How effective is candle training and what does it signify?
What is the range employed before it stops being easy?
Have you ever used incense smoke and seen how the blast of air travels?
what about delayed reactions, as in you are about a meter away and you strike, but nothing happens for about one whole second, then the wind arrives and the flame goes out. Is this a sign of bad technique or a low skill level, because the flame does not go out as the hand arrives, but instead goes out as the wind arrives.
Can some people shove the air so that they put the candle out that way, like pushing a column of air, instead of a wave of wind that must travel to the candle? this way the candle would be extinguished as the hand arrives, not moments later after the wind from the body or hand moving arrives.
What about extinguishing the flame by plucking the air, causing the flame to be blown towards the training student, instead of away? Can this be done?
How easy is the regular, palm strike toward the candle and it goes out move? Can't most anyone do this from 2-3 feet away? The first times I tried it, it was not challenging unless the (tea) candle was about 4+feet away. Now more than a year of training later, I do not seem to be any better or worse at this so called test.
what are the experiences of others regarding this test?
is it a bit silly after all?