Sikung Adrian Lowe of the Nationa qigong College (UK). Fraud?

[Clive Ramsy]

I was going to start practicing qigong with a bloke who was taught at
this college by Grandmaster Lowe. But I heard that there was a TV
documentary on BBC1 by Paul Kenyon who said that he was a fraud and
basically making it all up. Does anybody know about this. If anybody
taped it, I'd like to see it. I'll pay postage and whatever costs.

Hope somebody can help me. I was really excited about qigong an now
I'm a bit wearry.

Clive

[Jan]

Your best bet is probably to meet the "bloke" you'll be learning from and
appraise him first hand. Also check out the quality of his students. It's
not easy for a layman to determine what is or what is not good qigong but
the rule of thumb might be: Do you see anything there you want to learn? Do
the teacher and students demonstrate qualities which you would like to
develop in yourself?

My personal opinion is that it is difficult to find quality instruction in
qigong so it's best to keep some measure of skepticism (as you are doing).
Ask questions and expect serious answers. I haven't had to look for a new
teacher in a long while but if I were to do so one question I would ask is:
Do you have any techniques for opening the waist? Better yet, ask the
teacher to show you if his waist is open. He should, at the very least, be
able to stand facing a wall, toes right up to the base, and squat up and
down effortlessly.

I hope this helps. Do let the ng know of your progress in finding a teacher.

regards,
Jan

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[Barry Fishman]

How deep a squat are we talking about here.

[Jan Saniman]

All the way down to the ground. :)

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