YIN QUAN GONG

YIN Fist Method | Brief Description

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

This Shaolin "YIN Fist Method” that is also called the technique of “Well Fist” (JING QUAN GONG) is designed for the development of flexibility and body strengthening, it also permits to train the YIN force of the body.

During acquirement of that technique everything is aimed at training fists, therefore in ancient times the Shaolin technique of “YIN Fist” was also called “YIN Hand” (YIN SHOU). When you practice the technique, it is necessary to come close to a well every day in the morning or after supper, stand in the stance of “Rider” (MA BU) in front of it and to punch applying force forward directly to the center of the well...

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

...In the beginning you will feel no effect of practice sessions, but after one year or two years of continuous training barely audible splashes of water in the well will be heard each time when you punch above the well. Over time those sounds will become louder and more distinct. At that time you will be able to say that you have reached a high level of mastery. When the sound of rough water is heard at a distance of a few CHIs from the well, it will mean that you will be able to hit a man with your fist if he stands even at a distance of one or two ZHANGs (3.5 - 7 yards) from you. The “soft” force YIN contained in the energy QI of a body can deeply penetrate into human bones and bring a man to death during several days.

... At first that Shaolin skill seems to be outstanding, as great as the Sky and the Earth, but it is not marvelous at all. The Spirit fills the fist, the fist is filled with the YIN energy of QI, it permits to affect a man and inflict severe wounds on him. The skill was very effective in the past and by now it has not lost its importance.