Questions tagged [chi]

for questions about claims based on chi, purportedly a form of energy.

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Is Shaolin monk Hu Qiong using "Chi energy" to withstand an electric drill?

In one of the episodes of Stan Lee's Superhumans (the excerpt in question can be viewed here) a Shaolin monk named Hu Qiong claims that by training his body and "transfering Chi to the right part of the body" he can make his body so tough that it is…
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Is Chi an energy flowing through the body?

Prompted by various answers over an fitness.stackexchange.com where I put into doubt the existence of Chi, I was prompted to provide references for this assertion. Issues with the burden of proof aside, have there ever been systematic studies…
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Can Master Zhou use Qi Gong to heat aluminium foil?

Master Zhou Ting-Jue appeared on That's Incredible in the early 1980s. Amongst his claims were that Qi gong allowed him to raise the temperature of a piece of aluminum foil. See this YouTube video. Does this video demonstrate that Master Zhou can…
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