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“Energy”, or vital life energy.
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Japanese > The Way of the warrior >
A noble warrior-class, trained in the martial arts. A follower of Bushido, The Way of the warrior (for the Japanese).
A ronin is a samurai without a master, and is considered disgraced.
- Japanese: 侍, “Servant”
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The word ‘samurai’ is derived from the Japanese verb ‘sabu’, meaning ‘to serve’.
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Martial arts, Culture > Martial arts terms >
This is the phonetic English form of two Pinyin terms:
- Ji (极 or 極), which literally means “ultimate”
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Qi (气 or 氣), which means “energy”, or vital life energy.
These two ideas are often confused because of this phonetic similarity.
Beliefs >
Qigong is energy training and makes use of a Zen state of mind.
The soft style of the Eight Section Brocade, or Eight Treasures Exercises, emphasizing Daoist exercise methods and aims, is arguably now the most popular qigong exercise set practiced all around the world.
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also known as Chi Kung
See also:
- Taijiquan, where it is used extensively (although there are marked differences)
One system of romanization used for Chinese words.
To help avoid confusion, Chinese linguists developed this “standard” system of romanization. Personally, I don’t think it worked.
Enlightenment > Aikido >
Purification of the mind, body, and spirit.
Aikido training may be looked upon as a means of purifying oneself; eliminating defiling characteristics from one’s mind or personality. Although there are some specific exercises for misogi practice, such as breathing exercises, in point of fact, every aspect of aikido training may be looked upon as misogi. This, however, is a matter of one’s attitude or approach to training, rather than an objective feature of the training itself.
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Misogi Kokyuho is a practice of the founder of ki-Aikido.
Genius is an indescribable and possibly ineffable quality, mostly because it is not thought to be a giftable state of mind.
Genius is a lucidity within the construct of a person’s own mind. Its expression or even mere understanding is frequently bound by constraints due to language [ 1 ] See also the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which while wrong has some things to think about. , culture, education, motivation or environment.
If there is but one quality which describes the separation between creatures in this universe, it is the qualities that is genius.
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- Enlightenment
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Intelligence.. sortof.
Footnotes
| ^ 1 | See also the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which while wrong has some things to think about. |
- If you turn it on, turn it off.
- If you open it, close it
- If you move it, put it back
- If you borrow it, return it.
- If you break it, repair it.
- If you make a mess, clean it up.
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If it is none of your business, keep it that way.
