Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of Shaolin Monks
72 Arts of Shaolin: (36) Iron Bull
TIE NIU GONG
Iron Bull | Brief Description
Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
At the first stage the Shaolin exercise “Iron Bull” is aimed at strengthening the external power of the body. It allows to develop the force YANG in the body. Deeper penetration into this skill learns to determine when to speak and when to keep silence . As far as the use and efficiency are concerned, the technique is similar to that one of “Fabric Bag” (BU DAI GONG). This skill allows to repulse enemies, however crafty and skillful they are, with the use of all the power of the force YANG in the body for that purpose...
< A full description of the training procedure is available in the book: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
...If you use each spare minute to train the technique “Iron Bull”, your stomach will become excellent. Neither punches nor chopping blows of the enemy will be able to harm it. If the stomach is piked or slashed with a sharp knife, no single scratch will be on it. You will be sure that you will have no enemies. Those who speak a lot or those who keep silence for a long time can not be social, nothing to say about their ability to listen. But even such men, if they spend their time for training and exert efforts, will be able to acquire the technique of “Iron Bull”. After the acquirement of the skill they can withstand even blows delivered by the Immortals.
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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