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Glossary
- Fa chi
Also known as fa qi.
To discharge, emit, or issue chi. The action wherein chi is projected from one individual’s body or mind to another person or object, for any reason. Called wai chi or external chi when used medically for chi gung therapy. called fa gung when used for transmissions in meditation.- Fa jin
Also known as fa jing or fa chin. To issue or discharge power. The internal martial arts technique of issuing power so it passes through an opponent (without physical harm), moving him in space just as a gust of wind blows dust away. Fa jin can also be used to focus power inside an opponent to break bones or rupture organs.
- Feng shui
- The mathematical occult science of Chinese geomancy where one locates the energy lines, relationships, and points of a physical site on the earth. The site could be a piece of land, a building, or arrangements of the objects within a room. The chi of the site is then analyzed to determine its positive or negative effects on manifesting wealth, love relationships, family harmony, spirituality or on whether certain types of events will be successful or not. Techniques can then be employed to mitigate bad fortune or enhance good fortune.
- Fighting application
- The practical use or range of uses for combat of a specific technique of a martial art.
- Fire element
- In Chinese cosmology, one of the basic energies or elements from which all manifested phenomena are created.
- Fire method
- A meditation or energetic technique that emphasizes pushing your limits and using full effort to 100 percent of your capacities.
- Five Ancestors
- A Fukien (Fujian) province, Southern Shaolin style that contains within it the core material of most Southern short-hand styles.
- Five Elements
- The five primal elements or energies—metal, water, wood, fire and earth —from which all manifested phenomena are created.
- Frame
- The physical shape and energetic qualities that an internal martial arts posture assumes, ranging from small and condensed (small frame) to large and expansive (large frame).
- Fut gar
- An external style of Southern Shaolin from Canton province.
