It was back in the late seventies and I was living
in Michigan. I was working at my Dad’s store all
day and training five nights a week in Aikido and
Wing Chun Kung Fu. It was my own form of today’s
popular cross-training and it kept me in good
shape mentally and physically. Wing Chun is a
Chinese system of Martial Arts developed by a
woman. They say she was watching a fight between a
snake and a white crane and, from her knowledge of
Shaolin Kung Fu, she developed the Martial Art
called Wing Chun. My Aikido training is a Japanese
system rooted in several styles of Jujitsu. Aikido
takes the joint locks and throws from Jujitsu and
combines them with the body movements of sword and
spear fighting. Both are a lot of fun but I wanted
more.
I had
asked my Sifu (teacher) what would be
the best way for me to develop more
internal
energy. A few days later, he
introduced me to Dr. Chen Wang, a great energy
healer who arrived from China only a few months
ago. Dr. Chen’s specialty was moving Qi (energy)
in
the body, mind and spirit. He was a
Doctor of
Medical Qi Gong and had worked at
many of the Qi Gong hospitals in Mainland China.
My teacher insisted that I study with him. Dr.
Chen kindly agreed to teach me his form of Qi Gong
to build my internal power, strength
and
stamina. I had a ton of questions but Dr. Chen
didn’t speak a word of English. All of my training
consisted of following him and watching his every
move. So, I used a technique I had learned from
one of my teachers called “mirror and matching”.
They use it in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP).
The technique is to follow every movement that the
teacher does, as well as the breathing, facial
movements, and even eating what they eat.
Mirroring someone’s body language is an excellent
way to build trust and understanding quickly. If
you want to establish a connection with someone,
start mirroring his or her posture, gestures,
sitting position, tone of voice and talking pace.
This will make them feel that there is something
about you that they like. Why, you might ask? It
is because they will see in you their own
reflection. Note: Never mirror another person’s
negative body language as you will just give off a
rather negative vibe.
The idea is to get as many of your senses involved
as you can — seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting
and moving. As you get the muscle memory
congruent with all the senses, you will be one
with the teacher and the teachings. Try it! It
works great! When I had put together the
Recharging Qi Gong
exercise program, I knew
that if people were really going to make a big
change in their life, they needed to train from
the inside out and use as many of their senses as
possible. The program was to build on these
principles: to allow the student to use sound,
visualization, breath, color and movement, and to
embody the
teachings as quickly as
possible. This involves “Super Learning”
techniques, as well as NLP to give the student the
maximum learning experience in
the least
amount of time. Check it out,
http://goo.gl/mutOQf.
I wish you the best in Health, Wealth, and
Happiness!
Dr. Wu Dhi
