If you were able to maintain the discipline and dedication through hours of daily meditation (which is certainly unrealistic for a kid and an adult with responsibilities), you would actually fly.
I’m pretty sure them shouting the name of their attack is also related to the Kiai or however it’s spelled. I’m pretty sure it’s a karate concept that screaming allows you to push more power into your attack.
@@joax5955 back when I still trained traditional martial arts (10 years and then moved on to muy thai and boxing) the idea they explained to me was that it helps you breath during attacks and demoralize your opponent. For some people yelling can stun them or make them hesitate during a fight.
I'm not a martial artists but I've been working out for more than a decade and the screaming really helps me push myself when goimg heavier or when I'm on my last reps
As The Dueling Master And Martial Artist This Is Actually CAN Work Because The More You Believe In You're Self And The More Confident In You're Self You Are The Stronger Will Make You're Punch Stronger. The Inner Conflict Of The Doubt Will Make You Weaker Physically. For Example Anakin Skywalker Wasn't Able To Hit Obi - Wan Kenobi With His True Physicall Strength Because He WasConflicted. [Because He Had The Inner Conflict.]
Fun fact, Gohan made a book about Ki energy and how to master it. It's told in the games, but you get the feeling this might play a role in the future.
Just thought I'd say this, seeing the recent comments: That book is non-canon. Belonged to a Dragon Ball game whose contents later got reused for the Xenoverse games.
When they say the name to the move it is a Mantra. They are channeling the energy they have practiced thousands of time and consistently doing it the same way to produce the same effect or even greater due to the situations effect as well. Words have power and the louder and bolder they are said the more power they ring with. You could say the entire energy blast is more from their Mantra than the physical motion due to the words being closing to the energy they are working with than the physical which would be the Mudra but it all works together wholistically to produce the most consistent and largest effect outward from the individual.
Ki (Japanese), Chi (Chinese) Spiritual energy actually exists. These existential principles have been a fundamental principle that I’m many existential beliefs and even in hard sciences have Merit. Monks can lower and raise heart rates and body temperatures and unlock physical inhibitions like IGNORING pain or being able to perform a feat that would usually cause injury like balancing on cliff edges.
I’m happy Toriyama-sensei decided to use auras and physical ki in his work because it’s just so cool to imagine manifesting spirit energy. It changed how martial artists focus energy fl a degree though historically and traditionally the Chinese and Japanese have already depicted such things in art but not the same way whatsoever. Also chanting the moves are like a Mantra and MUDRA.
1:55 Midichlorians don't actually take away from the mystical nature of the Force at all. Qui-Gon explains very clearly that the Midichlorians provide knowledge to sentient life of the will of The Force and how to use it, rather than being the Force itself. Midichlorians only explain how people know how to use the Force whereas its true nature remains a mystery. Those fans of Star Wars who hate Midichlorians simply lack an understanding of what they are.
As someone studying Japanese I have to take small objection to your definition of the word Ki. 気 (ki) is an extremely versatile word, most literally meaning "life," or "energy," but also encompassing the meaning of "spirit," and even "air." It's a very nebulous concept, and the word is used to describe multiple things depending on the context (basically all of Japanese is like this), but most accurately it could be referred to as "life force," or "life energy," not really something so specific as a "willingness to fight." This doesn't only apply to living things, everything that exists has Ki; though it might be more correct to say everything that exists _is_ Ki. Ki can also be used as a word for someone's feelings, mood, or intentions, such as the word 気分 (kibun) which literally means mood or feeling. So, Ki itself doesn't innately take on any kind of attribute. You could say "His ki (mood) is filled with fighting spirit," (he looks ready to fight) or "He is overflowing with Ki" (He looks energetic / filled with energy). While the word Ki obviously has its roots in oriental philosophy, in day to day conversation the word Ki is used very casually to describe these everyday concepts. Obviously Dragon Ball uses Ki much more literally in its "life energy" definition, but even then care must be taken to recognize that in and of itself Ki does not have any innate attributes, and even in the manga / anime is used in a very loose and flexible way to describe many concepts -- the ability to sense an opponent's strength, location, the ability to project energy as ki blasts, and even the ability to manipulate objects with your mind like telekinesis. Just as it is used in everyday Japanese life, the word Ki is used in Dragon Ball as a kind of "catch-all" for anything that could be described as energy. It's important to take a moment to focus on that word "energy," too, because even in English one must recognize that energy is not a physical thing, energy does not exist, it's a word to describe the potential that one thing has to affect another. There is kinetic energy, and there is thermal energy, but there is no true "energy" inside either of these things, the word energy is just used to describe how much "work" can be extracted from a given system, like a rotating wheel, or a heating boiler. From Buddhist perspective, though all these things are distinctively different, they are all unified under a single concept -- energy, or Ki. The force that drives all things in the universe.
Regarding the differentiation between things like 元気 (genki) and 神の気 (kami no ki, "energy of gods/spirits"), linguistically it would be fair to say these are just attributes of what is otherwise still the same nebulous Ki. In the case of kami no ki it's a little bit more of a blatant storytelling device, since it's literally just saying "Energy that is owned by/comes from the Gods," however genki is an extremely common and I'd venture even more versatile word than Ki itself. Attempting to literally translate genki wouldn't be very helpful, but the translation for how it is most _often_ used would be "health" or liveliness. However it's _literal_ translation is "origin ki," "ki origin," or "origin of energy." It is the root of all energy, in a sense, the absolute most basic form of life and existence, therefore the most basic form of Ki. The thing is that you can be genki in any attribute of life. You could be physically genki but not mentally genki. Genki can be used as a noun or an adjective, and it can even kind of be used like an adverb if you try hard enough. So you can have genki, you can be genki, and you can do things uh.. genki-ly. Though there is a positive aspect associated with the word genki, it should be noted that much like Eastern philosophy, many words to describe things positively in Japanese actually describe them as "normal," "balanced," or "centered." This is why if your Ki is Gen, i.e. your Ki is in it's Origin where it should be, you are in good health and/or spirit. The 元気玉 (genkidama, literally "genki ball") in Dragon Ball is so-called specifically to illustrate that it's drawing from this pure and ubiquitous form of energy. If Ki is simply energy, then Gen Ki is much more specifically energy that comes from living things. There is nothing to imply that the energy drawn from the genki dama is explicitly different from any other Ki, though we know from the series that the genki dama created on earth holds the thoughts and feelings of all those it came from (which relates fluidly back to Ki's encompassing meanings), there is no evidence to imply that all Ki does not technically exhibit these features -- naturally, it would be assumed that Goku's Ki contains his hopes and wishes just as the genki dama contained that of the people on Earth.
In real martial arts, yelling as you perform a strike (known as a "ki-ai") does help focus your energy to strengthen the attack, at least in theory. I suppose yelling attack names might be meant as a more dramatic representation of this. Also why characters yell while powering up or transforming.
Just want to say getting up smoking a bowl and listening to How in-depth Dragon Ball is is like the best thing in the world now where's my cup of coffee
The way I always interpreted the whole ‘ki vs god ki’ thing, is that smaller amounts of god ki can equal higher amounts of ki, so basically it’s more concentrated. For example, if we were to assign numbers to them, 10 God Ki is equal to 100 Ki, so the mortals without God Ki, just have high enough amounts of Ki to rival/surpass the ones with God Ki.
In the Italian dub Ki is referred as Aura. Which is interesting because of course it is almost a synonim, ( An atmosphere or energy emitted by a person) but in Latin the root of the word Aurum means “Golden” which is the color of a Super Saiyan’s Ki.
It’s explained that the saying of the move is to help control it. They have to do the certain hand move ya to bring forth the energy. Ka - The user brings his hands forward and aligns the base of the palms. Me - The hands are brought down to the dominant side of the users body by the waist. Ha - The user draws apart their hands and shape them into a form mimicking holding a sphere. Me - The user draws out the ki they have been moving through their body up to this point to materialize it into their palms Ha - The user aims at their target realigns the base of their palms and pulls back their fingers while pushing forward their arms forcing the energy forward. Obviously they can become good enough to not have to say it but chances are in a fight sometimes you need the extra concentration.
in GT: i belive they say that they chant their moves names inorder to make the moves more powerful, sort of like chanting a spell before casting it. i know this isnt canon but its my headcanon lol. also i forgot if you mentioned these in the video but some other cool ki facts: Ki gets stronger when training your mind, when increasing your fighting capabilities such as martial arts, and when physically training your body. you can also learn "ki control" to be able to suppress your own power aswell as increase it to "full power" although roshi dosent use ki control to change his power, he infuses his muscles with his ki making them bigger, raising his overall powerlevel as seen versus tien and oozaru goku, i think this may be similar to that bulked up form of ssj1 and as ive understood it, you can put all of your ki into your leg for an incredible kick such as piccolo used versus frieza, and you can take your ki away from your body/aura to put it around things to make them levitate, or you can spread it around the area as an extension of yourself inorder to properly feel out where for example an opponent is, such as when gohan fought lavender.(this is also similar to when meditating as then you have a simpler time senseing your surroundings.) also if you dont have your ki inside of your body, taking a hit will be detrimental compared to when having it filled with ki. seeing as when goku got blasted in the back by friezas minion when in god form and got hurt really bad, but if he wouldve been for example powering up at that moment, the blast wouldve simply bounced off of his aura. some who lack ki, cant even approach someone who has their ki spread around them as it seems like a brick wall!(source; goku first kamehameha versus jiren, and the filler fight of satans wrestling fighter going after cell) yes i am an incredible DB geek
Well times video...this one actually answered so many questions that I wondered about when it came to the colors of ki and why are the moves/attack are called out. @Geekdom101 thanks you for the time,effort, and info you put forth. Hope your enjoying Japan. Be safe my dude.
Also in the 80's movie "Last Dragon" Bruce Leeroy kind of goes Super Saiyin at the end and you see his ki aura around him and he finally beats the villain. They called it the power of the glow and the aura is yellow. I wonder if Toriyama got the SSJ idea from that?
@@kenbines2199 Haha you got it. It's an underrated classic, and so is that song. There's another glow song earlier in the movie. "When you got that glow, you feel the whoa, flow???" Not sure but great song.
@@rashb3994 when u reach your ultra level your mind body and soul must be one. It's the finale step it takes hard work it's the way of liiiiife. When u got the glow. One of my favorite movies.
Well geekdom you are absolutely right that most people can not see chi and it is indeed because you need to develop your third eye. I have only been able to see my own ki once. So I can assure you that it is possible. Further more the way that toriyama actually gives chi form and color in the series is not very different from the reality. If you feel like talking more about chi feel free to message me.
I think ki at its simplest just comes down to physics. Kinetic energy is the exertion of potential energy, and potential energy is the energy you are capable of using. When people exert effort or an object is in motion, they are using kinetic energy because they are now using the energy they possess in action, and dragon ball is just the overexaggerated version of that. Energy has 3 forms in DB such as physical energy (physical strength, ki blast/release, speed, agility, durability, technique), mental energy (ki suppression, controlling and condensing ki, telekinesis, willpower), and spiritual energy (The alignment your energy is more likely to be used for; for good or malicious intent). Even Hakai and UI are just the individualized version of mental and physical energy. Dragon ball isn't that complex when you realize it's just basic functions thrown out of proportion.
At first i thought his Golden form was him using God ki. It'd actually make pretty much sense if it was since he was able to overpower even a SSB Goku in that form.
Hey I really enjoyed the concept of this video it was really informative and interesting, while were on this topic I was wondering if you could do a video on good vs evil ki. I think it would be interesting to see if there are differences in their properties or why some characters have evil looking auras in the first place, it's always interesting how goku can sometimes tell how evil a character is by feeling said ki. And overall can one be more powerful than the other depending on whether or not the character is more good or evil than the other
I don't know why people hated the midicholorian thing. I always hear people say that the "midichlorians created the force" or "midichlorians are the force". That isn't what was stated in The Phantom Menace or any Star Wars material. The Force is it's own thing, it's an energy field that binds everything together and has a will of its own. Midichlorians are simply the embassadors that allow for communication and connection between living things and the force. They translate the will of the force to people. They are the middle man or medium that allows Jedi and Sith to connect with and use the force. That's all they are.
I think it's that it's people having it biologically. Your connection to the force is a biological thing determined by a genetic amount of microbes. Not very mystical. Not very much a spirit ect. There was a sort of lineage thing but there was also a spirit thing. The force is strong with my family as Luke said could just mean his family was deep in it. It sounds more like a gift. It wasn't as obvious of a genetic connection. Like Jesus and god. Son of God yeah. But you wouldn't assume it was genetic powers. I'm indifferent to it tho. Awhile I heard an explanation I liked about it but I forgot it by now. So I'm back to indifferent.
@@DSan-kl2yc But there had to be something that determined if someone was force-sensitive or not. Otherwise anyone could be a force-sensitive and then all of a sudden the Jedi and Sith aren't special anymore. It's also important to note that every living creature has midichlorians to some degree. It's just force-sensitives have many more midichlorians compared to the average living being. And who is to say that the force itself doesn't will certain beings to have more midichlorians, to be force-sensitive for reasons we don't understand? There is still a mystical element to it, it's just the midichlorians expand on the relationship between living things and the force. Having a biological or physical aspect to it doesn't take away from the mystical view of the force in my opinion. To use a Biblical example as you did, remember that the Bible teaches that even in Heaven people are given glorified bodies. So the physical/biological side of things, is still presented in many writings as a necessary part of having a complete existence.
Wait a minute.... I thought it was wind or air bending as explained by Roshi in Dragon ball Evolution, the best movie ever.... (kidding, thats just sarcasm.)
Damn i know this is unrelated but i dead wish that Rick could erase my dragon ball memory so i can rewatch it againnn..... can’t wait for super2. I know you feel the same geekdom lol
In “All You Need is Kill,” the author Hiroshi Sakurazaka says that the purpose of a kiai is to push your body past it’s natural inclination to not over dangerously exert yourself. Don’t know what that’s based in but I can see it.
@@christiancinnabars1402 Less literally it's Are you in good spirits? Basically that's an old fashioned look at it. It'd be like me saying, "Are you in good humor?" That doesn't mean I'm asking if you're having a laugh, it comes from the medieval concept of the four humors (sometimes five) these elemental (as in fire, air, water, earth) vapors that affect your body. I find it funny that while these two cultures are literally as far apart as possible they still have or had similar ideas on the nature of the natural world.
If you were to go into why they say the name of their moves, you could say that it's also how the move is activated/controlled or is stronger/enhanced when you call out the name of the move.
Great video as always Geekdom...You should do a video about how the Saiyans are able to take so many beatings throughout the years and continue living...Just a thought I had💯
You have gotta do a video discussing all the similarities between Dragon Ball and Star Wars If I understand this correctly, Palpatines Force Lightning is the same thing as a Ki blast/wave because it's a physical representation of the Force or Ki in this case. Which means someone could use a Ki blade/sword to combat a lightsaber considering both are made of plasma and require the manipulation of the Force/Ki in order to wield. Unless Disney changed the canon on how lightsabers work lol
The kanji 気 has two readings. The Japanese, or the Kunyomi reading, is Ki, sometimes romanized as Qi. The Onyomi, or original Chinese reading is chi. Nothing world-changing, just thought I'd throw this out here.
Well in human life is different Because ki is very real because it gives us speed power and strength in inner energy mostly people can shoot ki blast through the hands and it does make us fly.
drdoomgoat 38 that sounds like an opinion...but if it was actually anything but “intellectual” it wouldn’t be such a hit among so many people nor would it have its own lore. It’s not perfect, but there’s a method here.
to say an anime that’s been for going on for over 20 years theme is “essentially self improvement” is a really funny joke you should tell more. “Want to have an intellectual argument” yea I’m gonna throw the word intellectual in to sound smarter even though I didn’t even think about my comment enough to provide an argument
Ah yes “near falls”. Who can forget the time Goku fought Freeza with tons of 2 count pin kick outs and other false finishes. Revolutionized the business.
Great review as always, but not sure if you heard of popular Wuxia Novels/Film Series by Jin Yong 1955-1972. His stories like dragonball and most shounen manga heavily emphasizes on ki control, martial arts, and character development overtime. Personally, I feel he is like the Chinese founder of the Shounen Genre.
Wish they went into explaining how Ki worked further down the series, the advantages and even disadvantages of it. How it changes depending on the user. How it increases when the person is training, what causes the change of Ki went getting a power up etc.
Just to throw this out there damn I just had his name my head my bad, Bruce lee sorry about that he actually talked about ultra instinct to wear your body just moves by itself without having to think about it so he was the original philosopher of ultra instinct
Great video!! It’s funny, I never really thought of the concept that the Spirit Bomb was made up of vital health energy, now it seems even more of a potent but last resort technique as you’re pulling from the ability of creatures to be healthy and alive. While you explained it, I thought of how King Kai warned Goku not to take any more from everyone on Earth or they would die. It makes sense now!! Thanks so much!
Dragonball definitely borrowed from legends and stories from China/Daoist philosophy. It's definitely interesting how most of us zone out and can't catch the different eastern references in the shows. Here's a few: Most of the Z warriors wore clothing very similar to the Shaolin monks, goku was inspired from the character Sun Wukong, and the whole cast (of dragonball) is on a quest to find the dragonballs (which is just like the story "journey to the west" where people go to India for the Buddhist sutras).
It would be interesting to see if different ki colours have different meanings. Take lightsaber colours for example: blue represents combat ability, green represents force ability, red represents corruption and hatred etc etc.
No they wouldn't. They are purely stylistic. But the general trend by the anime seems to be yellow for heat and explosions(standard, quick blasts usually). Blue for force(which may explode). And red is the stronger ones. The rest are usually for villains. Darker colors like purple and black ect. Sometimes dark red. But even geekdom said, that's not toriyamas idea or anything. And there's exceptions like the kikoho being yellow. And Goku doing a quick bunch of blue blasts in a movie. Toriyamas did make the blue and red ssg forms have meaning tho
Cool idea: poor execution. It was only used to boost up Anakin and his bloodline at the expense of nearly 99% of the rest of the galaxy, and served no other purpose in the main plot. If they explained it so that the amount in Anakin was just _growing_ at a much higher rate, then it wouldn’t be such a limiting factor. Which is what I think makes people like Ki and hate Midichlorians; one is potential, the other is a birthright.
Christian Cinnabars ok that’s a much better explanation for why people hate it. I thought people hated it because it added more science fiction to a group of people that everyone’s inner ten year old just wanted to be super space wizard monks who had telekinesis and mind control because of their religion and not because of anything based in fictional science.
@@Davanthall Anakin's mom got pregnant on her own... Anakin served as a way to balance good and evil... They had temples and worshipped the force... the force was explained as energy binding the universe together... planet to planet exploration and so much more we'd be here together. George Lucas really did combine alot of religions and mythologies like he said he'd do... Forget that dude...
It's interesting that ki itself can Convert to God Ki through Mastery of oneself. It seems they could have done much more to explain God Ki... we know that is easily much much more potent then Normal Ki.. But they could done so much with it. For example those that utilize God Ki have an easier time manipulating time and space due to the Controlled And Calm Nature of God Ki. now I want to The Godly destruction Energy.. This Advancement of God Ki is More Potent.. the user can easily negate Energy and Can Destroy Spirits.. however it cannot destroy Immortals granted by the Super Dragon Balls... the Omni King however can destroy Immortals granted by the Super Dragon Balls. It's been established that mortals can enter a Enter A God of Destruction Mode.... so it's possible that Vegeta can achieve this through training. Goku and Vegeta can utilize this but have no interest in taking beerus Role.. if anything I think beerus will try to put his duties on them. Now on to the transformation called Ultra instinct.. got the technique Ultra Instinct but the form called Ultra instinct. Whiss in eposode where Goku suffered The Backlash of the Complete Ultra instinct described the Form as the Limit breaking Power of the Gods... Beerus Even Know The Form Through Goku's Sliver Hair and Sliver Eyes.
I've done alot of Martial Arts for 2 years next month I'm gonna be a Red Belt Month's later I'll be a Black Belt. I've done alot of Meditation since i was 12 years old. What I love about The DB Franchise series? Answer Martial Arts. Just like how Batman uses his Martial Arts to battle his opponents. In DB how do they battle the bad guy's answer Martial Arts. My Martial Arts class taught me alot of techniques, life lessons, calm, strength, control, wisdom, gratitude, patients, and so much more. It was amazing. BTW I learned something new today.
Great review just so u know i became a fan of yours after u reviewed dragon ball super ep 7 great review by the way u were excited the way i was amd i felt your Excitement
remind me when I was mid school, when I discussing martial arts in movie with my wushu instructor, he immediately denied Ki / inner power, call it "dark magic" or "borrowing satan's power", and yeah he's a hard devoted Christian which explain everything
KI, Qi, Prana, Lifeforce, LVX, Godforce, The force, Mojo, its all the same. And its all real. It is what we are...Light. 'Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter'-Yoda
