Pictures of Shaolin Kung-fu
Shaolin Kung-fu consists of 72 techniques including 36 external and 36 internal exercises. Each of the exercise has a very close lie with Qigong (breathing exercise), such as Tiebi Gong (the iron arm exercise), Diao Gong (the exercise of hanging from a tree with a rope around the neck), Tiebushan (the belly exercise), Yizhijin (the exercise of standing on the ground with one finger), Huo Gong (the exercise of licking a burning hot iron shovel), Tietou Gong (the iron head — the exercise of head training), Badding Gong (the exercise of pulling out nails from a wood plate), Yudai Gong (the arm exercise), Tizhuang Gong (the exercise of kicking a stake with one foot), Hama Gong (a toad-like exercise), Qianjin Zhui (the exercise of hafting a big stone attached to the testes with a rope), Yingzhao Gong (the exercise of fingers). Da Muren (the exercise of hitting a wood figure), Qingshen Shu (the light exercise) and Tong/i Gong (the exercise for boys). The Shaolin Kung-fu players should have the training of both light and hard exercises besides the training of managing various Shaolin weapons. The masters of martial arts circles often said that "it will be in vain if one practice the boxing only;" and "one will have nothing to pass on to his descendants if he practices kung-fu only." This indicates that the relations among kung-fu, boxing, and weapons are like the relations between eyes and ears. Once mastering the Shaolin Kung-fu, one could not only defeat the enemies without any losses, but also keep fit and live a longer life.
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