Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of Shaolin Monks
72 Arts of Shaolin: (28) Poles of Plum Bloom
MEI HUA ZHUANG
Poles of Plum Bloom | Brief Description
Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
Shaolin exercise “Poles of Plum Bloom” is a “soft” and “internal” kind of Shaolin GONG FU that develops the whole body. Furthermore, it forms a base for acquirement of the skill “Flinging on the Cornice and Climbing the Wall” (FEI YAN ZOU BI). The exercise is done on poles and thanks to that lightness of the body, mobility and dexterity of movements are trained, the exactness of leaps and skipping along (poles) are perfected. There are other names for “Poles of Plum Bloom”, they are “Poles of Seven Stars” (QI XING ZHUANG) and “Poles of Nine Stars” (JIU XING ZHUANG). After successful acquirement of the exercise you can use that skill in dangerous situations and in a combat. Besides training leaps, the exercise is very important for eyes...< A full description of the training procedure is available in the book: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
...When you achieve mastership, the body will become energetic, movements will become easy and active. If you engage an enemy, you will be able to find instability in the enemy, find gaps in his defense and smash him.
...As far as the Shaolin exercises “Poles of Seven Stars”, “Poles of Nine Stars”, “Three-Row Poles”, “Poles of Nine Temples”, and exercises on bricks put on the butt-end (YI SHAN ZHUANG FA) are concerned, all their patterns and methods as a whole are similar to those of the above-mentioned. But the best method of training is training on poles, therefore it is no need to repeat it again. A trainee himself has the right to choose a training method.
72 ARTS OF SHAOLIN | Brief Descriptions
(1) Diamond Finger - (2) Twin Lock - (3) Striking with Foot (4) Pulling out Nails - (5) Ringing Round a Tree - (6 ) Four-Part Exercise - (7) One Finger of Chan Meditation - (8) Iron Head - (9) Iron Shirt - (10) A Series of Blows - (11) Sweeping with an Iron Broom - (12) Hand - a Bamboo Leaf (13) Jumping Centipede - (14) Raising a Weight of 1000 JINs - (15) Celestial’s Palm - (16) Method of Hardness and Softness - (17) Cinnabar Palm - (18) Lying Tiger - (19) Swimming and Diving Skill - (20) Sluice Shutter weighing 1000 JINs - (21) Covering with a Gold Bell - (22) Finger Lock - (23) Luohan’s Exercise - (24) Lizard Climbs the Wall - (25) The Art of Lash - (26) PIPA - (27) The Pole of a Falling Star - (28) Poles of Plum Bloom - (29) The Art of Stone Padlock - (30) Skill of the Iron Arm - (31) Fist like a Bullet - (32) Soft Bones - (33) Frog - (34) Piercing the Curtain - (35) The Force of Eagle’s Claws - (36) Iron Bull - (37) Skill of Eagle Wings - (38) Hand of Sun Rays - (39) Exercise for Groin - (40) Iron Bag - (41) Method that Reveals the Truth - (42) Skill of Tortoise Back - (43) Skill of Deft Jumps - (44) Skill of Light Body - (45) Iron Knees - (46) Technique of Jumps - (47) Palm of Iron Sand - (48) Pulling a Silk Thread - (49) Method of drawing in YIN - (50) Rubbing and Thrusts - (51) Stone Pile - (52) Neither Lances nor Broadswords Can Wound - (53) Gong Fu Flight - (54) Hand of Five Poisons - (55) Skill of Water Separation - (56) To Fly Up to the Ridge and to Walk on a Wall - (57) Skill of Somersaulting - (58) Pole of Cypress - (59) Ba Wang’s Elbow - (60) Pinching a Flower - (61) Pushing a Mountain with Palm - (62) Technique of Horse Saddle - (63) Skill of Nephrite Belt - (64) YIN Fist Method - (65) Skill of Sand Bags - (66) Piercing Through Stones - (67) Pulling Out a Mountain - (68) Claws of Mantis - (69) Gong Fu Bag - (70) Palm of Guan Yin - (71) Raising a Pot - (72) Rubbing Palms
