Iron stomach qi gong
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Iron stomach qi gong
| By Chaz (Chaz) on Monday, March 05, 2007 - 4:33 pm: Edit |
Hello,
Does anyone have information on where I can
study the iron stomach Qigong ?
Hello,
I have been practising hong ga kung fu for a while now, and have just begun practising iron or steel stomach qi gong. I'm finding amazing benefits already.
Just curious if anyone else has practised this or heard of it? What have your results been?
| By ZenHG on Friday, June 11, 2004 - 8:35 am: Edit |
I have heard of it. I am a practitioner of Goju Ryu Karate, which is very closely related to White Crane Quan Fa, has some Pagua and Dragon principles as well as Okinawan Dance Principles.
Anyways, in this system we practice a form of Qi Gong called Sanchin (Chin: Sam Chien) meaning three battles.
It employs an Iron Body method, the idea is to press the Ki/Qi into the bones, gathering it from the outside to the inside, directing it finally towards the stomache.
This is our hard method. We also have a more subtle method called Tensho, which is based on a form caled Rokkishu, an older Chinese form.
The idea here is not so much Iron Body, but Fluid body, directing the Ki/Qi from the inside toward the outside, like reaching critical mass in the stomache, but remaining relaxed.
| By Reciprocity on Friday, May 06, 2005 - 2:07 pm: Edit |
Hung Gar is very definitely Iron Body. It is one of the hardest of the Chinese hard styles, using a lot of strength and speed in its punches and kicks, and specializing as well in "Tiger Claw" chin na techniques for ripping the muscles and tendons away from the bones. It is a very strong style that is based on Shaolin techniques.
Its most famous exponent was Wong Fei-hung of "No Shadow Kick" fame.
It is still quite popular in Hong Kong, notably with very famous and influential HK movie stars like Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Gordon Liu and Lau Kar-leung.