> > > I'd rather see a broad-minded examination of the term's meaning and
> > > usage, how this accords with specific schools or traditions of
> > > martial arts, how this compares with conventional religious
> > > cosmologies and metaphysics, etc.
>
> Try to keep religion, cosmology and metaphysics asside.
Well, the history *is* interesting...
> Ki is complicated enough to define without bringing in the extra
> luggage.
...but it can get pretty bogged down :-)
> I practice Aikido and can manage the unbendable arm trick.
Which predisposes you to hold a particular opinion on the subject :-)
At the very minimum, what aikidoka taijiquan players refer to as ki and
qi (respectively) has pretty interstingly different uses and theories,
disregarding whether it's 'real.'
> > [...] ki (Japanese), and ki (Korean) [...]
> ^^ ^^
> Is it the character set ? :-)
The character is the same, and (as I recall) it is the same character
as in Chinese (traditional). Ever heard of hapkido
(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mcweigel/rmafaq/rmafaq2.html#16.8)?
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