First off, a correction to my original post, that didn't clarify something:

As has been stated, "ki" and "chi" are different pronunciations of the same
thing. However, there is a system (one among many, as there is no widely
accepted standard for defining the thing) in which ki is differentiated
into two types by applying two pronunciations. This is the system I prefer,
and the system on which my post was initially based. I'm not claiming to be
right, and I won't accept that I'm wrong until someone can prove otherwise
with any certainty. It's just one way of looking at it.

And, as always, my statements are not incontrovertible fact. They are
merely the results of my own personal research of the subject. Feel
free to dispute or disregard anything I have said.

No!  You are wrong!!!

Prove otherwise with any certainty. Until then, I reject this.

Look, it's very simple:  Chi in chinese = Ki in Japanese.  Same bloody
thing.  And ki isn't just fictionally based as any martial artist knows.

Okay, couple of things here:

Read my post carefully, please. At no time did I say ki is fictional. Nor
did I say chi is fictional. In fact, I rather explicitly stated quite the
opposite.

Nor did I actively dispute that chi and ki are described using the same
kanji, and pronounced differently in the two languages.

There are, however, two forms of ki. Differentiating between them becomes
simpler when applying two different pronunciations.

There are an infinite number of ways of channeling ki.  One is the Kiai,

There are not an 'infinite' number of ways of channeling ki. There are
many, but not infinite.

or a sort of shout that a martial artist will use at the moment of
attack to boost the energy he is getting out of it.  The whole
Dragonball thing is based around this (then stretched way out of

If you're referring to the power levels in Dragonball, you're close, but
not quite there. The kiai is not the principle means of increasing power in
Dragonball. Indeed, there are MANY means of accomplishing this: meditation,
training (ESPECIALLY training), coming from a race of beings who by nature
tend to attain high levels of power...

You will think!  You can't run from me!!!

Maybe not, but I can killfile you.

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