The Magic of Chinese Qigong
1 min readThe Magic of Chinese Qigong
To honor the sports tradition in China，thousands gathered for a demonstration of an ancient martial art called Qigong . Many participants were 60 or older.
Extremely dangerous，these exercises take years to perfect.In many ways，the performances are similar to traditional exhibitions of physical strength.One major difference is that the life of the performer of Qigong is at stake.
Here is one demonstration of Qigong.The swords are sharp.To prevent disaster，they rely on nothing but their mastery of the art of Qigong，a total control of physical pain.
Here a Qigong master is lying on a sword，with a huge stone laid on his chest.The weight of the stone should be enough to force the sword into the performer’s body.But the sworddoes not even leave a mark on his back.To Qigong masters，cold steel may be sufficient to penetrate wood；their flesh，however，seems to be immune to its deadly edge.The ability t control each individual muscle to create a barrier against steel is a result of years of physical conditioning.
