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I once learned aikido, but gave it up after my 4th lesson because I couldnt do the whole bow down to the golden idol in the corner thing. We did do some grappling and throws as part of our Australian infantryman training (this was back in 2002-4, before I turned both Christian and pacifist).

Ive been doing your OCIs during my layovers (the bludge time between trips) in my bus; its perfect! Not only do I now get 4 or 5 ten minute sessions per day, in addition to my morning 30 min, public buses are full of bars, handles, straps and other immovable objects at a wide assortment of angles. I think Ive already lost 2kg this week, and I was already 88kg!

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Interesting. Yeah I know some studios might be a bit of a problem with idols and such. I think I was fortunate.

!!!!!!!! That's awesome. Smaller workouts are such a benefit.

I haven't stated this yet, although others do, but there's a decent amount of evidence that Bruce Lee practiced OCIs. That could explain his slim/dense figure.

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Aug 30Liked by Jonathan

Qi gong brings strength and stability.

It’s means it is . Its is possessive. I know it is often misused, but that doesn’t help the language. Spell check is often wrong!

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Thank you Joelle. Meanings lost in translation.

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