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Do enough Pa Kua Chang and something really weird happens. Pa Kua, as many people know, is that martial art where you walk in a circle endlessly. Circles where you find loops within spirals within circles.
Let me explain a couple of things first, before I tell you about this weird thing in Pa Kua Chang. Understand what I tell you and you will have an easier time understanding that weird is normal in this universe, and normal is weird. Sound good?
There are eight steps from the beginning to the end in the Pa Kua circle. This is a good sweep with one leg, or about six feet in diameter. And, of course, the beginning of the circle is the end, and the end of the circle is the beginning.
Classical Pa Kua-ists claim that if you put the palms in various positions as you walk the circle, that the positions stand for various phenomena. Lightening palms, thunder palms, palms, fire palms, water palms, and so on. By creating this analogy they have created an entire and separate universe. There hasn't been a good explanation for what is happening, up till now, but this universe can occupy a student for a lifetime.
You must understand that the body is a machine when you create this Pa Kua universe. Power goes down the legs and up the legs, just like alternating current. You should know, and confirm it with a good dictionary, that power is energy, and energy is the capacity for work, and the capacity for work is how much you can lift.
The tan tien creates the energy of the body. The tan tien is a located a couple of inches below the navel. The tan tien creates energy which goes down and up and the legs and back into the tan tien.
What happens is that the body becomes a capacitor, a storage device, and the energy can be stored for later use. But also, and most interesting, is that after walking the circle sufficient with the idea I've detailed here, you will experience actual lightening going up and down your legs. You will also, as you explore the potential of the palms in conjunction with the storing of the energy, experience a barber pole type energy swirl up and down your arms.
The point here is that Pa Kua is not mystical, but it does take a calm mind and a dedicated practitioner to experience what I have explained here. One must walk the circle enough times, and tell the body enough times and with enough sincerity, for the body to start acting as a capacitor. It is possible, however, and easier as one comes to believe that this universe is not a trap, but a transit.
Let me explain a couple of things first, before I tell you about this weird thing in Pa Kua Chang. Understand what I tell you and you will have an easier time understanding that weird is normal in this universe, and normal is weird. Sound good?
There are eight steps from the beginning to the end in the Pa Kua circle. This is a good sweep with one leg, or about six feet in diameter. And, of course, the beginning of the circle is the end, and the end of the circle is the beginning.
Classical Pa Kua-ists claim that if you put the palms in various positions as you walk the circle, that the positions stand for various phenomena. Lightening palms, thunder palms, palms, fire palms, water palms, and so on. By creating this analogy they have created an entire and separate universe. There hasn't been a good explanation for what is happening, up till now, but this universe can occupy a student for a lifetime.
You must understand that the body is a machine when you create this Pa Kua universe. Power goes down the legs and up the legs, just like alternating current. You should know, and confirm it with a good dictionary, that power is energy, and energy is the capacity for work, and the capacity for work is how much you can lift.
The tan tien creates the energy of the body. The tan tien is a located a couple of inches below the navel. The tan tien creates energy which goes down and up and the legs and back into the tan tien.
What happens is that the body becomes a capacitor, a storage device, and the energy can be stored for later use. But also, and most interesting, is that after walking the circle sufficient with the idea I've detailed here, you will experience actual lightening going up and down your legs. You will also, as you explore the potential of the palms in conjunction with the storing of the energy, experience a barber pole type energy swirl up and down your arms.
The point here is that Pa Kua is not mystical, but it does take a calm mind and a dedicated practitioner to experience what I have explained here. One must walk the circle enough times, and tell the body enough times and with enough sincerity, for the body to start acting as a capacitor. It is possible, however, and easier as one comes to believe that this universe is not a trap, but a transit.
About the Author:
Al Case has dissected the martial arts for over forty++ years. You can Walk the Circle with him at Monster Martial Arts.
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