During cleaning meditation after class, Chris came up to me and said, "You have awesome chi." At first, I was like, "Huh? What did you just say?" (I was vacuuming so it was loud) And he said it again, "You have awesome chi." All I could stammer out was, "Uh...yeah! You too man!" What I wanted to say was, "You have way more chi than I do. Dude, you got 'pop' in your caijiao, while mine is more of a fizzle." In case you don't know Chris, he is the dancer dude that flies through the air with mega-extensions and mega-pop on every move.I was really surprised he said that to me because I felt my chi was relatively low throughout class. I wasn't about to pass out but I wasn't about to run a marathon afterwards either. During class, I kept trying to get my chi up by chanting "More chi!" Maybe he overheard me. Maybe he felt me trying to psych myself up. Maybe he was giving me words of encouragement. Whatever the reason, it made me think. Other than a great saying, does "More Chi! Train Harder!" have a scientific psychological response? I got out my handy internet search machine, and presto! I have a neat little answer.
After reading the article, I can't wait to push myself harder. More Chi! Train Harder!
interesting article -lends credence to mind over matter or not letting you psyche you out!
ReplyDeleteby the by, we all know chris the dancer as chris erk! he does have chi & so do you, leo.
the next time I see stars while training I'll just think stars are not real - stars do not exist - it's all in my head.
ReplyDeletethat should do.
Sucheela, silly, those are the Chi Fairies, encouraging you to push yourself!
ReplyDeleteI think the Chi Fairies worked me over with little baseball bats on Monday...
Thank you for the compliment shaolinchad. (blush) My chi is no good!
ReplyDeleteDon't be stupidly modest Leo, you know you've got chi. :P We all have chi or we wouldn't be dorks. Chi doesn't have to mean mad explosive power or speed, lots of people have that but have no training chi. Chi can just mean that you push yourself further every class even when you see the Shaolin fairies blinking in front of your sweat hazed eyes.
ReplyDeleteYes Cheng. Some people have angry chi. I have stupidly modest chi. :P
ReplyDeleteAre you saying *I* have angry chi?! haha. Sorry. Not stupidly modest, but silly and modest. You know you have good chi. Dork.
ReplyDeleteThen again, your chi is only as good as you think it is......
On the contrary Cheng, I find your chi most agreeable and I have nothing but admiration for it.
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