Qi-nurturing exercises like Taijiquan and Qigong produce significant changes in the body's emissions of electromagnetic energy, which evidence the science in Qi. Reviewing Qi in its functional forms of bioenergy brings scientific familiarity of the abstruse concept. The complexity of Qi transformations in the function of food breakdown and the formation of vital Qi essences reflect the biochemistry of metabolism and the production of ATPs. The review leads to the basic Qi form of Zhen Qi as a representation of ATP and to a new interpretation of the premise of prenatal Qi, relating it to the transmission of mitochondrial DNA. While the basis of Qi and Chinese Medicine is the Taiji Philosophy of Yin and Yang, the regulation of Qi flow in accord with the Principle of Yin-Yang Balance translates to the discipline of the dynamics of bioenergy in homeostasis. The trained cognition of Qi allows for the manipulation of Qi energy at functional pathways to reduce the errors of excessive or deficient Qi levels, that leads to Qi harmony and homeostasis. This opens up a role for Artificial Intelligence via the cognitive perception of Qi to establish the science of Qi.
The investigation of Neijin (Internal Strength) via its manifestation in body motion forges a theoretical link between Qi and muscle actions in the regulation of motion to comport with the principles of yin and yang. This gives a formulation of neijin in the framework of physics and physiology and provides a pragmatic qi-motion paradigm to train for the strength, as well as a window into Qi at a level of basic science. A Scientific Perspective of Neijin (Internal Strength) 2/9Copyright: ©2017 Ong What fascinates is that the kungfu application appears effortless with hardly any physical exertion of force-hidden so to speak. It seems that Physics is turning on its head-the "weaker" overcoming the "stronger" and the "slower" beating the "faster." CitationWhat fuels its mystery is that the ethos of Taijiquan resides in the internal, not characterized by external attributes of strength, like that of muscle bulk or the vigor of physical activities that we are familiar with. Indeed, the only thing extraordinary about Taijiquan masters is that they are distinguished by the ordinariness of their physique. The gentle and slow motion that defines the art cannot be more remote from the speed and power of a knockout punch. That is the mystique of Taijiquan's neijin. So what Taiji practitioner or martial artist would not harbor the dream of developing the magic of neijin?For a quick answer of neijin, we can paraphrase Chen Xiaowang's explanation in an equation: Neijin = Muscle actions + QiIn explaining neijin, Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang says that the strength of Qi alone is not great, and the strength of muscle force without Qi is crude and inflexible.The answer is encouraging as it indicates that one is building a store of neijin in the very practice of Taijiquan: The practice nurtures Qi and doing the movements entails muscle actions. For that matter, all oriental martial arts train to develop Qi (Ki in Japanese) as well.But where is the stuff of neijin? Many have practiced Taijiquan for years without getting it. Not every Taijiquan practitioner can tap into neijin to beat back a bully. Neijin is illusive. That is what makes the quest of this soft strength of neijin fascinating and challenging.So the quick answer of neijin needs a lot of supplementals in exposition. How does Qi meld in with muscle actions? A good place to start is at the waist. We use the waist to generate power actions in sports and martial arts, as well as at work, hence the term waist power. But waist power does seem mundane in light of the grandiose of neijin intimated. That may be so, but think about it-we ruefully fall far short of our potential to produce the waist power that the body is capable of, and we seem limited in our ability to improve upon it in training. Weekend golfers know well the limits of the range of their drives.In fact, Taijiquan recognizes that the main source of neijin power lies in the waist region. The Chinese term for it is more specific, called dang-yao jin 裆腰劲,which translates as waistgroin power. The terminology indi...
The neural circuits work very well to match, functionally, between the commands of an action, such as to swing a club, and the activation of muscles that result in the action. But the responses of neurobiology cannot be relied upon to recruit the right muscles necessary to meet a demand of high-level performance in power output, which one may want, such as a good long golf drive. The neural signals from the motor cortex do not activate the muscles at the right levels to produce the power drive that the body is capable of. Indeed, very often, many of the responses, conditioned by behavioral convenience, turn out to be obstacles, which form "barriers of neurobiology" to one's training to advance. This paper examines the issues through the lens of Taijiquan, and explains how its unorthodox slow -motion methodology cultivates the body senses that elicit responses to overcome the barriers, and to generate the ideal motion of Taijiquan, which gives rise to force that is consummate.
The slow-motion practice of Taijiquan, operationally, cultivates the cognitive perception of fascia tension as it is being harnessed to discipline body motion to be in accord with Yin-Yang Balance. The ideal motion that results, bestows liveliness of change and harmonizes body momentum,the hallmarks of maneuverability and force potential for performance. The paper puts forth the proposition that the manifestation of Qi in Taijiquan is primarily the cognitive perception of fascial tension in the functional efficacy of bipedal balance for performance. Though the cultivated cognition may be subjective, the process of Qi nurturing is grounded on the reduction of the errors of imbalances, which carves a practice path to balance with tangible effects. The force that arises from body motion so imbued with Yin-Yang Balance, is of the phenomenon of internal strength or neijin—consummate, of the right force vector in spontaneous response and rooted in balance. Taijiquan practice nurtures Qi for both health wellbeing and neijin as the body's core strength, depending on the practice efforts put in.
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