DIEN SHI GONG

Skill “Piercing Through Stones” | Brief Description

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

Shaolin skill “Piercing Through Stones” serves for strengthening the “external” power of the body, it is designed to rear the YANG force in a human body. That skill is aimed at training the “indicative force” of two fingers. After mastering it you can kill a man, just touching him with your hand. As regard to its effectiveness, it is similar to some “soft” exercises for finger training.

When you master Shaolin skill DIEN SHI GONG, you will be able to concentrate all your force in fingers, or in finger tips, to speak more correctly. Using only fingers, it is possible to do a lot of harm to the health of a man, moreover, it is possible to inflict severe wounds in him. You will be able to hit a man, even if some physical obstacle separates you from him. At that, it is necessary to indicate directly at the man whose health you would like to do harm. Only in that case the use of that skill will have the highest efficiency. It should be realized well and kept in mind from the start of training. When you finish learning the exercise, you will be able to hit easily people only with your fingers and inflict on them severe wounds, even those ones that cause death. If one needs to cure such wounds with herbal medicine, he has to cure the whole body. If only fingers are capable of inflicting such body damages, what could you say about the whole arm and the destructive force which can be contained in it...

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

...Two more years later, when you can easily pierce through stones, Shaolin skill DIEN SHI GONG will have been mastered. At present this skill in use is as effective as in the past. Having acquired the technique, you yourself will have to understand the importance of this exercise for the Shaolin Martial Art. Don’t be blind, try to understand clearly the meaning of learning DIEN SHI GONG. The man who learns and improves the method must be very persistent from the very beginning. Training one of the skills of “Deadly Hand”, he must concentrate his utmost attention to it without stopping to learn in no time. It is not so easy just to stretch an arm and inflict on a man such injuries that will cause death. Trainees who pay attention to all those things will master the skill “Piercing Through Stones” to perfection.

After it one may proceed to learn the Shaolin skill of striking at vulnerable points DIAN XUE SHU to become more powerful.