Fa jin and Extraordinary Power Amplification in Chinese Martial Arts

Loke, K. S^a

aIndustrial Management, National University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Correspondence to: ^a E-mail: loke.ks@gmail.com

Abstract

We explore the evidence that several animal species are able to utilize elastic power that exceeds several times the capacity of their muscles. These powers are generated from a store and release system like an elastic catapult. Some species utilise an anatomical feature as a catch in the store phase, but vertebrates do not have such anatomical catch. It has been suggested that they can utilise non-anatomical dynamic catches in the storage phase. We suggest that such mechanism implemented in the kua are indeed the source of internal power in Chinese martial arts.

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