Karate

Chris and I went to our first Karate class last night. It was really interesting. Apparantly our karate master is the only one in the Japan who has these special healing powers. He also does alot of reiki. I stood in front of him and he tried to move me with his hands but I didn't move but I did feel something and it was kind of unsettling. Then he told me "your left leg is shorter than your right leg". Which is sort of true (I have a pretty big imbalance). I was surprised he could recognize that just by looking at me. He told me he would fix it at the end of the class without touching me. His healing powers are so great that The US military asked him to work for them and he turned them down. He also gaurded a secret meeting between the Taiwanese government and China at the Chinese Imperial Palace. He is a very relaxed man and he has a really kind smile. He also has a cute pot belly. The class was interesting. He taught Chris and I karate moves while the rest of the class meditated. Then he interupted one of the students during her meditation to ask her the English word for something. That was a little strange. Also strange was the shrine with an old refridgerator door as its center piece. On the refridgerator door was a shadow. The shadow is supposed to be the image of the female Buddha that came to him. At the end of class (which consisted of 15 minutes of stretching and 40 minutes of meditation) the students stood in a line while one student practiced moving the line of students without touching them. First they moved the line of people with their hands. I was skeptical when I saw people moving out of line and wondered how it worked. Then the master invited us to join the lines. We did and I did feel something pushing me. It was really interesting, I also fell out of the line. Next it was our turn. He gave us some of his power by patting our hands with his. I moved my hand and imagined a wall of force pushing the people out of line. They all moved. Shocku! I tried a few more times. Next we individually picked people to push out of line with our minds. We would have to say which number person we were pushing (so they would know if it was supposed to be them that was moving). So sometimes I would pick a different person in my mind than the number I said. Occasionally both would move, but sometimes just the number person I had selected. So their might have been some mental bias in their movements. No double blind study here! After 20 minutes of this (later we moved on to just using our eyes, then the backs of our heads) it began to get repetitive. Class ended. The master had me lie on the floor while a woman tried to use reiki to get my leg to grow. I felt a warmth in my lower back while she used her powers. She wasn't touching me at all. I couldn't see that it had made a difference but other people noticed it was a little different although not entirely fixed. Interesting. I left the class partially believing, but still very skeptical. I am a strong believer on the influence of mind and body and the effects they have on one another but this class seemed to be entirely focused on mind. I didn't expect the mind to have such powers without training the body first. I'm really excited to go back next time!!! I just wish I had found the class sooner!