04-22-2021, 11:33 AM
(04-22-2021, 09:21 AM)Aion Wrote: Well most martial arts don't make a study of meridian system or the dantien, those are typically considered "mystical" and associated with either TCM, qi gong or Tai Chi. This knowledge was certainly never a regular part of european martial arts either, although the knowledge and understanding of the circulation was there in the shadows of secret societies.
"Chinese internal alchemy" is an interesting study, there are quite a few varying conceptions, just like with martial arts schools there are plenty of different internal systems and they name parts of the energetic system in various ways. Personally, I am not too concerned with cataloguing nowadays.
I learned more from qi gong and reiki about energy circulation than from any martial art I've been interested in, but nothing beats actual work with energy.
So true !