This blog is about pointing out things in the Dragonball Z series, that have a basis in real life. Many people think that because Dragonball Z is a cartoon, everything in it is imaginary. That is not true. Many of the things found in Dragonball Z, have a real world foundation, and teach a useful lesson that could benefit anyone who is interested in kung fu.
Kung fu, like any physical activity by a human being, must obey the laws of physics. Teaching people that physics or any other science knowledge can be useful to kung fu practice is not easy. The ideas are so abstract, it is hard for people to relate them to actual physical things like kicking and punching.
Episode 86 presents a situation which demonstrates the laws of physics in action, and provides an interesting idea to ponder for the thinking person.
In Episode 86, Goku is fighting an opponent during the kung fu tournament. Goku jumps straight up into the air where he temporarily hovers over his opponent.
Hovering in the air is of course part of the imaginary cartoon world. Then Goku begins to fall back towards the ground.
As Goku falls towards the ground, the audience is worried that something bad will happen. Goku's opponent is standing right underneath him, waiting for him to get within reach so he can attack him. Because Goku is falling towards the ground uncontrollably, everyone thinks he will not be able to protect himself.
When Goku gets close to the man, Goku suddenly opens his mouth and exhales powerfully.
His exhale is so powerful that it slows his downward motion until he is stopped in front of his opponent.
This situation might seem like an imaginary cartoon situation, and it is. But this situation can also be described as an exaggeration of real world principles. An exagerration made using something entertaining to a child, a cartoon, in order to teach them things about real life.
What Goku does is possible in a sense. A falling body could be stopped by a powerful enough blast of air. If the blast of air was powerful enough, it could hold the body floating in the air, just like Goku floats in front of his opponent.
This cartoon situation is not real, because the human body cannot produce enough continued air release to stop itself from falling from that height.
What is real though is the idea of being able to exert extreme pressure with the breath. What would it mean if the human body could really exhale a very powerful stream of air that could stop it's movement? It would mean that the inside of the body would have to be very strong wouldn't it? The inside of the body has to be strong enough to hold and push out the air that is going to stop it's motion.
This idea is useful to the learning kung fu person, because kung fu is about making the inside of the human body strong. The higher level kung fu styles focus on making the inside of the human body strong.
This strength translates into real world effects like a very strong breath. The breath of a person who is strong internally, would be able to exert much more pressure on some object, than the body of someone who was internally weak.
When talking to children or adults learning kung fu, if you talk to them about physics, pressure, the internal organs of the body like the lungs, etc......their eyes will glaze over and they will not understand.
By putting that knowledge into a cartoon demonstration, then exaggerating it slightly to make it entertaining to the simple minded, the teacher can get across all of those ideas to the new student. Even if the student does not know anything about physics or anatomy, they are exposed to the idea that a person who practices kung fu will get strong on the inside of the body. So strong that their breathing also gets very strong.
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Kung fu, like any physical activity by a human being, must obey the laws of physics. Teaching people that physics or any other science knowledge can be useful to kung fu practice is not easy. The ideas are so abstract, it is hard for people to relate them to actual physical things like kicking and punching.
Episode 86 presents a situation which demonstrates the laws of physics in action, and provides an interesting idea to ponder for the thinking person.
In Episode 86, Goku is fighting an opponent during the kung fu tournament. Goku jumps straight up into the air where he temporarily hovers over his opponent.
Hovering in the air is of course part of the imaginary cartoon world. Then Goku begins to fall back towards the ground.
As Goku falls towards the ground, the audience is worried that something bad will happen. Goku's opponent is standing right underneath him, waiting for him to get within reach so he can attack him. Because Goku is falling towards the ground uncontrollably, everyone thinks he will not be able to protect himself.
When Goku gets close to the man, Goku suddenly opens his mouth and exhales powerfully.
His exhale is so powerful that it slows his downward motion until he is stopped in front of his opponent.
This situation might seem like an imaginary cartoon situation, and it is. But this situation can also be described as an exaggeration of real world principles. An exagerration made using something entertaining to a child, a cartoon, in order to teach them things about real life.
What Goku does is possible in a sense. A falling body could be stopped by a powerful enough blast of air. If the blast of air was powerful enough, it could hold the body floating in the air, just like Goku floats in front of his opponent.
This cartoon situation is not real, because the human body cannot produce enough continued air release to stop itself from falling from that height.
What is real though is the idea of being able to exert extreme pressure with the breath. What would it mean if the human body could really exhale a very powerful stream of air that could stop it's movement? It would mean that the inside of the body would have to be very strong wouldn't it? The inside of the body has to be strong enough to hold and push out the air that is going to stop it's motion.
This idea is useful to the learning kung fu person, because kung fu is about making the inside of the human body strong. The higher level kung fu styles focus on making the inside of the human body strong.
This strength translates into real world effects like a very strong breath. The breath of a person who is strong internally, would be able to exert much more pressure on some object, than the body of someone who was internally weak.
When talking to children or adults learning kung fu, if you talk to them about physics, pressure, the internal organs of the body like the lungs, etc......their eyes will glaze over and they will not understand.
By putting that knowledge into a cartoon demonstration, then exaggerating it slightly to make it entertaining to the simple minded, the teacher can get across all of those ideas to the new student. Even if the student does not know anything about physics or anatomy, they are exposed to the idea that a person who practices kung fu will get strong on the inside of the body. So strong that their breathing also gets very strong.
9 Meg Xvid MPEG 3 - Exhalation
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