Do animals have chi and can you train them to use it?

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somethingspecial

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OK, so people who are versed in chi kung can learn to use their chi for martial purposes, but is it possible to train animals to use their chi in such a way or does it take too high a degree of consciousness?

By rewarding animals for small steps towards a target behaviour, we can teach them quite complex actions, like those chimps that drink tea out of a tea pot and dogs that can herd sheep. Is it possible that we could reward them for behaviours that increase positive chi so that they become more powerful?

What I was thinking was, if Chinese warriors in ancient times could make themselves powerful using chi techniques, wouldn't they have been even more unstoppable if the horses they rode also had huge reservoirs of chi? Then the horses could bend spears that attacked them (like you see those dudes doing in kung fu documentaries) and maybe things like leap extra high, run really fast or, if you were a really good trainer, do no-touch knockouts on enemy horses.

This would have made their armies invincible.

Also, does anyone know how far up the evolutionary ladder a creature needs to be before it can be taught to use its chi? Could I teach a dog tai chi? A cat? A goldfish?

My friend's got a cat that's really good at fighting, but I think it would be ever better if I could teach it chi techniques? Has anyone successfully tried this?
 
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Nateconq

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Well, ask yourself which would win, a higly trained chi powered ninja, or an elephant.

How much training do most of the dangerous animals even need to become more dangerous? Maybe a virus has the most qi of all?
 
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LyleK

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My Guinea Pigs all have chi, they use it to enhance their squeaks anytime I open the fridge to make me give them some lettuce.

"You don't want to sell me death sticks."
 
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oolp_4_lifeoo

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i once met a cat who had trained in iron-palm, but she found it a waste of time as she had pads not palms, i recommended a tiger-style to her seeing as she had claws, but later she told me it was difficult to get into a horse-stance
 
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bobvilla500

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Right, ok....

Do animals have qi? Yes, everything has qi, even a rock.

Can animals use qi? Yes, everyone uses qi, whether they know it or not.

Can animals cultivate qi? Well, that's an interesting question... I would say not. However, some might argue that animals already cultivate qi naturally. Indeed, some qigong sets draw inspiration from animals, such as tortoise breathing, for helping lead a long life...

Can animals use qi in combat? Everyone uses qi at all times, so yes. However, bending spears and such (although a parlour trick), is based on Jin, which is refined, expressed qi.

There was a huge thread on this very subject last year, titled "Do animals have qi powers", started by jkzorya. For a moment, I thought this was that thread come back again...
 
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AlQ

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Is there any conclusive evidence for this?



Is there any conclusive evidence for this? The second sentence sounds dangerously like a potential cop-out of having to prove it!
 
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Fusion

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You mean, peer reviewed journals, yada yada yada, same old crud...
No - but that doesn't change the fact that it exists
But the point of this thread is not "does qi exist"...



Well, I'm here, you are here (or there, depending on your POV)... If we weren't using qi, we would be dead!

So, I guess it's time for you to call be an unscientific buffoon, an idiot, an affront to decency etc...

The only true way to "prove" qi, is to experience it yourself.
It is an internal energy, and as such, cannot be seen externally.
Jin, on the other hand....
 
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SJk

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OMG, that vid had me in stitches. I'm trying not to cry in the office!

I think a good question to ask is, if there were a purple leopard revolving around the sun in an elliptical orbit somewhere between Earth and Mars, would it also have chi?
 
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