Originally Posted by terra104 (Post 80625)

LOL!! it makes sense...
ive heard of chi/ki its the power within each person, but can u elaborate more!

Originally Posted by drakenjecht (Post 80630)

hmmm,, i will wikpedia it lol

the concept of qi has been very important within many Chinese philosophies, over the centuries their descriptions of qi have been varied and may seem to be in conflict with each other. Understanding of these disputes is complicated for people who did not grow up using the Chinese concept and its associated concepts. Until China came into contact with Western scientific and philosophical ideas (primarily by way of Catholic missionaries), they knew about things like stones and lightning, but they would not have categorized them in terms of matter and energy. Qi and li (理, li, pattern) are their fundamental categories much as matter and energy have been fundamental categories for people in the West. Their use of qi (lifebreath) and li (pattern, regularity, form, order) as their primary categories leaves in question how to account for liquids and solids, and, once the Western idea of energy came on the scene, how to relate it to the native idea of "qi." If Chinese and Western concepts are mixed in an attempt to characterize some of the problems that arise with the Chinese conceptual system, one might ask whether qi exists as a "force" separate from "matter," whether qi arises from "matter", or whether "matter" arises from qi.

Originally Posted by dragonrazor (Post 80629)

Chi and Ki are two separate forces...Chi is body energy...that's literally what it translates as...Ki is Mind Energy, the power of the mind...if you think about it, DBZ's use of the word is completely WRONG, since they aren't using mental powers, they're using body powers

Originally Posted by dragonrazor (Post 80629)

Chi and Ki are two separate forces...Chi is body energy...that's literally what it translates as...Ki is Mind Energy, the power of the mind...if you think about it, DBZ's use of the word is completely WRONG, since they aren't using mental powers, they're using body powers

Originally Posted by terra104 (Post 80635)

okay i thnk i confused my self..
i understand the difference between the two, and both are equivalent to chakra right?

Originally Posted by Riku8 (Post 80636)

Thats not true, they focus their mind energy into physical form, they have used to the wright word there.

Originally Posted by dragonrazor (Post 80639)

*considers* hmmm...not exactly. Chakra is an entirely different set of beliefs. Chi and Ki are chinese terms, Chakra is japanese. I guess Ki and Chi are sort of like the Yin and Yang of the person

Originally Posted by terra104 (Post 80648)

hmmm...
*smiles* arigato gusaimashta senpai!!
i just confused my self because of the human brain insane need to make connections between thngs!

so can a person have a strong flow of chakra but have no reiatsu at all??

Originally Posted by dragonrazor (Post 80653)

hmm...i'd imagine so...someone i know made a character something like that for my Naruto: Ten Years Later thread...basically, his clan has a bloodline trait that allows them to reform small parts of their bodies as metal...but in him, it sort of mutated, so that his entire body becomes pretty much impervious...chakra has a hard time penetrating, so he is mostly immune to jutsu, but he's also unable to perform any