Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of Shaolin Monks
72 Arts of Shaolin: (32) Soft Bones
ROU GU GONG
Soft Bones | Brief Description
Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
Shaolin exercise “Soft Bones” is the soft GONG FU of the internal force. It is called “Twisting the waist and bending the legs” in common speech. It is obligatory for training the “soft” GONG FU for those who practise SHAOLIN WU SHU (Shaolin Martial Arts). It allows to obtain flexibility of all joints, nimbleness and deftness of the body, avoid awkwardness and restraint of movements. First of all, it is necessary to start from training legs (LIU TUI). There is a saying among specialists in WU SHU: “You will not achieve a success in the course of your life if you practice Martial Arts without training legs”....
< A full description of the training procedure is available in the book: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
... With time the body will become soft like cotton wool. The waist and the leg will become very flexible. You may roll yourself up into a ball in a lying position. You will be much more flexible than ordinary people. If you learn WU SHU (Martial Arts) on this base, certainly, you will achieve a great success.
...Before training you may take a caldron, pour boiled water into it, cover with white fabric from above. When water cools down a little, lie on your back, steam your waist: the effect will be still better.
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
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