Windmilling your arm around

The BBC3 documentary Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves is proving a real hit with the Meerkat and his friends. The highlight in episode 3 was Chris Crudelli volunteering himself to be attacked by genial but deadly karate Master Oshiro, who proceeds to continually poke his finger in the poor chaps neck, sending him flying backwards. There's no doubting Crudelli's expertise in the martial arts and he is an enthusiastic presenter but I'm not particularly wowed by his on-the-street chi-kung demos - in fact I don't buy the whole chi-energy thing at all, preferring to lean on the old 'it's all in the mind' hypothesis. Mind you, windmilling your arm around really really fast and then delivering a knockout punch is rather fun and really works! Looks like a new warm-up exercise for the next training session beckons.