A Lesson in Magic and Mishaps

A New Pair of Pants People often ask for examples of the application of magic to the

real world. Once while training in the jungles of northern Thailand, your humble teacher

contracted a very bad case of explosive diarrhea. Vegan yogurt from one of those ridiculous

hippy restaurants was the culprit. Dirty hippies equal poor restaurant hygiene.

Anyway... I chose to use the releasing techniques instead of medication to see if it worked.

And it did for about three weeks. Everytime I felt an uncomfortable pressure,

I released on it and it went away. Until one day we were practicing fah jing,

or throwing drills, and things got a little carried away. While the magical techniqe of releasing