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“The Power of Chi” debunked - 3 Fake Tai Chi magic tricks exposed

By popular demand, I watched the trailer for Adam Mizner’s documentary “The Power of Chi”. From the trailer alone, I immediately noticed several exploitations of illusionist tricks being passed off as legitimate martial arts, or rather as supernatural chi powers. Additionally, one of Adam Mizner’s students called me out on the internet, challenging me to explain how Adam was able to push him around. In this video, I expose the body mechanics behind three of these martial illusions to the point that a comolete beginnerscouod replicate them. For those of you who don’t speak or write Mandarin, the word taichi has nothing to do with mystical chi energy. The confusion comes from the old Wade Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese language, where both the “CH”, the “Q”, and the “J” sound (as in taiji) were written with a “ch”. In the modern romanization, pinyin, it’s clear these are two separate words: ji 极 and qi 气. Taiji means the highest and the lowest, the supreme and the ultimate, a sharp contrast. Taijiquan 太极拳refers to hand to hand combat. Taijijian 太极剑 refers to sword fighting. Qi 气 means air, breath, or gas… but the word has been co-opted in modern times, especially among western martial arts mystics to mean supernatural power. ——— Ramsey Dewey is a retired pro fighter, combat sports coach, referee, and fight commentator… and occasional musician based in Shanghai, China. ———— Thanks to my channel sponsor: Xmartial: catering to all kinds of combat sports athletes from BJJ, MMA, Muay Thai etc. find rash guards, fight shorts, grappling spats, boxing gloves and other training gear. Use my code RAMSEY10 for a 10% discount on everything at https://www.xmartial.com/?ref=AyJ_EjP... This video features original music by Ramsey Dewey Follow me on Instagram at:   / ramseydewey   ——— I fought professionally in Mixed Martial arts, Sanda, Muay Thai, K1 and American kickboxing from 2004-2011 when I was forced to retire due to a broken skull and being blinded in one eye. I hold a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Black belts in multiple traditional martial arts, including Taekwondo and kyokushin karate. I also train in catch wrestling, sambo, taijiquan, judo, and boxing. I currently coach at the Animal MMA gym, the Extreme Fight Lab, and the Mordor Fight Club, all in Shanghai, China.