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telecino
May 6th, 2006, 03:54 PM
Hi, :spaceman:

I wanted to tell you about a form of energy work (chi-gong) that is call the "9 Hand Seals" or in Japanese: Kuji-in. Kuji-in is a set of 9 exercises that bring physical and mental benefits.

Resumed, exercise #1 develops self-confidence, to a point where you believe there is nothing that can stop you from attaining your goal. Some call it the "faith" kuji. A side-effect of this kuji-in step is much more willpower in the mind, and ever more physical strength (because your mind can push more energy to the muscles.)

#2 develops a sens of responsibility, helping you take control of your life. A side effect, things start to happen your way.

#3 Harmony. Everything becomes cool, no problem, we'll resolve it, let's get to work.

#4 Healing. It's not a practice to get an immediate effect in healing. It's an exercise that builds up your healing-potential, so that if you ever have to heal anything, it will help. A side effect, yet not scientificaly proven, is that it also help others around you to heal faster. Most people learn kuji-in for these first 4 steps, cause it'a a nice goal to attain, and the other 5 steps are more and more abstract.

#5 Self-love. Its realy great on the heart chakra. It takes all this harmony, and self-responsible feeling that you setup in the steps before, and applies it to you, and you develop self love, even compassion. Some say a side effect is a greater intuition. (I believe so, it worked for me).

#6 Self-knowledge. Its more and more abstract, as the kuji-in exercises make it easier to understand what you think, feel, percieve,... A side effect is the enhancement of understanding the subtle things...

#7 Dimensions/perception. Shifts your perception of everything, for the better.

#8 Manifestation. Its not like if you could make stuff appear, but things realy organise in ways that you like, in manners that you could not belive possible before (but then again, since exericise #1, you kinda feel everyting is possible).

#9 No-mind, blank, no-word, like touching the void, a mental shut-down and restart. Side effects: unknown, but there are probably.


Kuji-in was discovers in the esoteric hindu begginings. From hinduism came buddhism, and chi-gong was organised to favorize teaching, by giving names to sets of exercises and techniques. A wise chinese master, Bao Pu Zhi, was the first to put on paper the drawings of the 9 hand positions (mudras). Then the technique migrated to japan with buddhism, and the esoteric Japanese Buddhists (call Mikkyo) made it a more formal and used technique.

The medical groups used it to make everything better, and the martial artists used it to become more powerful warriors, while famers used the technique to better the crops, but there is a common thing between all the applications of Kuji-in, it is that it makes the person much more stronger against illness, controversy, doubt... it simply makes you stronger.

If any of you have questions about kuji-in, don't hesitat to message me.

ShamanFeather
May 8th, 2006, 12:07 PM
this is really cool sounding. I have heard some about mudras but really haven't done a lot with them. I have done some with jin shin jitsu with works with mudras some, but don't know a lot about them. I have noticed though that I hold certain positions a lot, such as my left hand on my right shoulder, for no reason other hten I feel better.

Is there places to learn more? Is it all about mudras or is there more to it? Where do you learn it?

Thanks for posting about this. :)

Bobstattoo
May 14th, 2006, 08:16 PM
here are a few sites. some are ninjitsu sites because kuji in is a very important aspect of the art.

http://mobilemouse.co.nz/ninjutsu/kujiin.html

http://cjj2004.tripod.com/budoryu/id24.html

http://www.geocities.com/fascin8or/jsp_kuji.htm

http://www.kujiin.com/home.html

telecino
May 22nd, 2006, 01:26 PM
Hi, try these sites directly. These are not ninja sites, but Qi-Gong, with a speciality in kuji-in.

http://www.kujiin.com
http://www.dragonsofjustice.org
http://www.livemaster.org

Bobstattoo
May 22nd, 2006, 08:50 PM
Thanks for the sites. And not all of the sites I listed are ninjitsu sites, just a couple. I listed them because ninjitsu practitioners are well versed in the kuji in. It is an important part of what they do. I just thought I should give a little heads up so people wouldn't think I was redirecting them to martial arts sites.

ShamanFeather
May 23rd, 2006, 11:52 AM
thanks for the references.

fangedeshana
May 24th, 2006, 06:42 AM
Chi Gong? I'm currently developing skills in a form of energy work called Chi Kung... which sounds similar from what I have learnt so far. Do you know if they are interchangable terms, or related perhaps? ...Then again, most (if not all) energy work is related on some level...

telecino
June 22nd, 2006, 09:45 PM
Chi-Gong, Qi-Gong, Chi-Kung, Gi-Gong,... all the same.

THe chinese pronounciation is a crossing between CH, G (j), Q, K and the likes. So we westerners never know how to write it. It is energy work as thought by traditional chinese medicine.

Kuji-in is a form of ritual K,Q,CH,G...i-gong.

Please don't see this as spam, but as an honest answer to the question above. I'll even throw in some free gravy to be cool with everyone

This is a video of some guy (doh!) doing a kuji-in ritual set, using the japanese mantras (original mantras are sanskrit, used for advanced studies).
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/KujiIn_side_low.wmv

A first here, i'm giving you a few pages of the introductory book:
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/Kuji-in_EN_78_85.pdf
http://www.livemaster.org/archive/Kuji-in_EN_93_95.pdf

The second book (Advanced Kuji-in) relates to the self-transformation aspect, where spirituality joins with the technical application.

I'm curently writing the third book of the trilogy, where the original sanskrit mantras are explained, the japanese shinto and buddhist approach, the reasons for each of the finger positions...

The first two books will be available on amazon (next month when they update their titles database) and booksurge:
http://www.booksurge.com/author.php3?account=POAG00003

telecino
November 4th, 2006, 05:47 PM
Hi, in case some of you care a bit, i posted the first step of Kuji-In, from basics, advanced and mastery level training, for free, for your own advancement and studies:
http://www.reikikujiin.com

have fun.