Can you take control over somebody’s mind, to the point where they are essentially your robot, and they are not aware that they are so acting? The answer is yes.

Do you want to apply a different standard to chi than you have accepted for emotion?

The hypnosis “problem” is not necessarily a problem with respect to application–where IF it works is more important than HOW it works. Keeping that in mind, this kikou (qigong) video may address some of your concerns.

The strategic-perspective will involve groups inside of the government perceiving short-term gain, with their arming the worst possible people. This situation will become an arms race. That question of testing chi on non-living objects, to avoid issues of combat-oriented-applied-hypnosis is needed.

A belief in something being true can arrange the perception of it being true. How is a person to test for Chi, with out having response to the idea of chi, generating the perception, of chi? This questioning about what does define a validly constructed test, will be a critical-item when researching chi.

My family are Christian fanatics who beleive prayer will solve anything. However prayer without the requisite action to support it is meaning less from an objective point of view.
I challenge them by asking why do they purchase insurance, work jobs, pay bills, etc if prayter solves everything? and they usually reply with the general(one has to live). And I say, exactly.

I have practced, qi-gong, taichi, and am starting on Qi Dao and Kuji-in. However I also practice my own mix of JKD, Kajukenbo, and after I study Shorinji Kempo I will travel to Stepehen Hayes school to learn some ninpo as well.

I also have a valid gun license and carrying permit.
I will never seek out a fight, and if possible I will attempt to either avoid it, or defuse it, but if need be I will use deadly force.

Some says this goes against peaceful teachings. However who questions the destruction of the hurricane and the tsunami.

They are natural and pure yet destructive at the same time.

This is my goal.

If you’ve already conceded that fights begin in the mind, then why are you now equating no-contact with non-violence?

Sun Tzu was no peace-loving monk.

Going back to the subject at hand, for what purpose are the techniques of Shi Ming meant for? My biggest problem with it is that it seems to be, for all intents and purposes, fake. His students are simply going along with the wishes of the teacher…

See the post that started this conversation.

…and there’s no mystic energy or magic involved. Don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly believe qigong works, having witnessed it first-hand in the form of bending bars and spears, walking on eggs and paper, and other typical qigong demonstrations. But what practical purpose do these “no-touch” throws have? Get people to believe in your power and you can get them to throw themselves?

I would shorten that to just “get people to throw themselves”, and if it can be accomplished then its practicality is obvious.

The same message can be found in salesman’s manuals.

Which proves it false, or true?

And if he’s selling it as a martial skill that can be applied in combat, then it’s certainly no better than a scam, a con artist using tricks to win over the hearts and minds of his students.

I do not want to promote or denigrate Shi Ming in particular, and I see now that his video was not the best way to introduce this broad topic. Time to move on to more concrete issues, I think, keeping in mind the following points:

1. Every fight begins in the mind.
2. A stitch in time saves nine!

I’m not denying that one’s mindset is the beginning and end of all conflicts; Sun Tzu even proclaimed that victory is won before a single strike is made.

However, we are not all peace-minded monks living apart from the greater society, as idealistic as that would be. In the real world, people are not always reasonable, people are not always nice. And while we should always search for a non-violent end to an encounter, we aren’t always afforded that opportunity, nor are we always level-headed enough to see if that opportunity exists. We are, after all, human and therefore prone to error. I’m sure there are hundreds, if not thousands, of cases in this country alone where a person has tried to end a conflict peacefully and been rewarded with a bat to the head, a bullet to the brain, or a rope around the neck. Honestly, I doubt boxing skill would have fared them much better, but I believe then they would have had at least a fighting chance.

But I digress, and I apologize for getting so far off topic. I was trying to understand what your beliefs on the matter were, and I think I’ve grasped a good deal of it. I must confess that I’m not quite as fair-minded as you, and have yet to accumulate as much wisdom.

Going back to the subject at hand, for what purpose are the techniques of Shi Ming meant for? My biggest problem with it is that it seems to be, for all intents and purposes, fake. His students are simply going along with the wishes of the teacher, and there’s no mystic energy or magic involved. Don’t get me wrong, I wholeheartedly believe qigong works, having witnessed it first-hand in the form of bending bars and spears, walking on eggs and paper, and other typical qigong demonstrations. But what practical purpose do these “no-touch” throws have? Get people to believe in your power and you can get them to throw themselves? The same message can be found in salesman’s manuals. And if he’s selling it as a martial skill that can be applied in combat, then it’s certainly no better than a scam, a con artist using tricks to win over the hearts and minds of his students.