by Andy_S on Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:58 pm
Karlson:
I have - sort of.
I was training under a very good gongfu master in South Korea about a decade ago - this guy had real skills, but was getting very interested in qigong and had a lot of students who were training that stuff. I was training with him privately in Bagau and he asked if I wanted to experience the no-touch force. Naturally, I said yes. We were alone in his school. He stood about 10 feet in front of me and I just stood in a neutral stance. I said 'I will close my eyes' (I have read about hypnotism) and waited to be pushed or thrown. Well, nothing happened. So then I did it with eyes open. He was making all the appropriate hand movements - nothing. He just kind of shrugged and so did I; I did not pursue it. (Frankly, I would have loved for it to have worked) and continued training with him in orthodox CMA for a year or so more.
Interestingly, he COULD make his local students fall down with no trouble with this trick.
IHMO, it is all in the mind and if you WANT to believe enough, you will. I, alas, remain a skeptic at heart.
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