of the people, in addition to continuing the spread and preservation of Wushu skills. He encourage the masters from other schools (such as Wudang, Shaolin and etc) to teach at Chin Woo where they contributed to make it great again. It become a melting pot for all kinds of Chinese martial arts. As martial artists from various sects/clans/schools meet and discuss about Wushu, they learn from each other. Huo Yuan Jia studied other martial arts moves and came out with his Mizhong Chuan which unlike previous wushu had no preset predictable moves.  

So the real aim of Wushu is not to pick a fight. All martial arts have their own code of conducts. The Japanese and Westerners normally have a gung-ho attitude and love to pick a fight with others. The Japanese would commit harakiri (suicide) whenever they lose. That was the warrior (samurai) spirit which many Japanese were proud of. Now you do not need to take it that seriously. Martial arts is not for showing off. It is an art of self defense not offence. We respect all human beings regardless of creed, race or religion. We respect all martial arts and masters. We have no need to prove ourselves since sooner or later we will all grow old and die. Sooner or later there is bound to be someone better than us. We should admire Grandmaster Huo Yuan Jia for without him wushu would be restricted to a selected few and with each passing year, more and more secrets would be lost until it become a totally lost and useless art. 

Even as a kid having learned a few years of Wing Chun, Bruce Lee was always involved in fights. The Hongkong police warned his father that if Bruce Lee was to get involved in another gang fight, they would have to place him behind bars. His father had no option but to send him to America when he was just 18. Bruce Lee studied at night and work in the day time. Later he befriended a Japanese, a Filipino and a Korean and learned Karate, Jujitsu and Tae kwondo kicks. He follow the nutrition and training the western way. He was more a westerner than an Asian which explain his arrogance and love for fighting.

It is well known in Chinese Martial Arts that Shaolin is the leader of External Wushu and Wudang is the master of Internal Wushu. It has always been that way since Chang San Feng (or Cheong Sam Foong in Cantonese) established Wudang Pai. This is not to say that Shaolin monks learn only external martial arts. There is Northern Shaolin Nei Gong, Southern Shaolin Iron Shirt Qigong, Shaolin Wu Chu Chuan (Five Ancestors) Qigong and etc. Grandmaster Anthony Wee's root is more on the Shaolin Wushu, Shaolin Nei Gong and Qigong plus other systems. Therefore he was able to go under the wheel of a 9.3 ton bus at the age of 45.

When a person get older he obviously cannot be as fast or powerful as before. He need to refine his techniques where he uses less physical/muscular movements and conserve energy. Notice most good soccer players would be in excellent form from late teen to early thirties. The same hold for tennis and badminton. Not everyone can be like Bruce Lee who was awesome at 32years old. Even Bruce Lee succumbed to taking pain killers to withstand the pain of "over training" (or how else could he had the body of an eighteen years old as confirmed by his doctor when he was actually in his thirties?).

Tai Chi Chuan is quite a sly martial art. The master conserve his energy and use it in the most efficient way. Some of them are plain common sense. Internal martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan is about momentum and balance. You try to follow the Taoist idea of be like water or cloud. Water is soft yet able to break through rocks while cloud floats around slowly. When someone rushes at a Tai Chi Chuan master, the master just side step and follow the momentum by pushing him (off balance) toward the direction he was heading. Since he is already heading toward that direction (off balanced), a simple push would be enough to send him flying. Of course there are many variations such as stepping on the opponent's front leg and push him to the ground and etc. He can also just hit him at the private parts, throat and etc. In my Youtube channel is a video of Grandmaster Anthony Wee accepting a chop from a former world heavyweight champion. There is also some Ki masters taking kicks from an American Football player at the private parts. So if these masters are prepared for the attacks, it might not harm them. They somehow managed to cut off the pain (which is very real). However under normal circumstances it can easily kill most people so please do not try it.

In lot of videos in the Youtube regarding rooting, Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang's rooting is certainly on a very high level. He stand on one leg and drink water while being pushed by Master Shi Jia Ke (Taekwondo 6th dan black belt). Then the 8 taekwondo black belts experts tried to push him (still on one leg) but were instead themselves pushed to the floor. This is no ordinary task. You need to stand like a big tree (in a good stance) by grounding your qi. A sudden jerk from the master would be able to send the people to the ground since everyone is leaning forward (off balanced). Of course masters like Grandmaster Huang Hsin Shyan, Grandmaster Chern Man Ching, Grandmaster You Xuande and Lama Dondrup Dorje (Dr. Yeong) are all very good in their Tai Chi Chuan.

Do not think everyone who practice Tai Chi Chuan can do such things. They might have learn the techniques but because Tai Chi Chuan is an art not science, each individual reach different levels of abilities. For instance there are many people learning around 20 to 30 years of Tai Chi Chuan but can barely even feel qi. There are some people who can feel qi within minutes /hours of training training with me. The late grandmaster Chern Man Ching of Yang Tai Chi was reported as saying that it would be difficult to bring your qi to the Baihui (crown chakra). My late yoga master Swarmi Maharishi just took several minutes to initiate me and within hours the energies went straight up to the third eye and then to the crown more than 25 years ago.

Grandmaster Chern also said that it would be easy to bring the energy down from the baihui (crown). Apparently, it was not the case for me as I spend the next few years trying to bring the energy down. I had frequent nose bleeding, migraine, fever and the feeling like my head was going to burst. I cannot even eat peanut cream cake as I was prone to feeling unwell after consuming it. If given the chance I would have gladly not learn Kundalini Yoga and reversed the process (if it was possible). Fortunately, I did not follow my idol Bruce Lee. I had decided then that I would not take panaldo or aspirin (pain killers) to solve my pain problems.  Each individual is differently constituted and has different reactions and achievements. My spiritual master helped me to stabilized the energies. Of-course years of meditations has enabled me to learn qigong faster than most people. Most people can only talk about being soong (loosened /relaxed) and using Yi to direct the Qi. But it is easy for people who have done lots of meditation. When I try to heal people with incurable diseases (which both the doctors and traditional healers has given up), most people will say that I am not God and it is impossible for anyone to do it in one session. When I successfully healed the person with a 4 hour qi therapy, most people will ask me why I am still relatively unknown. It is all karma.

Internal Martial art beside being used for fighting can also be use for health purposes. For instance qigong is normally structured to produce certain desired results. You can strengthened your immune system and help your internal organs function more effectively. Internal martial arts is also about proper breathing to strengthening your diaphragm. Many Wudang, Tai Chi and Qigong Masters have pot bellies as a result. They are different from the normal pot bellies. Try poking your finger into a master's belly and you will be able to feel the softness of the belly on the outside. When you really push your finger in, you will be able to feel the resistance from within without any effort from the master. It is normal for grandmaster to be as soft as cotton and yet as hard as steel. This is like someone punching into a bag of cotton and if the master so wish, he can make it as hard as steel. 

Recently, a really muscular foreign security guard in his mid twenties from Nepal (claim to be a karate black belt and body builder) told me mockingly (Chinese soft soft, Nepalis strong strong) meaning  my flesh and muscle were soft. I smilingly asked him to push at my soft tummy and then poke at the tiny soft fleshy area under my Adam's apple. He was surprised that the soft tissues suddenly hardened when he tried to push. The harder he pushed, the harder the flesh become. I wanted to push my index finger at his throat area but he quickly ran off. As I am always loosened and relaxed, my flesh will always be soft like a baby. When someone poke or push me, then only will there be resistance. A former senior of mine claim one should be stiff all the time like in hard qigong or martial arts, which I disagree. If you are hard, if I were to punch you, you will definitely be seriously injured. If you are loosened, my punch will not be able to harm you as you move with the momentum. It is like hitting a balloon.  A punch will only make the balloon bounce away (unless the balloon is tie and fixed to a certain spot which will make it burst).

Obviously a lots of things  are pure logic. When you punch a Shaolin monk he use hard qigong to withstand  and cut off the pain. When the Shaolin monk put a spear to his throat, you would expect the wooden pole or metal rod to kill the person. The Shaolin monk use his neigong (internal strength at the throat) to cause the spear or iron rod to curve slightly and therefore able to break the wooden pole or bend the iron rod. It is pure logic.  When you punch an internal martial artist, you will see him suck in his belly and which will caused the attack to be several inches short and off target (making the punch not as deadly as intended like hitting a bag of cotton). By the time your fist actually reached him, it is already waning and he can counter by pushing out his belly (with Yi and qi) sending the fist flying backward and the person off balanced thrown backward. Everything is about perfect timing (split seconds sucking and releasing the belly) and plain common sense. Just like if someone were to punch my palm  very hard, definitely I will feel the pain if I hold my palm rigidly. But if I were to hold my palm loosely and follow the momentum withdraw my palm by 5- 6 inches which appear like being hit, the strength of the hit is lost and I can simply pushed him flying backward with my palm since he will be off balanced leaning forward (feeling the full impact of my push). Therefore if you are loosened, a punch will not cause any pain but if you are taking it head on, the full impact will definitely cause some damage/injury (even if you can use hard qigong). In front of audiences, they would pretend nothing happened. In reality, many would go behind close door to apply medication on the bruised areas. 

Manipulation of qi is the domains of advanced qi practitioners. First you must be able to feel qi very strongly and use yi (mind/intent/will). It is no magic. Quantum theory talk about the electro-magnetic, strong and weak forces/waves. Qigong promotes 5 flows such as electromagnetic, vibratory, neuro chemical, heat and blood. The weak and strong forces are the Yin and Yang. Actually there are much things in common. Maybe they are talking about the same things from different perspectives. The history of the past would need to be rewrite since new discoveries and clues have produced different results. This goes to prove that what is fact today might turn out to be false sometime in the future. The Earth was once thought to be flat. The atom was once considered the smallest indivisible item like a ball bearing until they discovered the sub atomic particles such as proton, neutron and electron. Now they are talking about vibrating strings so small that normal people cannot see them. Ancient technologies such as the Pyramids have baffled scientists for ages. They do not have any clue how such big monuments could be build to such precision. Similarly science cannot prove the existence of a soul and qi. Scientists have no answer to what happen when a person die.

Theoretically, all Tai Chi Chuan practitioners should be using yi to move their qi and visualization of the desired outcome. Apparently many people just conveniently ignore the qi and yi part (as they cannot feel the qi) and the visualization is even harder. They just concentrate on their movements. Many instructors do not even bother to correct the mistakes of students under their care. Sometimes it becomes the blind leading the blind. Even in qigong, different people practice differently. Some really follow the breathing while others don't. Sometimes even instructors are doing it wrongly. Therefore there is always the disparity between practitioners. Most people would always assume someone who has practiced 20-30 years of Tai Chi Chuan / Qigong would be better than someone only with 2-3 years of training. In reality it does not always have to be the case. If someone is dedicated and put lots of efforts into learning and practicing there is no reason why he cannot progress faster. For instance I only started Qigong in November 2007, Theoretically, I might not be as well inform about certain things but what is most important is the ability to use Yi to move Qi and visualization. My training in Yoga meditation became really useful in aiding my progress. As I adhere strictly to the breathing methods used, I was able to heal myself of dermatitis induced psoriasis (which specialists say there is no cure), sweaty and cold limbs, nasal blockage and running nose 
(doctor propose minor surgery) and a host of other health problems. For more details, please click here.

Martial arts has nothing to do with race or religion. It does not matter whether you are Chinese, Asian or Westerner. It does not matter whether you are Buddhist, Christian, Muslim or Taoist. Of-course being Taoist and being Chinese does have its advantages in understanding Yin Yang and the Chinese Medical sciences. There are some westerners who are more Chinese than most Chinese. They dressed in uniforms found only in Wudang and Shaolin. Their behaviors are affected by Taoist and Buddhist teachings. They have lots of knowledge of Chinese cultures and martial arts. Some of them can even do Chinese Calligraphy. Among them are disciples of Grandmaster You Xuande such as Master You Li Tai from Italy and Master You Li Han from Germany. Many of their students are like them.

There are many Chinese who would like to follow the modern ways and discard the ancient ways due to inferiority complex. They are afraid of people calling them old fashion or conservative. They have no interest in things Chinese but how to make more money and have fun. There are many Chinese who have no abilities in martial arts. It has nothing to do with race, creed or religion.

I am only asking everyone to be open-minded and look at possibilities. Part of becoming a good master is to remain humble and try to learn from others (even those who might not look likely to have more abilities than ourselves). Learning martial arts also involve cultivating the mind. According to many masters, half of the time in martial arts training should be used to cultivate the mind so that the students become better persons. Unfortunately, many masters who went over to the western countries are more westernized and money motivated. They have to prove their abilities by accepting challenges from other martial artists to get famous and therefore more students and income. Please refer to my article on Bruce Lee. They charge more than a thousand USD for 3-4 days Qigong seminars. They would spread the rumors that only they are genuine and that those under the communist rules are the fake masters and etc. There are real and fake masters all over the world.

In Youtube there are lots of videos for everyone to view. Some of these are from well known masters who are already famous and have no need to promote themselves. Wudang's Chief Priest Grandmaster You Xuande is indeed a powerful man and does not have problem throwing anyone 30-50 feet away. He is not a normal master, but the head of Wudang, (the long established clan that the Qing Dynasty make use of to hunt down Southern Shaolin masrers like Hung Shi Kuan). As explained above, most of the time he is only following the momentum and pushing someone who is already off-balance. Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang rooting against the Taekwondo masters is exceptional. There is no point for the Grandmaster to use everything he know on someone very low in skill. A tiny finger should be sufficient to kill an ant why bother using an atom bomb? Everything is only a tip of the iceberg as the gap between the top and an ordinary student is indeed very wide.. They only revealed what is sufficient to get you interested. There are lots of Tai Chi Chuan masters who get lots of challenges from their students. They do not have the time to "play" with everyone. Some of these masters have no alternative but to purposely injured some students as a warning to others with similar intentions. So know your limit and do not be disrespectful toward a sifu/master.

When it come to manipulating qi, there are many people using their qi to burn newspapers as in John Chang, Yin Yang Kung and Gathering Qi. The main point here is the masters had to do meditations to enable them to make use of the Yin energy at Hui Yin-perineum (between the anus and sex organ) and Yang energy at the Tan Tien (2-3 inches below the belly). The fusion of these two energies can possibly be used to create fire as claimed by John Chang. Obviously it is not something easy and need many years of meditations. The Mo Pai system  supposedly teach by John Chang is misinterpreted by most westerners. Mo (no) pai (sect or group) means no alignment to any faction. Traditionally all the good martial arts would be from sect or martial arts organizations such as Wudang Pai, Shaolin Pai, Emei Pai, Kunlun Pai and etc. Mo Pai mean it does not have a brand name. For instance Rolex watches are well known and so is Shaolin and Wudang Pai (for martial arts). This means it is not originated directly from any known sect or martial art organization. This is common as many masters take something from here and there to be their martial art such as Jeet Kune Do (the art of the intercepting fist) by Bruce Lee.

Then there is Master James Chee of Shaolin Wu Chu Chuan (Five Ancestors Fist) Australia with his Qi manipulations. I have personally witnessed his abilities. Next is Master Shi Ming with his amazing abilities as shown in "Qigong Master Projecting his Qi energy".

This Qi Projection thing is very misleading. I do not think any qi is being projected. He said, "My thinking/mental force/mind/will (Yi Nen) is over there. See how it affects him". He visualizes in his mind of the outcome. He use his Yi (mind/intent/will) to direct his energy to affect his student's back or anywhere he wish to direct it to. As the qi is visualized and directed at the back of the student, the student become affected by it according to his visualization. So where is the qi projection? He can place his hand at your hand but his Yi (mind/intent/will) is on the leg and visualizing it being affected by the qi. So you see him jumping like a monkey because the Yi (direct the qi) to the leg not his hand. Similarly, when Master Shi placed his hand on top of the reporter's, his Yi is on his student's leg not the reporter's hand. That is why it affects the student's leg and not the reporter's hand. It is not easy to follow the logic. Previously, I couldn't understand how it was being done then. It doesn't make sense at all. Anybody would have thought it is fake. It took me quite awhile to figure it out. My abilities are nowhere near the master's. I have actually tried it on myself and found out it works. This is advanced stuff. Pertaining to Master Shi practicing in the park in Beijing, it clearly shows he have nothing to hide. People like me can easily get free lessons by having a few glances at what he did. He was gracious enough to allow people to film him. This show he is still not a money motivated or westernized master. Of course I expect him to teach the more advanced techniques at another location or he is a really selfless man. The American student clearly knows what he want and is willing to learn patiently. Learning to master Yi to direct Qi is not for people with no patience. Previously I used to get caned by my spiritual master for trivial mistakes. It is all part of character building. The opportunity cost of four years with Master Shi is time lost and can be used to learn Muay Thai, Shao Lin etc. He would have reached a very high level and have more measurable results. Apparently he chooses to study under Master Shi. If Master Shi is after the money like some of the other masters, he would not train in the public. He would charged the westerner thousand of USD for several days classes and market it as secret qigong seminars. At the more advanced level you might have to even pay double that. They always claim they are teaching some ancient secrets techniques known to very few.

More advanced user can even get you to hop around as if there is something in your pant or you have the kangaroo's genes. Please check out "Discourse with the Heart Sutra with Qigong Part 1-4" for a better explanations on what actually happened. This time Lama Dondrup Dorje (Dr. Yeong) invited some karate instructors from a local dojo to be his "monkeys". These karate instructors (among them a 3rd dan black belt) would explain what happened. Lama Dondrup Dorje was the former Dr. Yeong a martial arts expert before he became a Tibetan monk. He is well versed with most version of Tai Chi Chuan, Eagle Claws and etc. He is talking about merging his qi with his opponent and make his opponent unwittingly cooperate with him. He also talk about compassion and some Buddhist teachings on the Heart Sutra. This is even more unbelievable but it is achievable considering how long Dr. Yeong has been practicing Tai Chi Chuan.

It is common knowledge that sometime some people might not get affected by the masters. If a master is to push against 7 person, he will normally not put the strongest in front. He will put someone he is capable of affecting with his qi. The strongest will normally be in the center where he is render ineffective. When I started learning qigong, I was put in the center and managed to hold the line for a minute. The people in front were all falling backward would not have lasted 10 seconds without me trying my best to keep them on their feet. I was able to feel some static electricity when I try to prevent one of the student from falling as a result of being affected by the master's qi. I was however never affected by the master's qi. So if the master (is well known and powerful) cannot make a monkey out of me when I was just starting qigong, surely there might be some truth in the fact that only students programed by them are affected. Masters like John Chang and Master Zhou can focus and create heat up to boiling temperature and light up papers. So they can really make monkeys of of most people/ strangers.

Of course everyone know about the Kial master vs MMA. Ki/qi masters must be aware of their opponent's abilities. You can't accept the challenge from everyone. After a number of challenges, he could have depleted his ki/qi. Anyway you can't beat everyone by manipulating ki/qi alone. Surely there is someone more powerful than you in term of ki/qi. You wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of masters like Grandmaster You Xuande of Wudang. Beside this Japanese Kial master is not that exceptional. Any amateur martial art student would have the ability to block some punches or kicks of a karate man. Apparently this Kial master is more a ki master only (or a conman) and has no martial art ability (as he can neither block a simple punch or kick). If it was Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang or Grandmaster You Xuande or just Master Chen Shixing, the karate chap could most easily be injured. 

Then there is famous Malaysian Faith Healer exposed. The famous Ustaz Arif (a silat master) used to demonstrate his "extraordinary" power on many TV shows. He used to show how a 4 feet long fluorescent light can be lighted up and off as he so wishes. Randy, a magician who became famous for exposing famous psychic/magician Uri Geller and lots of other celebrities explained that Ustaz Arif was wearing a slipper with an electrical switch inserted. He can trigger the switch to send a low voltage current flowing into his body to light up the lamp and later off it. Another trick is the use of eggs to roll over the patient body and when he opened it, there seemed to be blood in it. Color dye can be injected in the egg before hand and when he open the egg there will be either red or black dye in the egg. Another trick is the use of test pen with battery inserted, it only cost US 30 cents. Normal test pen will not light up when on contact with any part of your body. I have no doubt that Ustaz Arif is very good at some types of Yoga and martial arts. But trying to use some magic tricks to hoodwinked some unsuspecting victims who have incurable diseases is shameless and unforgivable. He not only cheat his victims of their money but also their valuable time to find a cure.

The intention of this article is to dispel uncertainty and give a balanced view of internal martial arts and qigong. Most people have not reached the level to know what exactly happened. In the action movies, you can hardly tell what the actors are doing. It is all about punching, elbowing, kneeing and kicking in attack. In defense, it is blocking and avoiding being hit. Most of the actors are not really martial artists. They are taught some simple basic moves to perform. Even if he/she cannot kick high, there is always the wire to pull the leg higher. When Michelle Yeoh acted in her first action movie, she was a dancer with no knowledge of martial arts. Jacky Chan has an army of stunt men to do whatever the actor/actress cannot do. Not many people will know the difference. Most people would not know the difference between real Shaolin moves and Karate moves. In kung fu movies, there are lots of karate, judo and taekwondo moves as most of the stars are not wushu masters. Wang Yu, the top action hero in Hong Kong before Bruce Lee was a Judo (4th Dan). Even Bruce Lee was using mixed martial arts (mma) Tae Kwondo kicks, Karate, jujitsu and boxing moves. Except for his pagoda T shirt and Kungfu pants, he was totally mma. Even his weapon was a Nun Chuck (used ocassionally in Okinawan Karate). Even his students are Karate champions. Yet Bruce Lee's name is mainly associated with Kungfu. Most movies are fake and use special effects to make it realistic. After his death most actors /actresses started to take Tae Kwondo lessons. So the Shaolin martial art become a Tae Kwondo club as actors and actress all start kicking from start to end thanks ro Bruce Lee's influence. You have Tam Tao Liang in the film, Burning of Shaolin Temple who started kicking from start to end. I was a Taekwondo student then and was wondering how come Shaolin martial arts look like Tae kwondo.  


Many genuine Shaolin martial artist such as  Lau Kar Weng (Liu Chia Yong), Lau Kar Leong (Liu Chia Liang) and their adopted brother Lau Kar Fai (Liu Chia Hui) were not as famous as they should. Their father was Lau Cham a disciple of Lam Sai Weng (disciple of Wong Fei Hung). So their Southern Shaolin and Hung Kuen would be the most authentic available. They were very good in the usage of Chinese weapons. Most Shaw Brothers action movies were choreographed by them.  At first, Lau Kar Fai (Liu Chia Hui) was quite famous after Bruce Lee's death. His Shaolin 36th Chamber, Heroes of the East and etc were very successful at the box office, making him one of the successors to Bruce Lee. Maybe the fans got an overdose of his movies and look for something different like Jacky Chan. Jacky is more into stunts and comedies (as he was brought up in an opera troupe doing somersaults and clowning in live Chinese opera shows). Then came Jet Li who was a Northern Shaolin 18 weapons champion with the Once Upon A Time in China Part 1-3 showcasing his Northern Shaolin martial arts and Lion Dancing. He was however less successful in Hollywood where fewer people know how to appreciate the real martial arts. Movies like Rambo, Die Hard and etc where you have someone who against all odd (a million to one) is able to defeat the whole army of bad guys single handed are box office hits. Even Jacky Chan have to adapt and make his movies to suit the westerner's taste. He have to strike a balance as what sell in the west does not necessarily sell in the east. Therefore he have both successes and failures in both the east and west depending on who his target viewers are. For instance his Rumble in the Bronz was his first breakthrough in America but was a below par movie in Asia. Similarly, Jet Li's Kiss Of Death does not have the kind of moves we can expect from him and his Dim Mak (acupuncture like strike) look ridiculous to a martial artist. He was too fast for the camera. The Hongkong movies use multiple cameras from different angles to capture a single action but Hollywood was only using one.

The problem is most people thought they know about martial arts. In the movies world, actors/actresses with no knowledge of martial arts can quickly transformed into grandmasters by using special effects. In real life, only with many years of proper training under the guidance a master can one actually be good in any kind of martial arts. The requirement for internal martial arts will be even more. That is why some people with 20-30 years of Tai Chi Chuan is still pretty ordinary. You must be soong (loosened and relaxed), have proper breathing and direct qi with yi before you can claim to know anything. Meditation is the most important part of the training in internal martial arts. All the top masters of the past went into seclusion to meditate and level up on their martial arts. Grand Master Zhang San Feng  came out with an extraordinary martial arts like Tai Chi Chuan.

Huo Yuan Jia - The Father of Wushu

Huo Yuan Jia (Fok Yeen Kap) - father of Wushu

Most people must have seen Bruce Lee's 2nd movie produced by Golden Harvest, Fist Of Fury (Jin Wu Men or Chin Woo Association). The  film was about Chern Chen (a fictitious disciple of Huo Yuan Jia) trying to avenge the death of his master. Many people would be really surprised to learn that Master Huo and Chin Woo Athletic Association are real. Chin Woo is currently one of the biggest Wushu (Chinese martial arts) organisation in the world. 

The first time I heard of Huo yuan Jia was from famous Cantonese story teller, Lee Tai Soh about 45 years ago.  I would always sit beside the radio at 6 pm (Monday to Saturday) to listen attentively to his stories. Back then the black and white television was something luxurious and out of reach of ordinary people. So Lee Tai Soh was really very famous for Cantonese speaking Chinese. In those days, professional story tellers were quite common and could easily be found in Chinese speaking areas. 

Huo Yuan Jia (Fok Yeen Kap) was born in the Xiao Nan He village on the outskirts of Tianjin in 1867. He was the fourth child in the family of 10 brothers and sisters. His father, Huo En Di (Fok Yan Tai), was a well known martial artist who served as security escort for caravans travelling to north-east China. In those days anyone important or any precious items were given protection by a security firm or some well known martial artists for a fee. The martial artist and his men would provide security services to ensure the person or goods reached the destination safely and in good order. It was like an insurance policy.

During his childhood, Huo Yuan Jia suffered from yellow jaundice. He was reported to have lost in fight with even younger and smaller kids. The family would lost face if he was to lose to unworthy opponents. This would tarnish the family's reputation. Therefore, his father refused to teach him martial art. He was encouraged to be a scholar against his wish.  All his other healthier brothers were taught Wushu. Huo Yuan Jia had no alternative but to hide behind the bushes to secretly watch his father trained his brothers. He secretly practiced on his own (at odd hours and out of sight of every one else) for the next 10 years.

One day, a man who was once beaten by Huo En Di when he was offering escorting/security services, turned up to seek revenge. Huo En Di was now in his fifties and had rheumatic problems. As he was in no condition to fight, his sons fought on his behalf. All of his sons with Huo Jia (Fok Kar in Cantonese) martial art training were soundly beaten. The situation became quite tense and was rather embarrassing. The challenger started to gloat about how useless and pathetic Huo Jia Chuan was. The "untrained" Huo Yuan Jia suddenly stepped out to the astonishment of his family members. He was the only son not "trained" in martial art. He was not expected to win when all his brothers had failed. However to the surprised of everyone, he gave the intruder a sound thrashing. From then on, Huo Yuan Jia was allowed to learn Huo Jia Chuan (Huo family wushu).

Famous Cantonese story teller Lee Tai Soh used to tell stories of historical personnel such as Wong Fei Hung and Huo Yuan Jia (Fok Yuen Kap). He related that as a youth Huo Yuan Jia was frail and small in size. One day he caught a strange looking turtle with six legs. He ate the turtle and over night grow in size to 6ft tall.

Huo Yuan Jia later joined his father in the escorting job. Their job were to escorted a group of monks. A group of bandits surrounded them. Huo Yuan Jia was able to defeat the bandit chief and escorted the monks safely to their destination.

In 1901, there was a Russian wrestler in Tianjin who claimed to be the strongest man in the world. The wrestler had openly insulted the Chinese, calling them "Asian weaklings" because no one would accept his challenge to a fight. Huo Yuan Jia was persuaded by a group of martial artists to fight the Russian. He reluctantly accepted the challenge to protect the honor of the Chinese people. The Russian wrestler however decided not to fight. He revealed that everything was only a ploy to make money. This was widely publicized by the newspapers. In another version by Lee Tai Soh, the Russian defeated lots of Chinese martial artists. The Russian gloated about his invincibility and how useless Wushu was. He claimed he could punch the weight of 1000 katis (600kg or 1333 lbs.), Huo Yuan Jia was forced to accept the challenge on behalf of the Chinese martial artists. Huo Yuan Jia won the fight easily and became very famous. From then on he was the hero of the Chinese people.

The British were buying tea from China for several centuries and were experiencing huge trade deficit with China. So the sneaky British introduced Opium into China, claiming it to be a wonder drug. Those taking the Opium would become addicted and hopeless dependent on the Opium. With the Opium, China was now at the mercy of the British. The British even sneaked high quality Chinese Tea seedlings into India and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and started planting it there. Now the trade was in the British's favor since they no longer rely on the Chinese for their tea. They can get Indian and Ceylonese tea for free. Chinese with Opium addictions need the Opium. With so much excess tea and low demand, China's economy was getting from bad to worst. The sneaky British were the mastermind behind the fall of China. It is funny how the westerners depicted the Chinese as sneaky people (like those Fu Manchu characters) when in actual fact were the real victims of the foreigners. 

During that time, China was in a state of turmoil. It was around the end of the Qing Dynasty and China was weak and politically unstable. The country was suffering from one natural disaster after another. To make matter worse they were oppressed by foreigners in their own country. The Chinese people were regarded as invalids (hopelessly useless people similar to animals such as pigs and dogs) because of the miserable economic conditions, opium additions and natural disasters. 

Many Chinese were fed up with the oppression from other countries especially the British. These martial artists instigated by the weak and corrupt Ching government, started the "boxer rebellion" targeting foreigners. Huo Yuan Jia did not agreed with their views and was known to rescue the foreigners from these martial artists. When the Chinese martial artists attacked and burned down the British opium stores and attacked some foreigners, a joint declaration of war was issued by the British, French, Japanese, German, Portuguese, American, Spaniard and Russian. It was known as the Eights Countries Combined Forces attacking Beijing. The Empress Dowager ruling China at that time surrendered (after Beijing was captured by the combined forces) and were forced to make unreasonable concessions such as ceding  Hong Kong to the British for 100 years, ceding Macau to the Portuguese for 100 years, Shanghai to the Japanese and other compensations. The westerners were free to trade in opium with the locals. There were lots of opium dens in China catering solely for the Chinese people.

Many foreigners arrived and referred to the Chinese as the "Sick Men of Asia". Phrases such as 'No Dogs and Chinese Allowed' were widely used by the foreigners that were occupying territories in China by force. Even the Japanese who previously were known to be afraid of China now wrote in their school text books that the Chinese and Koreans were worse than Pigs and deserve to be killed. 

Numerous foreign martial arts and western boxing schools/ individuals had arrived in China (such as western boxing and Japanese martial arts) making the situation worse. They openly challenged the Wushu schools and try to defeat them in fights. This was not helped by the traditions among Wushu masters to teach their skills to a selected few. These students (after they become masters) may then pass their skills to one or two students. Wushu was therefore limited to a selected few. The skills would be lost if the selected ones did not pass their skills down to anyone. On top of that, many do not teach the weak and female. Some masters would keep some secret techniques for themselves as protection just in case the next in line were to rebel. Some only revealed their techniques when  they were about to die. Therefore if they die without revealing those moves, the moves would be lost forever. Hence, the standard of Wushu skills in China were steadily deteriorating over the years. The Chinese might be serious about fighting for personal glory but most were on a friendly nature. In many fights to avoids serious injuries, top martial artists might just call it a draw. Some of the fights were like chess games where the masters verbally fight until one admit defeat. Some contests were won by "touch only" rules to avoid serious injuries. 

In contrast, Japanese martial arts while being copied from Chinese martial arts were more direct and aim to maim or kill. The Japanese were always challenging for honors. As the spirit of the samurai raises, they were constantly issuing challenges to the Chinese martial art schools. Losing to the Japanese would further dampened the already depleted Chinese's spirit. The Japanese martial artists could not afford to lose either as losing to the Chinese would bring dishonor to their family and race as they viewed the Chinese as pigs and dogs. Japanese warriors would have to commit suicide if they were to lose to such unworthy opponents.

                                                                  Hercules O'Brien

In 1909, Hercules O'Brien, an American boxer of Irish descent came to Shanghai. He was giving performances of his power. Along with demonstrating his strength, he would issue challenges of hand to hand combat to any Chinese willing to take him on. In Shanghai there was no master strong enough to beat him. Later, some Wushu masters invited Master Huo to Shanghai to accept the challenge on behalf of the Chinese people. At first O'Brien, tried to delay the fight by setting all types of rules which would practically make most of Huo Yuan Jia's moves illegal. Later they agreed on the format of the fight. O' Brien however, chicken out and secretly left without competing. Thus, Huo Yuan Jia's fame had spread far and wide. He was able to restore some pride to the Chinese but at the same time attracting hatred from the foreigners he defeated.


Huo Yuan Jia was then working as a porter in a pharmaceutical company owned by nationalist Nong Jin Sun. One day a group of bandits raided the pharmaceutical company. Huo Yuan Jia was able to defeat the bandits single-handedly. Nong Jin Sun noticed Huo Yuan Jia martial arts abilities and pointed out to Huo Yuan Jia that the Chinese were weak and often bullied by others even in their own country. In order for the Chinese to rise again, the people need to be healthy and strong (both physically and mentally). Nong Jin Sun encouraged Huo Yuan Jia to set up a martial art center to help China restore the pride and morale of the nation. 

Master Huo then challenged all the various foreign martial arts organizations and won. Master Huo started Chin Woo Physical Training School in Shanghai in 1909 (with the help of Nong Jin Sun) to allow all Chinese the opportunity to learn Chinese martial arts and strengthen themselves in order to defend the country. He named his school "Chin Woo" - "Chin" meaning "high spirit" and "Woo" meaning "martial art". His objective was to provide the people of China with the essence of Chinese martial arts with the aim of cultivating knowledge, benevolence and courage and improving the health of the people in addition to continuing the spread and preservation of Wushu skills. Nong Jin Sun became the first president and Huo Yuan Jia the chief instructor for martial arts and military training. Many people speculate the man behind all these was actually Dr. Sun Yat Sen the founder of modern China who was forced to flee to Japan and temporarily resided there. Masters from other schools were invited and encourage to impart their knowledge / teach at Chin Woo. This would in turn raise the standard of Chinese martial arts.

For the first time everyone would be allowed to openly learn from another master. Previously this would be considered treason and punished accordingly (such as disabling the ability to use wushu by breaking the collar bones). Now wushu is opened to all willing to learn.

It was reported that Huo Yuan Jia was seeking treatment from a Japanese doctor who made prescriptions for his illness. Upon learning Huo Yuan Jia was a famous martial artist, the doctor invited Huo Yuan Jia to his Dojo. It was suppose to be a friendly competition with his disciples. When the Japanese lost the fight, a real brawl broke out between Huo Yuan Jia's students and the Japanese. In the fight, many Japanese (including the chief instructor) were wounded. As word of his victories spread, so did the Chin Woo spirit. You must remember the Japanese were a dominant race then and any loss of face was a disgrace to their race and country. It was not uncommon for them to commit suicide (hara kiri) due to any such dishonor. The Japanese doctor provided him some medicine with arsenic poison inside and Master Huo passed away on 9 August 1910. He was only 41 years old. Master Huo became a national hero and his name is still revered and honored as a great martial artist/ fighter. He is indeed the father of modern Wushu (kung Fu). If not because of him, Chinese martial arts might still be limited to the privileged few. Some people pointed out that arsenic poison was commonly used by eastern doctors and his students did not suspect foul play. One should realized that Japan was a strong nation  China was in no position to confront Japan over such "trifle" matters. Everything was sweep under the carpet as if nothing happened so as to appease the Japanese. 

Huo Yuan Jia's Residence and Mausoleum

There can be no replacement for Master Huo. His life was short but meaningful. 

Master Huo tried to restore the pride and health of the Chinese people through Wushu. Normally, when you are famous everyone want to challenge you. Even Master Wong Fei Hung, Lam Sai Weng and later Bruce Lee get challenged and sometimes even ambushed. Somehow Master Huo did not have any such problem. His opponents were mainly bandits and foreigners. They either chickened out or were defeated by him or his students. Due to his selflessness, no Chinese would want to be seen challenging him. After all, everything was for the good of the whole nation and people. When you are a real legend no one want to fight you.

Undaunted by Master Huo's death, his students Chen Gong Zhe, Yao Chan Bo and Lu Wei Chang reopened the Chin Woo school. Master Huo’s younger brother, Mr. Huo Yuan Xiang, and his son, Mr. Huo Tong Ker (Huo Yuan Jia's son), continued to teach at the Chin Woo Association and later invited many famous martial-arts masters from Long Fist, Eagle Claw, Praying Mantis and other specialized schools to teach in Chin Woo. These include Liu Zheng Sheng, Zhao Han Jie, Zhao LianHe, Zhang FuQuan, Lee ZhengJiang, Ye Feng Khi, Chen Wei Xian, Sun Zhan Xuan, Huo Yuan Qing, Lee ZhanFeng, Sun Yu Feng, Huo Dong Ge, Zhao LianCheng, Zhao Guan Yong, Ye Shu Tian, Chen Zi Zheng, Luo Guang Yu, Lee Yu Ting, Liu Zhi Xiang, Lee Jian Ming, Lee Lian Chun and Wu Jian Quan.

Chin Woo became a famous and popular martial-arts association in Shanghai. Many provinces opened their own Chin Woo branches and in 1918 the Hong Kong Chin Woo Athletic Association was formed. In 1915, the members bought a new building, reorganized the school and renamed it "The Chin Woo Athletic Association". The reason behind the change of name was not to attract any attention for being a martial art school. They were afraid the Japanese and foreigners might interpreted it as military training and might bring uneasiness to other countries. China was very weak and do not want to offend any country. They purposely added caligraphy, cultural dancing, sporting activities and etc into the association to allay suspicion from other countries.

In 1919, the Guangzhou branch of The Chin Woo Athletic Association was officially opened. Among those invited to perform was Master Wong Fei Hong in his seventies.

In July 1919, Shanghai Chin Woo Association sent five representatives to Southeast Asia to perform a missionary program to expand the Chin Woo activities overseas. They were Chen Gong Zhe, Li Hui Sheng, Luo Xiao Ao, Chen Shi Zhao, and Ye Shu Tian. They made their first stop in Saigon, Vietnam. There, they opened the first Chin Woo School and later more were established in parts of Malaysia and Singapore. To prove their skills, they were often required to give demonstrations or accept challenges. By 1923, these five Chin Woo Masters had opened Chin Woo schools all over Southeast Asia and visited nine different countries.

Currently Chin Woo is one of the largest Wushu organizations in the world with branches in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Poland, Canada, UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Surprisingly, Malaysia have the most Chin Woo branches as they even have branches in districts and towns. The art and culture of Chinese martial arts is becoming more widespread everyday and valued relationships are growing between an ever increasing number of countries. 

Please note that the dates used in this article is from Chin Woo's website. The year of birth can be either 1867 or 1868. Similarly the time of his death could be 1909 or 1910. This is probably due to the Chinese system of adding one year to a person age after his birth.

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Chi, the Universal Energy

Chi the Universal Energy



What is Chi / Qi ?
Qi, Chi, ki, bio-magnetism or whatever name you call it, is an invisible energy which is available everywhere. Chi is loosely translated as energy, air bubble or breath. There are all kind of Chi in our body or around us such as yang chi, yin chi, primordial chi, stagnant chi and etc. It can be either cold or warm energy (yin or yang). Yin and Yang are the duality of the universe as a pair of opposite action/reaction opposing yet complementing each other as the male and female. We get chi from our surrounding. In the grave yards and the moon we get "yin chi" (negative chi). In the Sun we get "yang chi" (positive chi). The chi on its own is neither good nor bad. When we are weak and fail to control the chi resulting in an imbalance, we will become sick. But if we are able to control the chi and direct it at will, we will be able to perform healing on others (even from a distance). Chi in itself is neither good nor bad. It is only good or bad depending on how it is being used. Therefore the negative or positive chi is similar to the negative or positive in electricity. We cannot see it but we can feel it. Of course highly trained people can feel and see Chi. When water boils do we not see the steam rises from the boiling water? Similarly in a very hot day we can also see air bubbles coming out of the walls. In the toilet where the wall is often wet do we not see air bubble coming out of the wall? Of course advanced levels masters in Yoga and Qigong cam see less apparent energies which normal people cannot.


It doesn't exist because scientist cannot measure it?

Scientist can accept Quantum Theory and String Theory (as the mother of all theories) but it can only be proven correct mathematically. The theory talk about us having 10 copies of ourselves in other parallel universes. Of course it cannot be proven but it is the most perfect of all theories. If western scientists can accept so far fetch thoughts as the mother theory (which cannot be proven), I cannot see why they cannot accept chi. I know they would have to change lots of their theories but is it not better than believing in something more ridiculous like the String Theory?

Fish in the water is unable to feel the water (Yee Chai Sui Chung Kan Chieh Pu Tau Sui) , Human in the midst of Chi does not feel chi (Ren Chai Chi Chung Kan Chieh Pu Tau Chi). Fish need water (Yee Si Yau Sui), Human need chi to stay alive (Ren Si Yau Chi Lai sern Huo).

We can accept the electricity and even use it in our daily life yet no one can see electricity. Similarly, you use your car which run on fuel such as petrol. Your mobile phone need a battery to keep it running. Surely you do not expect your life to exist without a fuel/energy source such as chi. It is your parents' primordial chi that set up life for you. Without your parents, there can be no you. If you are to equate food as energy then fat people should be full of energy. How is it that fat people cannot run with so much energy in them? There is a limit to what our body can convert as energy. The rest is stored as fat.

There are many people with blocked blood supply causing the chi to be blocked as well. I have a colleague whose mother could not sleep for several days due to pain in her left shoulder and her fingers were stiff and cringed tightly together. She went to a clinic but the pain remain and no one including me have a clue. The area around her shoulder was swollen and painful to even light touch. I just massage her arm and hand to allow the blood to flow. I use my chi to stimulate her swollen shoulder. When she becomes more relaxed and the blood started to flow better then only I begin to massage the swollen areas. Before long her hand was already much better and no longer in pain. Upon questioning, I found out that she had a habit of leaning on that left shoulder whenever she sleep. I told her not to lean on that shoulder or she might get it blocked again.

While western medicine is good for curing certain diseases, it is hopeless against chi related illness.

Qi has its roots in Chinese Medical Science

Chinese medicine has been in existence for thousands of years. Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on the Viscera a general term for the internal organs (zhang fu). There are five yin viscera (zhang) and six yang viscera (fu). The five yin viscera are heart, lung, liver, spleen and kidney. The six yang viscera are gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder and triple warmer. The viscera are linked by meridian points (nadi for Indian) to help the body function. The Five Yin Viscera main characteristics are to generate and store chi. The Six Yang Viscera main characteristics are to receive and transport food and waste.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a system of healing based on Viscera incorporating the Five Element theory, Yin and Yang theory and the concept of Chi.

The Yin and Yang theory is the duality in nature as opposite and conflicting yet harmonious and attracting each other. The Chinese since more than 5000 years ago believe in the duality of nature. There is Man and Woman; the Sun and the Moon; the day and the night and etc. The man is by nature masculine while the female feminine. We cannot say which is better as everything in this world serves a purpose. In the ancient Chinese book Nei Ching states that “In Yin there is Yang and in Yang there is Yin”. The Chinese believe that in every male there is also some feminineness and in every female there is some maleness. The male force is called Yang and the female Yin. Accordingly, mankind is Yang and the underworld or ghost is Yin. Instead of using Yin or Yang, we can also substitute them with – (negative) or + (positive) as in electricity. In this context the negative element is the Yin element and the positive element is the Yang element. In the context of the body, the Yin Qi is at the perineum between the anus and the sex organ. The Yang Chi is stored at the Tan Tien about 2 inches below the belly. This positive and negative chi must be combined by way of meditation in order to gain access to a higher level of chi mastery.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, a person’s Chi of both yin and yang must be in equilibrium in order for him or her to stay healthy. If a person has too much Yang Chi, he/she is short of Yin Chi (such as when a person has fever). The opposite can also happen (such as when a person got cold). At times, our body releases too much yang chi, could not sustain it, causing the fever to change into a cold and vice versa. At certain time our body produce certain type of chi and therefore affects our health when the chi is not in equilibrium.

Each of us has our own equilibrium Chi level above or below which we might fall sick. We cannot have too much chi or too little chi as this will make us unwell. Basing on this, I am inclined to think that as long as we decrease the chi level of those with too much Chi and increases the Chi for those in need for more Chi, most of the Chi related illness can be cured. Of course we must know where and how to add or subtract or else the patient might get worse.

Only in China can a surgery be performed without any form of anesthesia. In fact they used to talk to the patient who is fully conscious and can converse normally as if nothing is happening. All they do is poke some acupuncture needles on the meridian points relating to the areas they operate on, perform the operation and close the wound.

The Practical and Logical Path

God give us lots of tools to carry out our activities. It is we who limit ourselves by placing placing obstacles on ourselves. It is so much easier not to try to understand Chi (and you do not need to know what chi is). Human beings are very complex people who would fight over trifle matters. Yet the chi that has been the foundation of Chinese medicine is never place in high esteem. Most western educated people might not even accept its existence.

We are all born unequal. Some are born into wealthy families while other have to be contented to be just alive. Our fingers are never of the same length. If it were of the same length we would probably not able to use them. Each of us are given different abilities and roles in life. Not everyone can be a president, a doctor and etc. Our destinies are never the same. Some are bound to achieve greatness while others are hardly noticed in the ocean of humanity.

Yoga masters, Chi Kung masters, Martial Arts masters and healers have cultivated chi to quite high levels. However, many of them do have all kind of health problems. How is it possible you may ask. It is simple, learning chi to a high level does not guarantee you perfect health. A master must also learn to look inward and learn to give up worldly possessions. Automatically you have less needs. A sexy girl is another human being. Food all look the same as you eat only what your body requires. Even I cannot eat much due to the large amount of chi circulating around the Tan Tien and the belly. I can eat one meal per day and still wondering why my tummy is so full. At times I would like to eat but I can resist them since there is no need for me to eat for the sake of eating. If a grandmaster cannot control himself of such greed, he will suffer like normal people. We choose the appropriate response and consequently pay for our follies with our own life.

Then there is this tale of a Malay spiritual master teaching his students to walk across a river. He taught his students some mantras telling them to have faith and everything would turn out fine for them. So the students went to the river to practice and all the students managed to cross the river without getting wet. Finally the master himself try to cross the river but got himself wet. The thing with some masters are they taught things they themselves does not believe in. The students' faith in their masters enable them to achieve what their master cannot.

Many of these masters can do seemingly impossible acts such as pulling a Boeing 747 with his hairs, have a double deckers bus run over his body and etc. In Taiwan, there are people who trained their penis to be able to withstand / lift up weights of hundreds of kilos. Some are even able to pull a bus filled with passengers. It is another version of chi kung (Chiew Chiew Sern Kong also known as 99 Chi Kung ). These things take lots of years of training and mind control. It is certainly not for ordinary people.

Normal people cannot see energy. If we have never heard of ABC how the hell would we be able to read or write in English. Similarly, if our mind have never being conditioned, we would not be able to perform any kind of visualization or meditation. Some people give the impression that such things are sacred and mysterious. If magician do not practice their hands regularly, their acts would easily being seen through by the audiences. If we do not practice the mind, the mind will not be able to respond to our instruction.

Of-course not all these masters are genuine. Many of the claims pertaining to kundalini yoga and the exercises that provide you with eternal youth are all over exaggerated. We will all get older whether you do "fountain of youth" exercises or not. Look at the swarmi, none of them ever get younger. If they are ninety years old, they would probably look around 80 years old. They cannot be looking like 40 years old. Similarly the claims of achieving psychic abilities by the activation of the kundalini shakti (fictitious dormant serpent at the base of the spine) is not true or so simple (at least not for me). There are also claims of appearing more attractive to the opposite sex which I personally doubt it. There are people who practiced Yoga for twenty to thirty years yet still have asthma. I had running nose, dermatitis induced psoriasis and cold hands even with all my chakras opened more than 20 years ago. Please refer to my article on How I heal myself of incurable diseases. The chakras are opened but the internal organs were extremely weak. 

There are "masters" who take advantages of those most in need of help. Some masters claim cure for all illness and ask for legal documents with lawyers where a big portion of your properties would be given to him when you happen to get cured. These are scavengers not human! Then there is the famous Chakra Alam Grand Master Ustad Arif which was exposed by a magician name Randy on the Korean Television. He claimed that his Chi was so strong that the test pen lighted up. There are several types of test pen. The sensitive type will light up regardless whether you have lot of chi or not. He would also roll an egg on the body of the patient. When he opened the egg, there is traces of blood either red or black. The trick here was to insert color dye in the egg before he rolled the egg. Then there is the lighting of a long fluorescent tube with his chi. The trick here is the wearing of a slipper inserted with an electrical device capable of emitting low dosage of electricity. With due respect to Ustad Arif, I am sure he is a good martial artist and have high healing abilities but using magic tricks to cheat patients and give them false hope is unethical. I have watched several videos on Youtube where the masters can create fire to burn newspapers with just mastery of chi. There are also masters who can create heat almost to the boiling point. You can watch them at youtube.com/user/tffoo7.


Similarly there are people who practiced Chi Kung / Tai Chi Chuan for over thirty years and yet achieved nothing significant. I have heard of grand masters getting heart diseases and all sort of ailments. Of-course they can only blame themselves for not doing enough exercises and eating excessively /unhealthily. People come to learn Yoga /Chi Gong to get healthy. The instructor /master would always ask people to be dedicated yet these masters cannot resist woman, wine and food. In this context I do not say we must abstain from sex or food but be moderate in everything. The Chinese have always taken the middle path knowing too much or too few of anything is not good. Even at my level I can understand why Buddhist monks can survive on one meal per day. It can only mean the master cannot resist the temptation of good food etc. It is self discipline. Then there are masters who try to get famous by doing highly dangerous things such as pulling a busload of passengers with the penis, pulling a Boeing 747 with his hair and being run over by a double deck bus weighting 9.3 ton. Some might never recover from their performances. From the outside there seem to be not a scratch but we do not know the pain such people endured in the name of mastery of chi. Likewise the western scientist would advocate jogging, walking and lot of exercises. Doctors are perplexed by the death of an Indian marathon runner in his forties with no bad habit. Then there are people who get injured playing tennis, badminton etc. Even people who does not know how to jog properly can get injured. You must have a proper running surface and suitable running shoes for such surfaces. Therefore things are not as simple as we think it is.


Do not question the existence of chi, work hard and you will be able to get to feel it. It is more mental than muscle. I might be a novice in chi gong but I am ahead of many people because I have more than 25 years in Yogic meditation. I have many masters with exceptional abilities. I have trained very hard, much harder than most students. My instructor thought it was impossible for me to become good in chi gong. He used to tell me I was doing it the opposite way. Recently he told the class that as long as your chi moves, the movements are not important. This means you must be able to use your Yi (mind/will power) to direct the chi which is exactly what I have been doing. Do not think a UK trained accountant will accept anything my masters tell me. In fact I am very sure some of the advices from them try to scare me and might be a good advice for beginner. For instance I was told giving chi to others is not good as you might not have any chi left. His assistant also tell me how she gave chi to her grand mother for only 5 minutes and she was exhausted. I have been a chi healer for more than 20 years and have healed all types of people from baby to old people. Some patients took a lot out of me but I always recovers after a short nap or meditation. I know more about handling and releasing chi than most normal people. Most people are unaware that we absorbed each other's chi even though there is no contact. Chi moves around freely and unobstructed. It is energy and therefore no touch is necessary. Therefore it is possible to affect others without them realizing it. While chi is everywhere, the chi from a novice and a master are different. A master can accumulate lots of chi and has better ability to use them. The body's internal organs' natural functions is to generate and store chi for the six Yang viscera to use. A novice's chi is quite basic and he does not even know how to gather or use the chi. Similarly, mastering chakra meditation as in Yoga does not guarantee you are healthy. In fact with so much chakras activated, it is like a generator functioning well but the homes that it is suppose to supply electricity to are in the dark due to the faulty connection between the generator and the homes. Similarly, the chakras are activated but the internal organs and meridians are all not functioning properly. How do you explain 20 over years of chakra meditation and yet infected with all kinds of incurable diseases diagnosed by specialists/ doctors who does not have any clue on how to cure them. It only took me less than 2 years to get these diseases permanently cured without the need for medicine. Please refer to my earlier articles on How I heal myself with chi part 1 & part 2. I also become stronger mentally and spiritually. I noticed that I can become stronger if I incorporate my chi in whatever I do. For instance I also try experimenting it with my friends and staffs like a normal handshake. Without the knowledge of using chi I probably would not be able to defeat people with arms twice that of mine and half my age. With chi, nobody would want to try because I make a big dent in their hands and also their pride. Many people half my age and have lower arms twice that of mine cheated by sinking their thumb nail onto the back of my palm. Or how do you explain how my soft palm is able to squeeze the hell out of most people who are not only younger and more muscular than me? It is just being able to use chi.  I have also heal many people with just warm water and my chi therapy.

If you want to know more about Qigong -Introduction to Basic, Qi Emission and Qiball  please click here.

If you want to learn some Free Useful Qigong Exercises on Youtube,  Free Useful Qigong Lesson 1 - Loosening Exercises ; Free Useful Qigong Lesson 2 - Shoulders Rolls ; Free Useful Qigong Lesson 3 - Playing with Qi (magnetic flow) .Simple exercises are difficult to master because everyone thought they are easy. Few can actually master it as fewer really put in the necessary effort required. The journey of a lifetime begins with a single step. It is the following steps that will see how far you can go.

Self Healing - Psoriasis (Chronic Skin Disorder) and other illnesses Part 2

Self Healing - Psoriasis (Chronic Skin Disorder) and other illnesses Part 2



In the earlier article, Self Healing, I have included 2 photos of my legs recovering from dermatitis induced psoriasis which according to my skin specialist  was incurable. I have spend a fortune trying to get healed. My mother even bring me to see traditional herbal healers in the remote villages/areas where some well known physicians operate from.


As I did not take any picture of myself  when I was having dermatitis induced psoriasis, I look through the internet for pictures which resemble my conditions then. At least the reader will be able to feel my helplessness and how stressful it was.


I used to have inflamed rashes all over my body especially my back, limbs and buttock. I was applying ointment all over my body several times a day beside popping up pills trying to control the dermatitis similar to the one on the left (except for the flab). I regularly visited the company clinic but they were of no help. The doctor wrote a note and asked me to give it to the dermatologist at University Hospital, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia in 1986. I was at first only using diprocel ointment (of 15 mg tube) as recommended by the dermatologist. I was given a note from the dermatologist to the doctor at the company's clinic. In view of the cost of the oilment I would require, my company notified me that they will not pay for any future medical bill. I was forced to try out the big jar biprosalic by a local company. I was offered 30% discount by the pharmacy. It cut down my ointment cost by 60%. It was extremely stressful and I was living in a nightmare. I had seen all types of doctors and physician whether traditional or modern to no avail.

I had to wear long sleeve and long pant everywhere I go. Even when I stayed at my family house for vacation, I would wear long sleeves and pant so that I do not get stared at and asked questions I could not answer. I was quite close to my nieces who little kids then. When they started to get rashes, I felt guilty. It might probably be from me as no one else has it. Why me?

As the years passes by the steroid become less effective. The dermatitis suddenly got worst. I went to see a skin specialist in Cheras, Malaysia. After several visits and treatments, some sample tissue were cut from my buttock (which would resemble the picture on the right). The laboratory report stated that I had dermatitis induced psoriasis. The white colored skins are actually hardened skins which prevent the skin from breathing properly. In some cases, the skin grew on top of another layer of skin. As the hair cannot grow and is trapped beneath the skin, the area can become itchy and there is always a tendency to scratch them. You might be able to prevent yourself from scratching while you are conscious /awake. When you are asleep you might just scratch at those infected areas. It felt so very nice until you suddenly realized what you have just done. By then your bed sheet would be covered with blood and dead skins. The nice feeling has suddenly turned into a nightmare. Now you have to treat your wound to stop the bleeding. Next you have to stop the weeping skin from oozing out a transparent yellowish liquid. After that you can hardly go back to sleep. It was a living hell. 

Those pills the specialist gave to control the itchiness did not work for me. It make me drowsy in the morning and was the cause of two cars accidents. In the first accident, I rammed into a slow moving car. The second time I was too drowsy to brake in time as I ram into another at the traffic light. Luckily no one was injured.


In part 1, I have shown you the almost healed pictures below. This is of course very much better than those pictures above. While these are still considered ugly but is no longer even 10% as stressful as the above pictures. If you continue to scrape these flakely skin with a sharp knife, you will slowly get it healed within months to what is below.












Notice the difference between the top photos and the bottom photos. The colored areas represent the newly healed areas. The white spots are also healed but that is the scars left from the dermatitis induced psoriasis. There is no need for medication of any kind. Notice the growth of new hairs on the legs. This allows the skin to breathe. So who say psoriasis is incurable? It is curable. Psoriasis is curable.














Remember there is no cure for acute skin problems in western medical science giving the excuse that they do not know what you are allergic to. There can be so many causes and etc. They even asked me to take injections to control it from getting worse (not a cure). With western medicine you must also expect some side effects such as loss of memories, hairs and etc. Therefore before they do anything to you, you must sign on the dotted line that you agreed to their terms of treatment (that you understand exactly there is no hope of recovery and the side effects of loss of memories and etc). Control means trying to stop it from becoming worst. So what exactly is the point of all these is to get you to become a moron/idiot who forget everything after paying so much money.


So definitely I wouldn't want to try the injection. How can a finance and administration manager function without his memories? Surely there must other alternatives. If you can build up your immune system by way of qigong, it will definitely help you

From the above pictures you can see almost all over my body were affected by either dermatitis or/and psoriasis. There is still lots of markings to remind me of my worst nightmares.



See my article Practical tips in overcoming Chronic Skin Diseases (Dermatitis and Psoriasis)


All along I had practice meditation and had no problem playing with energies. But somehow I had to admit something was not right with me. It is like you have a substation in a residential housing area but all the houses were without electricity. My chakras were activated yet I had all kinds of problems from psoriasis, sinus, cold limbs, migraine and a host of other problems.


I always had doubts on Qigong. What is so special about breathing techniques? Don't we breathe all the time? How can just mere breathing have any effect? 


My Fung Shui master recommend me to take some short courses conducted by his Qigong master (who is residing in Australia) to strengthen my qi. I had always been proud of my years in Yoga meditation and thought the master would noticed it. I had always thought that I had very powerful energies. All the master said was that I was in very bad shape (from looking at my energies). I did not even bother to let him know about my problems. About six months later when I attended the 2nd level, he told me I had made lot of progress and look so much better and had very strong qi. By then I was already attending  weekly Chi Dynamics qigong classes at Cheras. I could feel my energy level going up as I made progress in qigong. Most of my problems either ceased to exist or were on the way to recovery. It took me about 2-3 years of dedicated daily qigong training to totally overcame psoriasis.


I have no qualm in recommending Chi Dynamics qigong to whoever willing to give it a real try. The breathing methods is very important. A Tai Chi or Qigong practitioner might have practiced for more than 20 years but their qi abilities are just normal because they do not know how to relax, focus, visualize and use qi. 


Qigong works on the internal organs and your immune systems making you healthier and less stressful. When qi is able to get to the affected areas it means the blocked areas has been cleared enabling your blood and qi to move unobstructed. It also helps to strengthen your immune system. When we have chronic illness, our immune system is at it weakest. For instance a cancer patient is more likely to be killed by chemotherapy or radiotherapy than by the cancer cells. The chemotherapy kills all cells (irregardless). This will make the already weak immune system even weaker. A mild illness can easily kill anyone under such condition. Many people can get through chemotherapy with the aid of qigong. I still have lots of markings on my body and limbs as testimony of my past (see pictures above).


See my article Practical tips in overcoming Chronic Skin Diseases (Dermatitis and Psoriasis)

For those who want to try out some useful and simple qigong exercises on Youtube, do click on the link as follows :
Free Useful Qigong Lesson 1 - Loosening Exercises.
Free Useful Qigong Lesson 2 - Shoulders Rolls
Free Useful Qigong Lesson 3 - Playing with Qi (magnetic flow)

If you need more advice or clarification, do not hesitate to contact me at 012-6570647 or just email me at tiockfeng@hotmail.com.