Why is it you would want to (Throwing lil nails through thick glass, breaking bricks, metal bars, etc) There is no use to those. If your looking to use it as a martial art think about this when would a brick, board or anything ever fight back? It wouldn't so why bother learning how to fight one? Thats not Gung Fu or Qigong that is a waste of good energy. But yes if you learn Qigong ultimately you will have control over your chi and how it is directed so if you later after lots and lots of practice decide you want to boost your ego by showing how you can kick a boards ass then I guess you could. But by the time you have that level of control of the chi I would say that stuff wouldn't interest you anymore for there are so many more useful ways to use it.

[This message has been edited by Casey (edited May 24, 2001).]