Internal and external components of Chinese martial arts: There is an internal component and there is an external component of Chinese martial arts. Internal component talks about Qi, some sort of bio-electric energy that circulates throughout the body. With proper training, one can build up and guide this Qi to circulate in one’s body. Practicing and building up this Qi to certain parts of your body can strengthen the power that you can exert externally and also increase your capacity to absorb the power of a strike.
But how this is done is mysterious, although most important. However, because I am not sure that today there is a good simple scientific explanation of the internal aspects of Chinese martial arts that is more or less universally accepted, I will not discuss this further here, except that I will refer to two sample videos that demonstrate the internal powers of Chinese martial arts. [1] [2]
The external component of Chinese martial arts can be understood in terms of physics and mathematics:
Campaign to Demonize China Must Not Be Left Unchallenged
The recent deluge of Western mass media reports and U.S. government pronouncements are full of false accusations against China. [1][2] This has critical implications for not only Chinese Americans, but for Americans in general, and also for other citizens of the world, because it seriously increases world tension and could easily lead to wars, including nuclear wars that can destroy the world as we know it.
We understand that China is a major competitor to the U.S., in economics, in military, in politics, and in all other aspects, but it is immoral and illegal to create and spread false accusations on your opponent. This is stooping down to the Tonya Harding treatment of your opponent. Unfortunately, the consequences in this case are much more serious. Such demonization of China based on fabricated accusations will surely increase tension between the U.S. and China, and drastically increases the risk of war between the world’s two major military powers, each with sufficient nuclear weapons to destroy the whole world multiple times.
Of all the critical problems facing humanity today, none is more important than war and peace. The occurrence of nuclear wars must be stopped. We must promote peace and stop hate.
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