Me finally shutting up and giving my shpiel:
Chi and Ki are different things. Aside from Chi( pronounced Che) being
japanese and Ki (pronounced Ke, both e's are long) being chinese, they
refer to completely different things.
Yet written with the same kanji. . . .
Chi is Focus. When you concentrate your Chi, you focus on something.
Using your Chi in a punch would mean concentrating completely on the
punch. Also, the better one can focus their Chi, the better they put
their entire body into a punch.
huh? [Also, the better one can focus their focus?]
Ex: I hit someone. I used my pecs, triceps, and a little of my leg
muscles. Ranma hits someone: He uses his pecs, biceps, triceps, waist,
legs, weight, eybrows, and most everything else. Whose going to hit
harder, even if we have the exact same strength? Ranma. (Go figure)
yeah, but you're prolly off balance. thats called
over-extension/exertion.
you're outta your bubble.
Focusing your Chi on your opponent would usually mean paying extra
attention to his moves and style. It would also mean increased ability
to read emotions and body language.
Focusing your Focus on your opponent?
you did say 'Chi is Focus,' didn't you?
Ki is the energy side of the coin. Ki comes in two types, positive and
negative. Positive Ki is living energy. You have it, trees have it,
grass, birds, aforementioned four year old, they all have it. Negative
is the energy of non life, _NOT_ death. Bricks, rocks, dirt, undead
monsters, and CD's all have negative Ki. There is nothing inherently
evil about negative Ki, but few good guys have any reason to learn to
use it.
uh. . .a strength is a hinderance. Thats one of the first few lessons in
Qi Qong. To NOT learn something is to invite hinderance. Besides, its
kind of hard to not learn the other side of yin, simply because it is
the same as yang. the two aren't reall seperatable.
Also, when someone is filled with negative Ki, they don't heal. Since
people can be infected with it through pure Ki attacks, this can be
lethal. It doesn't matter how good a hospital the peron is in. They have
negative a Ki infection, they're probably going to die. That's why bad
guys like it so much.
uh. I guess i'm a bad guy?
Anyone forced to fight to a degree deals with negative energy. wether
they're confronting the attacker with their own power, or as in Aikido,
redirecting the others power, they are -still- dealing with negative
energy.
Yes, Ki is what powers energy attacks. The Mouko Takabisha, Hadoken,
Kamehameha, and others are all positive chi based. I'd bet even the Shi
Shi Hokudan would be positively based, it based on depression not
withstanding. After all, you're not depressed if you're dead. You're not
much of anything.
The ability to tap abient Ki is either called Dragon Chi "Fu Zhensong"
(japanese) if it's positive Ki or Dark Chi "Chakuri-Chi" if it's
negative. Don't quote me on these, I'm only running on one source.
I'd get another source.
There are a lot of oriental monsters that can transform completely into
positive or negative Ki. They're invisible, intangable, and weightless
then. They're usually negative Ki and are Infernals, Demons from the
Yama hells. VERY dangerous to someone without knowledge of Ki and Chi.
They usually engage in pure Ki combat. Psionics and magic would probably
not detect them, they all work on different planes.
Miashara
The KI/CHI kanji is kind of hard to define since it has a radical in it
for 'vapor' or something similar.
They are written the same. They are the same. Yet at the same time, they
mean so many different things, its pointless.
Ki/chi can mean energy, or focus, or even both at the same time. It can
also mean a flow of some kind, or countenance. Like TENKI means
'weather' in Japanese, could mean 'sky energy' or 'sky countenance,' but
not 'sky Focus.'
Trying to translate anything asian becomes very frazzling, while many
things may not be entirely correct, they aren't wrong. It depends on the
context.
But ki/chi is written the same in chinese and japanese.
-TJ
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