Feats of Kun Tao

Observations of a Student

As one of Master Savelli's senior students, I've had the opportunity to see Huc Chung being used on many occasions. I relate a few instances below. If you have any questions, please let me know.

One of the things Master Savelli has told us for as long as I've trained with him has been that if we (the students) know of people who are in pain or sick, to bring them in, and he would work with them.

Bob Belos (a student) had a friend, Ed Kinney, who had a severe back injury. Bob told Ed about Master Savelli, and Ed came in to see him. While I wasn't there when Ed first came in, I spoke with him afterwards. He told me he had been injured at work and was in such bad pain he could no longer function normally. Ed was about 50 at this time, and had spent his whole life as an avid outdoorsman. The inability to participate in these activities any more was devastating to him. After one session of working with Master Savelli, Ed said he was totally out of pain. He would demonstrate this by bending over and touching his toes. Ed was so astounded by this, he began training with Master Savelli in Kun Tao.

Not long afterwards, Ed brought in someone he knew - Mark Clark. I was present on this day. Since there was a class in session when Mark arrived, Master Savelli asked him if he would mind if the class watched while he worked with him. Mark said this would be fine. Mark then explained to the class what his problem was.

On July 15 (it was currently November 13), Mark had been involved in a car accident, and had his foot crushed. During the reconstruction, the doctors used metal implants in his foot. Unfortunately, Mark's body was rejecting the implants and his foot was infected. He had already had seven operations on his foot, and was scheduled for his eighth and last. If the operation was not successful, his foot was to be amputated. He said the prognosis was very poor, and the amputation almost certainly going to happen. Mark was on crutches, and said he had not walked on his own since the accident (four months).

Master Savelli spoke with Mark for several minutes, and then told him about Walking The Golden Road. As he led Mark through this process, he told him his foot would start would start to feel warm. After about a minute, Mark said his foot was starting to get warm.

Master Savelli then instructed Mark to picture the infection running off the metal and out of his foot. Mark said he was able to picture this. After another minute, Master Savelli told Mark that when he thought he could, to stand up. Mark then stood up, and after standing for a moment, he took a few tentative steps.

At first he said the pain was a lot less, and then, after he took a few more steps, he said it was almost frightening. He said he was putting his entire weight on his foot and was not in pain. He then proceeded to walk around the entire room. Mark was totally amazed, and after he spoke with Master Savelli for a few minutes, he and Ed left. Mark not only walked out of there like nothing was the matter, he actually forgot his crutches, and Ed had to pick them up on the way out.

When Mark went in for his surgery, the doctors found there was no sign of infection. They told Mark they had no explanation for what had happened.

Another part of Huc Chung is the ability to affect another person's mind. I have seen Master Savelli demonstrate this several times, where, when he moves, the person he is moving against is frozen in place.

Once, while we were discussing a kick, I was standing opposite Master Savelli, with clear view of his entire body. I was having a difficult time understanding his explanation of the kick. At this point, it becomes difficult to explain. As I watched Master Savelli, knowing he was about to kick, all of a sudden, I felt a tap on my chin, and a thud on my chest. I looked down, and there was a footprint on my sweatshirt. Master Savelli has kicked me in the chin and stepped onto my chest and returned to his original starting position, and I never saw any part of the move. It can best be described as a black section of time in my memory.

From talking to other students this has happened to, they report the same. One second they are preparing to do their move or to defend, and then its over. The person never sees the move.

Another example of this occurs when we play handball. The first game will be normal. Master Savelli will win, but when I am in position to hit the ball, I hit it, and it goes where I want it to go. The second game, all of sudden, when I try to hit the ball, I miss. I find myself in the wrong position, and when I do hit the ball it is a bad hit. Its like all of sudden my coordination is off, like I'm having a very bad day, except that a few minutes earlier, I was having a normal day.

Hopefully, the above has helped illustrate some of the ways Huc Chung has been used. Through training with Master Savelli, and by following the methods he describes on this web site and in his book, I have been able to achieve results myself, as have the other students that train with him.

Eric S.