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Originally Posted by liveordie83
Opposing forces? Two halves of the same coin? Any of that ring a bell?
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That's what religious movements like Taoism made of yin and yang.
The martial principle of opposing forces has to do with the manipulation of myofascial meridians that run throughout the body, manipulating these in oppositional ways to one another generates a very intense rush of chemicals that both chinese and japanese martial arts consider spiritual energy, known respectively as "chi" and "ki" in modern terms. The Yin Yang, or Inyo Ho in Japanese, is formulated off these ideas of positive and negative pull, the two dots in the symbol represent the forehead and the base of the pelvis, two opposing and key areas in creating a connected state of power.
For a modern example, view the western made anime "Avatar: The Last Airbender" in which the yin yang based spirits, Tui and La, are called push and pull, the original meaning of these principles, and the foundation of chi and ki. Its actually not spiritual at all, it was warped into such later on.