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Post by blake on Apr 21, 2005 21:53:32 GMT -5
Have you all seen this magazine? It's called "kung fu/taichi" and/or "kung fu/qi gong". It's the magazine that I first heard about my teacher Rich Mooney in, but I just picked it up again, for only like the 3rd time I've bought it, and it's really got some wild stuff in it. This one section this time, for example is on people throwing needles as weapons. Apparently what these guys do, is do certain qi gong exercises to strengthen their fingers and wrists, so that they can apparently throw little objects super fast. These guys throw needles, sewing needles through glass making a little hole like a pellot gun would make through paper. The article said that the best guys can throw one through a small aquarium and have the needle come out the other side. They apparently have needle throwing contests in china. It said the needle is considered one of the like 45 concealed weapons in kungfu.
There are other wild things discussed in the magazine too. One thing that was mentioned, but not really discussed, was this painting that this one master painted (a mural). It showed it and said "which he painted this while walking on eggs to demonstrate his lightness of body qi gong".
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Post by ~¤LilacSky¤~ on Apr 22, 2005 7:54:15 GMT -5
wow, thats pretty cool Blake, so where can I find this mag?? I like reading about such interesting things, who would think a needle would do some damage to someone, lol but it go's to show perhaps the chinese are ahead of us in many ways.. ;D
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Post by blake on Apr 22, 2005 17:39:55 GMT -5
I guess you can probably order it off the internet... I got it at a magazine store here, but you're more likely to find unusual things like that in Boulder. I don't know how common it would be in magazine stores in other places. I bet not as common as in Boulder.
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Post by ~¤LilacSky¤~ on Apr 24, 2005 9:07:12 GMT -5
well I know borders has all kinds of mags there, from everywhere, so I usualy go there to get hard to find books and stuff, so maybe If I get a chance and some exstra cash,since my birthdays coming up Ill go check out them to see what they have.. if you find any other things interesting , I hope you post about them Blake..
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