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Blue*Dragon · 2004-07-28, 03:23

Well in the series like Naruto they talk about Chakra energy. However there is also a type of energy called Chi energy.

But what the hell is the different, between those 2

??

Navi en Grey · 2004-07-28, 04:18

They're the same

Chakra is Naruto's version of power, while chi is like kai as in dbz

- Navi

Blue*Dragon · 2004-07-28, 04:26

chakra is also real may I say it fear. Just search on google for chakra.

Burner of Anime · 2004-07-28, 05:59

Cakra's refer to the Indian system of natural life, specifically the energy centers on a human body.

dreamless · 2004-07-28, 06:09

the original meaning of Chakra is the seven "wheels"/discs in human body which contains mystic power in Yoga.

http://www.sacredcenters.com/chakras.html

Naruto take this word but changed its meaning into something like "chi". I guess the author just thing that the word "chi" is too often-used so he changed it to "chakra"

it's sorta like in Hunter X Hunter "chi" is called "nen"...

kujoe · 2004-07-28, 06:24

Chi is also an invisible force that resides in nature, whereas chakra deals primarily with the human body.

dreamless · 2004-07-28, 06:52

well, theoretically there are chi inside everything, man, animal, plant, stone, all kinds of objects... but then in most chinese martial art novels they only deals with the chi inside human... I guess you could call it the microcosmos in Saint Seiya...

Kyuven · 2004-07-28, 15:16

it's all basically the same
in Tenjou Tenge for instance they call it "ki" (i think) and you see stuff similar to the Naruto world happening

carloboy · 2004-07-28, 18:49

isnt chi something do do with like chinese feng shui?
like that good chi or bad chi, kinda descibed as a spirit or luck thing

dreamless · 2004-07-29, 00:27

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Originally Posted by carloboy

isnt chi something do do with like chinese feng shui?
like that good chi or bad chi, kinda descibed as a spirit or luck thing

feng shui deals with chi/kai/ki flow outside human bodies (ie. trees, stones, rivers, etc. etc.) while martial art novels mostly deal with chi inside humans.

ProtoJoe · 2004-08-14, 00:16

yea chi and all that other names for it are real, its bascially the energy in all of us, and yea martial artists use it, but in anime, its just over really implied kina, like some people after alot of training may be able to make things with their chi 'energy' but creating energy waves....thats only in anime

hunterx · 2004-08-14, 02:23

they are all the same. they don't exist. chi, ki, chakra, nen whatever you want to call it

feeman_4_life · 2004-08-14, 16:01

it's kinda vauge to say it exists, but at the same time, you can't really say it's not there. it's like, saying there isn't life outside this solar system other than us, we just don't know.

i personally think it's "there", anybody who practices some sort of martial art semi-seriously will notice it's prescence. it's not as immortalized as some chinese novels or how dbz portrays it on how you can collect it and create a super attack. as one progresses you can control your heartrate (some yogi masters can drop it down to like 5-10 beats a minute through extreme meditation), or utilize it to do internal damage within the body. it sounds far-fetched, but there are accounts where it has been done.

dreamless · 2004-08-14, 16:38

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Originally Posted by hunterx

they are all the same. they don't exist. chi, ki, chakra, nen whatever you want to call it

yea, of course, chi doesn't exist, and the world is flat and the Sun is circling around Earth

seriously though, the existence of chi/kai/ki is just like the existence of God, angels, UFOs, aliens, psychics, etc. etc. There's no concrete proof of their existence or non-existence, and there are some vague "proof" about them one way or another, so in the end it's up to you to decide whether you want to believe in their existence, or their non-existence...

a_nevels666 · 2004-08-14, 17:18

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Originally Posted by dreamless

yea, of course, chi doesn't exist, and the world is flat and the Sun is circling around Earth

seriously though, the existence of chi/kai/ki is just like the existence of God, angels, UFOs, aliens, psychics, etc. etc. There's no concrete proof of their existence or non-existence, and there are some vague "proof" about them one way or another, so in the end it's up to you to decide whether you want to believe in their existence, or their non-existence...

Ummm....no, chi just doesn´t exist. At least not in the way as it´s generally presented in anime.

bubblehead · 2004-08-14, 18:51

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Originally Posted by a_nevels666

Ummm....no, chi just doesn´t exist. At least not in the way as it´s generally presented in anime.

Well, yeah... but stuff like that in anime is almost always a great departure from more traditional or "correct" views of it... chi, according to the more tradional view as I understand it (which isn't very well) is NOT something you could use, say, in an energy attack... it's more like life energy stuff, it's in everything. I believe that people who practice acupuncture believe that they are working with chi, and I'm somewhat of a believer in chi in that sense, at least that it exists, but I'm actually not sure about acupuncture.

Personal experience...

Rin-chan · 2004-08-14, 19:07

i dont see whats so difficult to know what chakra is, naruto descibs it right in the anime. ill explain anyways, your body naturaly produces chi and ki( i think ki is produced near your adomin but not sure). chakra is the mixture of chi and ki. thats why you see all thos hand seals , its just them molding the chi and ki together. btw chakra has basis in from japanese ninjas , the indian stuff is all news to me. i hope this cleared up your questions. the only thing that puzzles me about naruto is the mixing of ninjas and shinobis. they are two diffrent things, nins are pure assasins and shins are spys.

dreamless · 2004-08-15, 03:02

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Originally Posted by a_nevels666

Ummm....no, chi just doesn´t exist. At least not in the way as it´s generally presented in anime.

well, if you want to reason like that, then God and angels and UFOs and aliens and psychics also don't exist, at least not in the way as they are generally presented in anime. So what?

CerealKiller · 2004-08-15, 04:21

What I thought was that chi/ki is the energy and the chakra's a gateways to using it. Whether chi/ki does exist, I don't know, but what I do know is that people that say they use it do some amazing things. For example highly trained Zen-monks can hit a target at 300 meter exactly and afterwards split the first arrow with a second one.

Sugetsu · 2004-08-15, 06:28

There are three VERY VERY FAMOUS shonen anime series out there: Dragoll Ball, Saint Seiya, and Naruto. Each of them has a way to describe the internal force of human beings and things, but they are all the same; In DB they call it chi, in Naruto it is called Chackra, and in Saint Seiya is called cosmos.

And also in Hunter X Hunter, which I wish it were as fomous as the three animes I just mentioned, has also a particular way to call this internal energy, it is called Nen, but in this series you'll get to see what the specific functions of nen are and how to use it and stuff.

In the end it is all the same thing.

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Rin-chan Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Downey, CA Age: 36	lol i dont see whats so difficult to know what chakra is, naruto descibs it right in the anime. ill explain anyways, your body naturaly produces chi and ki( i think ki is produced near your adomin but not sure). chakra is the mixture of chi and ki. thats why you see all thos hand seals , its just them molding the chi and ki together. btw chakra has basis in from japanese ninjas , the indian stuff is all news to me. i hope this cleared up your questions. the only thing that puzzles me about naruto is the mixing of ninjas and shinobis. they are two diffrent things, nins are pure assasins and shins are spys.

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Sugetsu Kurumada's lost child Join Date: Nov 2003	There are three VERY VERY FAMOUS shonen anime series out there: Dragoll Ball, Saint Seiya, and Naruto. Each of them has a way to describe the internal force of human beings and things, but they are all the same; In DB they call it chi, in Naruto it is called Chackra, and in Saint Seiya is called cosmos. And also in Hunter X Hunter, which I wish it were as fomous as the three animes I just mentioned, has also a particular way to call this internal energy, it is called Nen, but in this series you'll get to see what the specific functions of nen are and how to use it and stuff. In the end it is all the same thing. __________________ "If you educate people, you cannot control them." ~Jacque Fresco

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Navi en Grey Member Join Date: Apr 2004	They're the same Chakra is Naruto's version of power, while chi is like kai as in dbz - Navi

2004-07-28, 04:26	Link #3
Blue*Dragon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: holland Age: 35	chakra is also real may I say it fear. Just search on google for chakra.

2004-07-28, 05:59	Link #4
Burner of Anime Illegal Additives Join Date: Jun 2004	Cakra's refer to the Indian system of natural life, specifically the energy centers on a human body.

2004-07-28, 06:09	Link #5
dreamless /Ultimate Magic Attack!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Time Warp/Future	the original meaning of Chakra is the seven "wheels"/discs in human body which contains mystic power in Yoga. http://www.sacredcenters.com/chakras.html Naruto take this word but changed its meaning into something like "chi". I guess the author just thing that the word "chi" is too often-used so he changed it to "chakra" it's sorta like in Hunter X Hunter "chi" is called "nen"...

2004-07-28, 06:24	Link #6
kujoe from head to heel Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Age: 42	Chi is also an invisible force that resides in nature, whereas chakra deals primarily with the human body.

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dreamless /Ultimate Magic Attack!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Time Warp/Future	well, theoretically there are chi inside everything, man, animal, plant, stone, all kinds of objects... but then in most chinese martial art novels they only deals with the chi inside human... I guess you could call it the microcosmos in Saint Seiya...

2004-07-28, 15:16	Link #8
Kyuven Bishoujo Goodness Galore! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Stuck Between Reality and Fantasy	it's all basically the same in Tenjou Tenge for instance they call it "ki" (i think) and you see stuff similar to the Naruto world happening

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carloboy K-F Distro Guy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Arlington, TX Age: 37	isnt chi something do do with like chinese feng shui? like that good chi or bad chi, kinda descibed as a spirit or luck thing

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ProtoJoe Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Trinidad and Tobago Age: 35	yea chi and all that other names for it are real, its bascially the energy in all of us, and yea martial artists use it, but in anime, its just over really implied kina, like some people after alot of training may be able to make things with their chi 'energy' but creating energy waves....thats only in anime

2004-08-14, 02:23	Link #12
hunterx ore wa kanpeki da Join Date: Nov 2003	they are all the same. they don't exist. chi, ki, chakra, nen whatever you want to call it

2004-08-14, 16:01	Link #13
feeman_4_life Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004	it's kinda vauge to say it exists, but at the same time, you can't really say it's not there. it's like, saying there isn't life outside this solar system other than us, we just don't know. i personally think it's "there", anybody who practices some sort of martial art semi-seriously will notice it's prescence. it's not as immortalized as some chinese novels or how dbz portrays it on how you can collect it and create a super attack. as one progresses you can control your heartrate (some yogi masters can drop it down to like 5-10 beats a minute through extreme meditation), or utilize it to do internal damage within the body. it sounds far-fetched, but there are accounts where it has been done.

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CerealKiller MoralMan Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Netherlands, near Leiden Age: 37	What I thought was that chi/ki is the energy and the chakra's a gateways to using it. Whether chi/ki does exist, I don't know, but what I do know is that people that say they use it do some amazing things. For example highly trained Zen-monks can hit a target at 300 meter exactly and afterwards split the first arrow with a second one.