GEM,

I wholly understand what you're saying. I realise that Sifu Mooney declared his abilities, agreed that the test scenario was valid before commencing the trial, and failed to produce the results that he expected. The trouble is that this (verging on religious) debate will continue raging on ...

Perhaps there is an element of direction needed by the energy that was compromised by the removal of the line of site between the subject and the test participants ?

Perhaps in another test the recipients could be blindfolded, ear muffed (if there is such a word) and separated by a glass plate so ...

On a similar note, how would publishers/authors of books like the Bubishi and other books containing pressure point techniques stand in court if an attacker who'd read them was put on trial for GBH or murder ? Some PP techniques, like ones to the neck and back of the head, are pretty easy to execute ...