You need to learn kung fu secrets quickly in today’s society. Murders, rapes, the general dissolution of health, you need to learn shaolin or wing chun or one of the very combative fighting disciplines, and you can’t take your sweet time about it.
Unfortunately, it can take three or four years to learn Kung Fu moves. It can take a dozen years to master a martial art. The problem is that this is just too long, and this is problem we’re going to fix right here.
My solution to this problem was to isolate the main concept–and motion–behind a system of kung fu, and concentrate upon just that concept. I didn’t want to train by memorizing endless patterns and martial applications, you see, I wanted to go for the gold. I wanted to find out what secret was behind any system I studied.
The problem was that every system I studied seemed to have a different concept. The Mantis hooked and pulled and Wing Chun slipped and struck. Tai Chi absorbed and guided, and so on.
None of the systems seemed to have much to do with one another! But, I reasoned, fighting is, at heart, fighting! There had to be a simple concept that tied them all together.
There had to be some simple thing that was common to each oriental discipline, no matter how different the fighting system seemed to be! There had to be an underlying principle that I was missing. And, in the end, I found it.
No matter what art you are studying, the body is the one thing that remains the same. Kung fu, dance, flower arranging, taking a walk…they all need a body. And the body is constructed the same, pretty much, from person to person.
Thus, I took apart and considered all the arts, and found that there is a principle of body motion, relating to and coming from the body, that is the same for virtually all arts. And the arts I was studying suddenly resolved and made sense. I had found the gold!
Eventually, I formed my own system, and it is based on this common principle of body structure, and the only potentials of motion that a body is capable of. I call this system the Shaolin Butterfly, and the true glory of it is that is includes virtually all potentials of motion from all other systems of Kung Fu. Oh, and one other thing about this system that is great–it can be learned in a couple of months, and this is how you learn kung fu secrets fast!
This article courtesy of Al Case at www.freemartialartsonline.com
A Look at Various Iron Body Kung Fu Methods
We’ve all heard the tales, guy hits the master and breaks his hand. Knives are blunted upon the master’s body. And, during the Boxer Rebellion, bullets bounced off bodies.
Over the years, most of these myths have been proven to be false. People died in the Boxer Rebellion, victim to bushwah propaganda and fantasy. And, if there are any fellows out there who would like to blunt the tip of my Cold Steel, send me an e-mail and a release form.
However, bushwah aside, there are a few methods which aid in creating a tougher body, harder strikes and blocks, and so on. The question, of course, is which method works the best?
When it comes to hand conditioning, Chinese Kung Fu preach various iron palm potions, if you soak your hands before and after working out, the tissue remains pliable and yet still retains the value of the work out. Thus, you can pound on beans and sand and pellets of iron until your cup runneth over. My only problem with this method is that I believe in methods which don’t rely on the body, I prefer methods which use the power of the mind.
Tai Chi, for instance, speaks of a pliable body which has power that is soft on the outside, hard on the inside. I think this is probably preferable to bruise potions, but one would have to spend a lot of time studying the various Tai Chi arts to attain what one is seeking. Be prepared to study Chen for power, Yang for workable posture, Wu for subtle motions, Sun for twisting effects, and so on.
Now, to be truthful, just doing karate forms is going to give you an ‘iron body.’ The problem is that most people do the forms wrong, so the benefits don’t always accumulate. But, if you can find the correct way of doing forms, then you can, within the space of about two years, learn how to maximize energy within your body to withstand a strike, and concentrate energy into your hands for striking.
The best way of developing power, without the need for secret knowledge or magic potions, is simply to set up a stand which supports a brick, and drop the palm on it. Place a folded wash cloth over it to protect the palm, and don’t strike too hard, just drop the palm. The trick is to be willing to do it for an hour a day each and every day
I know people will have other methods, and I am always fascinated by what people prefer in this matter. The things I have said in this article I have formulated over four decades of inspecting a variety of martial arts. Whether it is iron palm, iron body kung fu, or whatever, there is value in pursuing these strange and esoteric methods.
This article courtesy of Al Case at www.freemartialartsonline.com
What he had, aside from a humungous helping of belief in himself, was the correct data on how to make a punch. That he had the data was obvious, for he couldn’t kill a bull without this data. Here is the data that he had to have.
Fourth, One must keep the shoulders down. If you raise the shoulders the energy goes up at the shoulder, and not down through the body and into the earth. Again, have somebody push on your extended fist and raise and lower the shoulder until you can channel the flow of energy easily and without effort.
