Qigong and Chi Kung
Qi is a Chinese term used to describe energy. Though it can be used to refer to precise kinds of energy, typically the use of Qi refers to internal, magnetic or electrical energy.
Gong is a Chinese term that means method or work. It might refer to specific, specialized exercises or it could generally refer to a method, a martial art, or a meditative process.
Ch’i Kung is an older Romanization system, called Wade-Giles, for the Mandarin language. Qigong is Pinyin. According to Wikipedia:
or more formally Hanyu Pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu means the Chinese language, and pinyin means “phonetics”, or more literally, “spelling sound” or “spelled sound”. Developed by a government committee in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the system was initially approved by the Chinese government on February 11, 1958. The International Organization for Standardization adopted pinyin as the international standard in 1982, and since then it has been adopted by many other organizations.
So we use the modern version: Qigong.
Qi Foundations shows the best building blocks for developing proper Qi through Qigong.
