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The Shaolin 72 arts are methods of preparing the body and mind for action under extreme conditions in daily life and especially in bare-hand or cold-weapon combat. These were the result of personal experience of monks from the Shaolin Monastery in exercise and combat. Combined with the monk's vast knowledge of Qigong and Chinese medicine and acupressure, the methods were completed and secretly passed down from generation to generation. Shaolin kung fu theory is that if you train only hand-to-hand techniques and do not pay attention to special training, you will never achieve the highest mastery and your movements will lack the real force. These methods were later passed down to other schools of Chinese martial arts, and became the foundation of the utmost mastery in all styles of Kung Fu.[citation needed] Having mastered these methods, kung fu practitioners can easily break several bricks and stones with their bare hands, feet, their head, they can stand on one finger of their hands, deliver several blows in a very short time, withstand a spear tip pushing on their throat or belly, as well as many other such skills.

Practicing methods of the 72 arts of Shaolin kung fu
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swim aka going into waves

soft bones

spears and knives cannot wound

dodge and fight aka sand bags : It develops the maneuvering speed of the body. The trainee needs to hang small sand bags, of 2.5-3 kg or smaller, or other objects, like metal coins, small stones, knives, etc., with strong but flexible string. If instead of sand bags knives are hung, the exercise is called. This is much harder, because smaller objects need more accuracy to hit and control. The bags must be at a height of man’s shoulders. The trainee stands in the center of the structure. First, he hangs one bag and delivers punches at it so that the bag swings out and When the bag returns back to the trainee, he strikes at it again with greater force. After mastering with a single bag, he proceeds with 2 bags. He strikes at bags with simultaneous or successive blows. The bags should be blown 100 times or more a day at the highest speed without pauses. After mastering it with 2 bags, he proceeds with successive blows at 4 bags at front, rear, left and right sides. He then proceeds with random blows with different parts of the body at these 4 bags. After mastering it with 4 bags, he can gradually proceed to 10 bags at full motion, while walking, running, jumping, falling, etc.

meteor poles ; similar: 1000 sheets of paper aka standing like a pile and beating a pile

iron robe

metal bell cover

serial hits : It is external. It strengthens all parts of body against enemy blows. The trainee takes a piece of hard wood and delivers successive blows with it at all parts of his body, i.e., the arms, legs (front and inner sides, outer and back sides), chest and stomach, both sides of the chest and waist, back and waist. He can also hit all sides of his head. He starts with light blows and makes the blows heavier gradually. He makes a 100 blows or more at each of these parts. He can train himself 2 times every day, e.g., once in the morning and once in the evening. After a year, instead of a wood, He uses a brick and trains as before. He will use a piece of iron, e.g., a rod or hammer, after another half a year. After another half a year, which is 2 years total, he is expected to reach mastership.

iron head

enlightened

tortoise back

cloth bag

iron belly aka iron ox

jade belt aka continuous round of the universe : The first level of this skill is called hug the tree. The trainee stands in front of a tree and hugs it firmly by ringing his arms round it, and tries to uproot it. After a year the arms, the chest, and other parts of the body become strong and he can shake the tree forcefully. After another year, the tree gradually wilts. At the 3rd year, it is said that the force may be able to uproot or break the tree trunk. The 'hug the tree' skill is mastered with success. The trainee may then continue the 'Jade Belt' skill by proceeding to doing the exercise with big pillar-like stones of 200-250 kg. Stones are slippery and it is more difficult to exercise with them. He trains himself until he can easily raise and lower the stone. He then will try to hold the stone suspended for as long as possible. After 2 years, he will try to walk while holding the stone. After acquiring this level, the power of and the control over the body parts, especially the arms, will be great.

500-kilo sluice shutter

raise pot

sack of iron aka sack of iron beads

stone padlock

frog

separate water

lash power

eagle wings

Bawang's elbows

iron arms

twin locks : It is external. The trainee hits both his forearms to each other, like the two arms of a scissor. This is very painful. After a long time, he will feel no pain, and the forearms, while colliding with each other, make a dull sound. Afterwards, he proceeds by training his hands as well, his fists, palms, fingers, by hitting them mutually to each other. After a while, when a hollow sound is heard while doing this exercise, this level of mastership is over. Finally, he will hit his arms against his raised shins, raising the left and right knee in turn, to keep balance between hard and soft in his arms.

hard and soft

horse saddle

bullet fists

Yin hands aka Yin fists  aka mysterious air punch  aka well fist ; if done by punching to a candle instead of a well: chasing the wind palms  aka sun-rays hands

pushing mountain palms

bamboo leaf palms aka copper sand palms  aka palm rotating in sand

iron sand hands aka black sand hands : The trainee fills a canvas bag with one or a few kilograms of iron sand or iron chips, or another hard sand-like material. He put this bag on a bench, a short wall, or on a hard ground and delivers successive blows with the palm and the back of his hands at it. He may also use the lower edge of his hands. The blows should be light at first and become heavy gradually. After training during 100 days, good results are reached, but complete mastership takes one or a couple of years. After that, he is expected to be able to break several bricks or stones with his hands.

hands of 5 poisons aka 5 poisons chase sand palms  aka Yin hand and palm of 5 thunders

mantis claws aka diamond hand

chop-devil swords aka Bodhisattva Guan Yin's palms

rubbing palms aka golden dragon hands

whirlwind palms aka cinnabar sand palms  aka plum-blossom palms  aka red sand palms

one-finger meditation

one diamond finger

poke stone

metal spades aka immortal's hands : It is external but also has internal aspects. The trainee delivers forceful stabbing blows with his fingertips, with the four fingers straight and close together, at hard objects, like walls, tables, benches, trees, etc., every day. After a long time, he is expected to be able to make small dents in wooden objects. If he can make a hole in a wooden object, the first stage is over. Then he will do the exercise on a stone as before. With time, after many blows, he is expected to make a deep dent on the stone.

locking fingers

pull out nails : It develops the locking force of the fingers. The trainee knocks a number of nails with length of about 10 cm into a thick wooden board or a tree. He grabs a nail with the fingers and tries to pull it out. The grab can be done with 2 fingers, the thumb and the index finger, or with 3, 4, or all the 5 fingers. If he can pull out the nails, he has reached the first level of mastership. Then, he pours salt water on the nails to become rusty and then trains himself as before. At the highest level of mastership, he is expected to be able to pull out the rusty nails.

carry 500 kilos aka water chestnut

pull out mountain

eagle claws force aka dragon claws

pinch flower

metal sand hands aka rub and pierce

guitar aka 3 fingers of Yin  aka springy fingers

slithering snake aka jumping centipede

crouching tiger aka sleeper  aka feline

knock groins aka golden cicada

draw in Yin

stone poles aka stone pole : The trainee practices the horse-riding stance  every day in many repetitions. With time, his legs become stronger and he does the exercise in less but longer repetitions. After a long time, he can stay in the stance continuously for one hour. The first goal is reached. Then he will dig two poles of the thickness of about one third of a foot sole into ground, and will do the exercise on top of them. It is much harder now, but after 3 months, painful feelings disappear and he may again gradually increase the time of the exercise. Afterwards, he proceeds with putting a weight of 10-15 kg on both of his thighs. Every 3 months he will add another 5 kg or more until the weight reaches 50 kg, and he can do it continuously for half an hour on top of the poles. His body is now rooted like a mountain. This takes 5-6 years or more.

iron knees

kicking legs

iron sweeping broom aka iron leg

kick wooden pole aka pole of cypress : The trainee finds a long pole which is rooted and dug into the ground. He kicks and pushes the pole with both his legs in succession everyday. This is painful, but the pain gradually disappears after a half a year. After a year, the legs become powerful. Then, instead, he will proceed by kicking a bigger thing, like a sheer rock or a small wall, weighing 250-350 kg. This is painful again, but pain disappears over time. If his kick, as expected, can displace the stone to a distance of several feet, the success has been achieved.

shooting feet

light body

pass on a string

plum-blossom poles

flight walking aka flight over the earth aka night walking aka solitary walk of 1,000 LIs: The trainee ties some small weight to each of his legs and runs as quick as possible on a flat ground for as long as he can. Every few days, he adds about 50 g to the weight until it reaches 2-2.5 kg on each leg. After a few years his body agility becomes great. He continues on by training on uneven, rugged grounds instead. If at nights, he can run on a rugged ground with stones, rocks, and cliffs as easily and fast as on a flat ground, the full success has been achieved. If he walks without the weight on his body, he will see the lightness and extreme ability of his body to run fast and jump over obstacles.

run on boards

fly to roofs and walk on walls aka 8 steps in the horizontal position

deft jumps

high jumping aka higher and further

pass through the curtain

reveal truth

flip and soar aka leather strips

lizard climbs wall aka climbing the wall  or hanged picture