Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of Shaolin Monks
72 Arts of Shaolin: (46) Technique of Jumps
TIAO YAO FA
Technique of Jumps | Brief Description
Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
Training jumps is a part of “soft” Shaolin work which strengthens the “inner”, it belongs to Shaolin exercises of “Light Body” (JIN SHEN GONG). It is also called ”Skill of overjumping” (CHAO JU GONG). That exercise is a must for those who practice Martial Arts. One should well keep it in mind and strive to do that exercise often. If you need to step aside five steps for a run to overcome an obstacle, plug up spirit and brace oneself , that is not the real skill yet. It is of no importance at all if it is a high wall or a steep slope or uneven ground with hillocks; it is possible to move along easily and freely without paying any attention to all those obstacles.
At the first stage loads of iron or sand must be tightly bound around the body, but their weight should not be great. Dig out in the ground a pit, one CHI (0.33 m) deep, and with such a diameter that two men could freely stand in it. The trainee stands in the center of the pit and executes...
< A full description of the training procedure is available in the book: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >
...It is necessary to train oneself from 3 to 5 years at least in such a way. If you think that you are in a hopeless situation, don’t despair: if in the past somebody reached a success, that means you will be able to do the same. Many people stopped half way under the pressure of some circumstances and under the influence of somebody’s opinion, it’s quite regrettable thing, indeed!
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
BOOKS: 72 ARTS OF SHAOLIN
