Train Iron Spear Hand Kung Fu
Iron Body Training is a facet of Shaolin Kung Fu where the practitioner trains his body such that he is able to give or sustain heavy blows without serious injury to various parts of his body, with many sub-skills focusing on different parts of the body. This article will tell you exactly how to train your finger-tip strikes to increase power.
Contents
Steps
- You need to be familiar with 5 Step Chi Kung breathing. It would be beneficial to have a good quality Dit Da Jow ointment for preparation and healing.
- Prepare your hands by channelling Chi/Strength into your hands. Once you can activate your hand chi you train it 5 days from 7 for 20 weeks (100 times). Use the Dit Da Jow (DDJ) before and after each exercise. If you are successful every time in activating your hands without fail, you can continue to the next step.
- Prepare a bowl, pot or some-such that is twice you hand deep and 4 times your hand width. Fill it with boiling water. Pour it into the container first the start your 5 step breathing preparations. When your hands are ready; execute 100 Snake Head Finger Strikes (50 each hand) 5 days from 7 for 20 weeks without fail or error before progressing onto the next level.
- Replace the Water in the Container with fine, very find white sand. Again as before, prepare your hands with the DDJ and your Hands with the Five Step breathing (FSB). Ensure that your fingernail length is less than your fingers else you will force sand in under your fingernails and it will be very painful. Your are not yet ready for this. Now PUSH your hands through the sand until all 4 fingers are fully in the sand. Again practice this until you can do this 100 time, 50 with each hand in one practice sessions. Now start increasing the speed of your pushing, gradually until it is striking speed. Take this slowly as this is the make or break phase. You may also wish to supplement this with 100 Push-ups first on your fist then on three middle fingers of each hand.
- At no time should you break skin! Always stop if your hand is damaged and start from the beginning all over again!
- Replace the fine sand grains with coarse sand granules and repeat as before and continue your Push-up on three fingers. If you can do 100 push-ups on both hands 5 days from 7 DO NOT proceed to the next level. Again, if you can work the coarse sand as easily as with he find sand, at striking speed proceed.
- After you can strike the mung beans with ease as well, replace them with white river pebbles that are rounded and do not have sharp edges. Do everything as in the previous stages!
- Replace the gravel with iron or steel ball-bearings and repeat the training. The training is complete when you can strike the ball-bearings without pain or injury to yourself.
Tips
- Throughout your training, you should use liniment on your fist to prevent injuries. This liniment is called Die(1) Da(3) Jiu(3) in Chinese, and commonly known to the western world as Dit Da Jow. Applying this liniment to the affected area before and after training, rubbing it in well, is thought to prevent injury later in life caused by the Iron Body Training. The liniment is obtainable from Chinese medicinal halls or off the internet. You should make sure the type you use is specifically for training Iron Body.
Warnings
- Such Iron Body Training works by calcifying the bone and thickening the skin. This may cause unwanted deformity such as shortened fingers. Do not undergo such training without knowing the risks. This form of Iron Body Training is the least recommended due to its large potential for deformity.
- This information is provided for informative purposes only and should only be undertaken at your own risk.
- This art is not something that can be attained quickly - it is for life. Make sure you have maximum commitment before embarking on the training.
- Be careful when striking - know your limit and try not to go over. Start lightly and slowly build up strength.
- Don't show off your skills. If you want to learn Iron Body Kung Fu in order to show off, you should re-examine your motive.
