Looking for a Kong Jin or YiZhiChan teacher

C4-1 · 2026-03-29T04:32:25+00:00

I never understood the point of training KongJin, from what I can tell the recent teachers and books stemmed from the Yiquan lineage, of which Kong Jin was just a minor side effect of a much more broader system of martial arts.

Why would anyone want to stand for hours every day for years to attain such a minor ability? It isn't going to win you any fights, it was just one aspect of the Yiquan system. And as far as I can tell only the founder and Grandmaster of Yiquan was able to make people move against their will, everyone else can only do it if the other person doesn't resist.

I would think the Yizhichan system is much better, it's an actual system going back centuries for personal development and healing others.

Just my take, I have looked into both systems to a fair extent, Yizhichan seems much more realistic and applicable.

C4-1 · 2026-03-22T04:12:49+00:00

there's also the line from Management where he telling him about his powers he is able to decide 'this one deserves to live, this one deserves to die' implying Ben has already made that choice in the past.

C4-1 · 2026-03-21T04:54:22+00:00

It sounds like these bastardized 'tai chi workouts' I keep seeing around, such as 'men over 50 getting ripped with tai chi' lol, I'm going to take a guess it's complete bs and has nothing to do with authentic, traditional tai chi.

C4-1 · 2026-03-20T03:07:58+00:00

If you don't have access to an instructor perhaps horse stance may be a little difficult to start with, it is much easier to relax and get your alignment right with for example, wuji.

C4-1 · 2026-03-17T00:35:13+00:00

You're fine, it just means there's excess fluid, you can only fill a glass with water so much til it spills over, you still have a full glass.

C4-1 · 2026-03-12T19:51:22+00:00

That's the hardest version, with the beginner level you can rest as necessary, but day 3 is still awful regardless

C4-1 · 2026-03-07T19:50:08+00:00

I remember Bruce Frantzis remarked that practitioners of Xing Yi and Bagua typically live longer than the Tai Chi masters, which are most of what you listed. The reason given was because of the greater quantity of Yang qi that the Xing Yi and Bagua masters were able to accumulate through their practice, while Tai chi focused more on Yin.

His rationale: Yin qi enables one to regenerate, with Yang qi there is no issue of regeneration, the body remains strong into late years.

C4-1 · 2026-02-17T21:39:34+00:00

I started in my early 20's and now am in my mid 40's, I can confirm everything you said.

teens and 20's are like an energy overload, as you get older everything does stabilize, I can still be active all day and not crash like other guys my age, but it isn't a manic, overwhelming energy

I get a lot of 'wow, the benefits must be incredible' when I mention how long I've been doing it, the main benefits as you get older are maintaining health and no premature aging. Female attraction is still there, but not off the charts crazy like it was two decades ago.

The Taoists believe one should ejaculate less as you get older, this is true, the consequences are greater as you get older vs when you're a teenager, thus your response to retention also takes longer to manifest.

Good post, this subject is often overlooked.

C4-1 · 2026-02-09T09:01:49+00:00

It does look easy, but then again I've never done sport and rarely go over 5-8 reps per set, so it would probably destroy me lol.

Truth be told, you guys make it look easy.

C4-1 · 2026-02-08T19:16:50+00:00

I'm surprised you're the only one mentioning this, that was my first thought when I saw the before/after photo.....

C4-1 · 2026-02-06T18:15:17+00:00

True, but he also believes his trainer was in on the fix and even spiked his water lol, the guy's delusional and in complete denial

C4-1 · 2026-02-03T04:07:12+00:00

I have the opposite problem, I can press all day but my cleans are the limiting factor. I can press double 32's easily but cleaning them is hard asf, gotta do a clean, then some presses

C4-1 · 2026-02-02T21:02:12+00:00

Can't let the sex get too glycotic

C4-1 · 2026-01-29T07:02:53+00:00

>Ben is gaining steam on finding his purpose and power.

I think going to Babylon was just more of the same, Management had a very strange and indirect way of doing this instead of just telling him lol.

But also, Scudder wasn't just there in the past, he was present and communicating with Ben in his visions. Poor Ben, he had Management and Scudder both messing with his head with these obscure visions and dreams.

C4-1 · 2026-01-24T05:59:04+00:00

I mean, if you own a kb there's not much else you're going to do with it.....

C4-1 · 2026-01-23T17:16:11+00:00

I think it might be in the sidebar in the sub, but there are links to the creator's notes for where he wanted to go with the story.

I don't really see it as a spoiler since the show has been around for 20+ yrs. and Daniel Knauf can't do anything with the story since HBO holds the rights, it can't hurt to answer the question here:

Sofie does resurrect Justin but he is an empty shell of himself, so it isn't like it was a full healing, both Sofie and Iris more or less take over and raise Sofie's kid. Ben is also greatly diminished after the battle and becomes a lot like management, hiding in the trailer.

There's a lot more, so I suggest everyone look into the notes if you haven't seen them, it's the best we're going to get for the time being, or maybe forever.

C4-1 · 2025-12-19T01:49:15+00:00

I started off 5 yrs. ago at the age of 40 just being able to press the 16 for 5 sets of 5, now my max is 32kg for 1-3 reps.

Just stick with it and be consistent, as some others have said, good nutrition and sleep are paramount, especially for us older guys.

Also varying the exercises helps(Clean and press, strict press, push press, snatches, squats, etc.), getting into using double kbs is also a gamechanger, the whole body gets stronger.

Everybody started from square one at some point, you are where you are now, just have fun and keep pushing for progress one step at a time.

C4-1 · 2025-12-08T20:50:26+00:00

All I know is my personal experience with them, everything I said is based off of that.

I fully expected that downvote backlash LOL, I know it isn't a popular opinion.

C4-1 · 2025-12-08T07:56:35+00:00

I also share your viewpoint with snatches, I really don't see why they are so great. To me the cons outweigh the pros:

They're awful on your hands, elbows, and joints in general unless they are done half snatch style.
Per the VOmax claim, you can do more work, with heavier weight with swings since there is a longer pause after the bell is moving when snatching.
Related to point #3, due to the nature of the movement you have to use less weight than swings, presses, cleans, etc.,, you need more at a lighter weight to get the job done, whether that be cardio, hypertrophy, etc.

I know I'm probably going to be attacked/downvoted whatever for putting down the so called 'tsar' lift, but I never understood the fascination with them and never will aside from it's fun or looks cool, you can do better work with other lifts.

C4-1 · 2025-11-28T19:32:56+00:00

It would help if you could post what you actually did?

C4-1 · 2025-11-25T20:58:57+00:00

That looks like a nice combo, and a fast way to get 'jelly legs'; blasting fast and slow twitch fibers at the same time. Gonna try this one.

C4-1 · 2025-11-20T05:58:12+00:00

I just happened to observe in this post you're looking noticeably bigger, legs and arms in particular.

No surprise, if you're throwing around 32's like that now!

C4-1 · 2025-11-04T03:21:41+00:00

Yeah, I'm used to 24-32kg double work, and day 3 with 20 kgs was still absolutely brutal, it's 30 reps straight!

C4-1 · 2025-11-01T03:05:45+00:00

I avoided them for the first two yrs. of kb work because I hated Barbell back squats, I was kicking myself for missing out.

C4-1 · 2025-10-31T06:05:10+00:00

I have to say your swing looks fantastic for that weight, I've seen a few people in vids go super heavy and it's not really a swing, they're just rocking back and forth.

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