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jay1000000: January 15 2006
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What happened to books that Dragon Door used to sell?
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I found an old dragon door catolog in my room and I came across 2 books that I am interested in ordering but the website does not have them listed. One of the books is titled "Natural Hormonal Enhancement" by Rob Fagin and the the other is "(For Your Body Only)" by Dr. Gregory H. Tefft. Can someone please tell me why Dragon Door does not sell these books anymore and who sells them now because I am seriously considering buying them.
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John Du Cane: January 16 2006
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We had a policy shift where we decided to only carry products that we ourselves published or products by certain RKCs that supported our kettlebells.
Down the road we may change to where we carry other publishers' products, but not for now.
We prefer to do a good job promoting just a few authors well.
I like NHE a lot and respect Fagin. I would have published him myself if I could have!
There was a copyright dispute with Tefft's book and rather than fight it in court we agreed to no longer sell it.
Lemon1 is correct to a certain extent in his post below. I found it hard to make a living just on qigong products which is my greatest personal passion. I don't make claims for myself as the ultimate qigong authority, but I do believe I have a good skill at making qigong accessible. So I have published some of the qigong I teach and many folks have apparently benefited from the information. It represents only about ten percent of what I teach if you studied with me directly.
We are about to publish a book on Chinese Shamanic Qigong by Wu, which is excellent and is the first book on qigong w have published for about ten years. (My books aren't books, they are manuals to accompany my videos.)
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Jesse_S: January 16 2006
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Chinese Long Life System?
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Yes I know that Matt Furey's stuff is overpriced, and that he is widely regarded as a snake oil salesman, but I am honestly wondering if this program has any merit whatsoever. He mentions something about slapping and tapping, which is similar to one of the highlights mentioned in the advertisement for John DuCane's Qi Gong Recharge. Plus I'm a bass guitarist so 'slapping and tapping' always gets my attention! On a side note, are there any other musicians here?
Seriously though I'm not looking to start another "Let's rip on Matt Furey" thread. The guy does spend time in China. I do realize that in terms of capitalistic endeavor the Chinese make us Americans look like scanty-brained toddlers so who can say for sure which "Ancient Chinese Secrets" are the real deal?
I just would like to know if there is anyone out there who has seen/used this program and would care to comment on its effectiveness or lack thereof.
I have to say in Matt Furey's defense that if not for Combat Conditioning I would still be a butyraceous,Marlboro smokin',McGriddle skarfing piece of crap. FWIW
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John Du Cane: January 16 2006
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are very effective and show up in a number of systems.
I haven't seen Matt's program but my guess is the content is fine.
Matt has some prior background in qigong and I would expect him to be reasonably discriminating in what he chooses as qigong methods.
Whether or not the price is right is of course your decision.
As Makena mentions, if you do some Googling, you may find some similar programs out there for less.
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Jason Brightwell: January 17 2006
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John Du Cane: Qigong in "News of the Weird"
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With an Oakland Tribune reporter and 20 people looking on in November in a parking lot in Fremont, Calif., Tu Jin-Sheng, 50, "grandmaster" in one of the Chinese arts of (Qigong), pulled a rental truck several yards using only a piece of fabric tied to the base of his genitals. Jin-Sheng is supposedly a leader of the branch of (Qigong) known as "Iron Crotch," whose 60,000 adherents worldwide believe that strengthening the genitals increases energy. To warm up for the pull, Jin-Sheng had an assistant kick him hard between the legs. [Oakland Tribune, 11-23-05]
http://www.msnbc.com/comics/nw.asp?GT1=7538
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John Du Cane: January 17 2006
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I don't know if this is the same gentleman from Taiwan that I saw an article about recently.
Some students of his (two or was it three or four?) pulled a large passenger jet the same way.
This type of strengthening is certainly well documented, but, I can't think why, it's never appealed to me to do the training...=)
James McNeill (spelling?) is an American practitioner who teaches these techniques. You will find him if you browse the web.
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sjenner: January 22 2006
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herbs and foods and drinks for energy and memory
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Comrades-
I have been suffering from chronic fatigue and memory issues since doing low carb diets. I take fish oil and eat vegetables. What herbs, drinks and supplements can help me improve mental alertness, focus and memory from low carb diet? Its been this way even on low fat high carb diets too.
I find coffee to be the only thing that works so far but drinking 12 cups a day is too much caffeine.
Thanks!
Comrade Scott Jenner
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John Du Cane: January 23 2006
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My uninformed opinion is that you should see a physician of some kind or a TCM doctor as the chronic fatigue and poor mental functioning may have other causes than your diet.
However I do personally like these herbs for mental functioning: gingkgo, vinpocetine, huperzine and petadolex. Just some herbs that have worked for me.
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omranger: January 30 2006
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just read Vitalics how long does the 24 movement Qijong take
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I have a background in the classical matial arts[Goju Karate] and did a small amount of Tai Chi. The article about the Tiger Qgong in the latest Vitalics captured my attention.There is most likely a learning curve but how long does the 24 movements take? Can it really be learned from a DVD? I did not know where else to ask this question besides this forum.Thanks.
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John Du Cane: January 30 2006
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It takes around eight to ten minutes once you know it.
You could even do it in five.
That is doing the one side. Do right and left sides and double it.
Like most qigong you can increase the duration and reps in places to extend it depending on your time.
Nothing of course beats personal instruction, however the form is broken down into great detail from many angles.
If you have some basic idea of tai chi like body mechanics you should be fine.
As a consumer in the past myself of qigong and tai chi DVDs I am very aware of what needs to be presented to make it as easy as possible to learn and make sure our DVDs are shot in that manner.
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