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jules

Well, I still don't understand alot of things.  I do know that chi can be channeled in many ways.  The Shaolin Monks were very impressed with the way Dillman and the other Masters and students who joined them last Sept in China, could channel it.  My husband and 1 of our students joined them for their 2 week trek through the mountains and studying in accupuncture and training in other dojos.  No one paid the monks to train with them, they just watched the group for a while, peeking around trees and tombs, then joined in with the training.  My husband and our student brought back soooooo much knowledge that we're still going through notes a year later.  Dillman is not the only person who can build a wall of chi.  I have seen it done by at least 3 other masters.  At 3 different seminars, at 3 different places.  My mind is open to his teachings, along with the teachings of others who are not DKI.  My mind is not closed to non-DKI info.  That is why I am reading some of yours.  I study alot of liturature not written by Dillman, but the info amazingly enough is the same or very similar.  Chi is chi, positive or negative.  It is how we project it, transfer it, or channel it that is important.  I don't train with Dillman to learn how to knock people out.  I train with him to learn how to protect myself, and to use pressure points to conserve my own energy.  If I knock someone out, BONUS!  I never train without others who can revive.  Will I ever know if it works in a real street fight?  No, but repitition is how we learn.  I want to be able to react without thinking.  I'm not there yet, but I am confident enough to know, that if I ever need to use pressure points in a reall streetfight, they will work.  Even if it takes longer than 2 or 3 seconds.  Or 30.  Yes, that is alot of time in a fight.  I am confident I can hold my own long enough to tire out my attacker, or knock him out, or just plain get away.

Oh, yeah, I love to hit it that way!  Actually, If an attacker throws a right punch, I block it high and inside with my left and grab at the wrist.  I smack the pp on his left side with the front of my right hand, keep moving at the hip and shoulder, then come back and hit the pp on his left side with the back of my hand.  Then I can hit or kick anywhere to finish, or just sweep his leg for a take down, I still have his arm, why not lock it up?!!