Book review by Dr. Dana Densmore on
Practical Tensiometrics
The physics and physiology of the masters’ martial arts power
“Practical Tensiometrics is by Dr John Fung, who has studied martial arts, especially Chinese internal practices, at considerable depth. He has taken what he has learned in these traditional styles and, refracting it through what he learned in his own body, found the physiological and physics-based foundations underlying the expressions of power that sometimes appear magical in the most highly skilled classical Chinese masters. But in this book there is nothing magical or occult. Dr Fung believes that it is all explainable as physics and he has found the underlying principles, and not only learned to apply them himself in his own practice and teaching but has organized and spelled them out for the rest of us in this book. This is a book to study and absorb slowly. There is deep and revolutionary insight here; it opens up new understanding of lines of power that move through the body. In addition to his finding these lines and how they work, Fung has offered in this book the great gift of his explanations, which are very clear and straight-forward, and his illustrations and photographs reveal what is going on internally. They show how by understanding the lines and conditioning them, and calling on mind-body connections, the practitioner can apply these energy powers for health and for martial applications. I have found it a pleasure to work through this book and am amazed at the clarity and generosity with which he shares what could have been kept as his secret skills, reserved for himself and his most valued students. This is going to be a classic, one I can see being studied, used, and cited for centuries. Dr Fung has done a great service to the world in figuring out the hidden physics behind the amazing feats of the Chinese masters, and developing that understanding over many years of study and practice, and finally writing this book in a way that makes his discoveries accessible to anyone who wants to know what our human bodies can do.”