YU DAI GONG

Skill of Nephrite Belt | Brief Description

Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >

Shaolin skill of Nephrite Belt serves for strengthening the external power of the body and rearing the YANG force in the body as well as for the development of the YIN “soft” force and the energy QI. The technique allows to “rotate”, “collect”, and “hold” various things using force of both arms; it is those methods that are to be learned to acquire YU DAI GONG. That Shaolin technique has another name QIAN KUN JUAN - “The Continuous Round of the Universe”.

The method of acquiring the exercise is quite simple. Choose in the beginning a tree around which you can easily put your arms. Stand just under it. Put your arms around it as tight as possible and clench fingers of both hands...

<  A full description of the training procedure is available in the book: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin >

... When you learn to hold a stone in arms and stand at one place for a long time squeezing a great weight in arms, you will easily hold a human body in your hands without inflicting significant damages on it. You will be able to hold a man without breaking his bones and without injuring his muscles...

...There is one story about the “Skill of Nephrite Belt”. Once upon a time lived a blind boy and he was eager to take vengeance on the enemies who had killed his father. As he was blind and lived alone, he could not learn the Martial Art and he cried bitterly because of it. Once the boy met a Shaolin monk who set out for a long journey. The monk heard his story and taught him the skill YU DAI GONG. After training during 4 or 5 years the boy acquired the technique so well that he could easily avenge himself on all enemies and forgot about his misfortune.

The technique of Nephrite Belt ought not be employed for a mere trifle. That skill is one of Shaolin secrets.