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"A Heart movement must set into motion all hundred joints of the body and the essence of the man's strength comes from the Lungs. In this case the body is full of the Tiger's Energy! In a glorious fight you will be able to shake Seas and to move Mountains."
"A Lantern will light up in a Small Hall and it will burn during all the four seasons, the Meditation Chan will help this Lantern which burns due to the Healthful Breath Zhen Qi. Food and water moisten skin and muscles, but only the Main Breath Zong Qi makes Soul and Body truly strong and robust..."
SHAOLIN TEMPLE. MURALS IN THE WHITE ROBE HALL.
"Train yourself so that all the bones and the joins of your body would become mobile and lively, the Tiger and the Dragon of your body would freely move. Master the strength of your Heart, and it is then that one of your fingers will be more powerful than thunder and stronger than ten thousand people."
Main Secret of the Shaolin Training in the Authentic Shaolin Book
/SHAOLIN TEMPLE. MURALS IN THE HALL OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS/
"The correct movement of Dong makes a fighter fast and powerful like the tiger and gives the strength to move off a mountain..."
/THE SECRETS OF PUGILISTIC ART OF SHAOLIN MONASTERY/
Teachers of the past have preserved the traditions of Shaolin. One should practice it day after the day, during thirty years, notwithstanding if it is cold or hot. If you have got a will, you can acquire the true mastery in it: "Due to your efforts an iron beam can be worn off to a needle".
"I practice Martial Arts in the Palace of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and midnight stars are shining in my hands. I hear the monk laugh opposite me, he has got a success in exercises. Step by step I am getting drunk while I profusely breathe out. I free myself from iron links of the chain, and fighting monks can fly in a dance. The sweat is running down and washing my heels, bloody sweat moistens the soil. Heroes famous in the ancient times knew how it was difficult to train 'Heart and Mind Capture'."
SHAOLIN TEMPLE. MURALS IN THE HALL OF TEN THOUSAND BUDDHAS
Breathing exercises (Qigong) are one of the components the Shaolin Martial Arts and breathing practices are united with combat arts. There is a saying:
"Before a foot or hand strikes, comes Breath-Qi which is transferred with blood and is the base of courage and strength."
