tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post5149907297039264340..comments2024-03-08T02:28:22.720-08:00Comments on Dojo Rat: The Science Behind Voodoo; And "No Touch Knockouts"Dojo Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-66554097375898074312009-06-01T10:51:20.945-07:002009-06-01T10:51:20.945-07:00I met Richard Mooney some years ago. I don't know ...I met Richard Mooney some years ago. I don't know too much about the Empty Force stuff, as you may have noticed I don't quite believe it. I think there's something going on, perhaps there may be some "force" being transmitted, but I seriously doubt that it will affect someone within the context of a fight. <br /><br />But Richard Mooney was.... intriguing. He managed to make me feel... something. With our eyes closed it was possible to feel a circle of light or a strange half-heat, half-kinesiological force when he was trying to affect us. Dr. Glenn Morris, who was also a practitoner of something like that, could do it, but less intensely (he was better at dream-sending). But Rich Mooney did something quite amazing. He fixed a broken finger on the spot. We did a morning of training with some savate guys, and I got a little carried away with a big (HUGE!) Mexican guy, and his kicks were coming in at a weird angle, and I broke my middle right finger on one of them. Rich Mooney's seminar came next and he worked on my finger and had me do some stances with the hands. I felt this amazing heat in the finger, and the next day I was fine - even though the pain became much worse on the hours after he worked on it. When I came back to Portugal, some months later, I had an X-ray because I hurt my hand, and the doctor asked me: did you break this finger a few months ago? I said, No, I don't think so. He went: Weirdest thing, it looks like it was broken, but you would have known, right? It would have been very painful. I didn't connect the dots until some days later.<br /><br />Rich Mooney also taught a nice Qin-na and knife defense seminar which was a lot of fun, no non-sense, just plain cool, useful techniques, with lots of Yes-Touch Knockdowns!<br /><br />(this was way back in 2000 at the first Kai Zen of the Hoshinroshi Ryu in Texas, before Doctor Glenn Morris died)JoseFreitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799512235188753569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-8381874319176270872009-05-28T16:59:31.007-07:002009-05-28T16:59:31.007-07:00Rick;
Good articles, with scientific controls, but...Rick;<br />Good articles, with scientific controls, but perhaps too sterile in some way.<br /> For instance, the article refers to dowsing rods actually being manipulated by the individual holding them. I have to disagree with that, they nearly jump out of my hands when I use them, with no manipulation on my part. Even so, how is it that you locate the water line or whatever you are dowsing for?<br /> This gives me an idea for an upcoming topic.<br />-Regardless, I believe quantum physics is coming close to explaining a unified field theory that might help explain some of these examples...Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-5721218006397198422009-05-28T15:21:28.796-07:002009-05-28T15:21:28.796-07:00If we believe our instructor will knock us out, it...<I>If we believe our instructor will knock us out, it is likely he will. Just because it is our mind controlling the event, it doesn't make the experiance less valid... </I>Agreed. But it's not the guy who believes in my mystical powers that I'm worried about...Man of the Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691063580228409415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201222618566180765.post-47857275224666667212009-05-28T13:26:30.332-07:002009-05-28T13:26:30.332-07:00Your readers might be interested in these two arti...Your readers might be interested in these two articles below. Richard Mooney, who is a proponent of "Empty Force" was put to some scientific testing. These articles are the result. There used to be a third article inbetween the other two, by Mooney giving his explanation of the results, but he had that article pulled.<br /><br />http://www.uechi-ryu.com/an_empty_force.htm<br /><br />http://www.uechi-ryu.com/response_to_the_empty_force_test.htmRick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.com