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the Best of Shaolin Kung Fu
The international work of Shaolin kung fu is derived from the exercise of cross-legged sitting in meditation of the Chan Sect, the foundation of the utmost mastery in all styles of kung fu. It requires the practitioner to close his eyes, place the tougue to the upper jaw, and breathe evenly to release the qi go throughout the internal organs. The development of the Chan exercises gave birth to the 12th style of Yijinjing, which tempers toughness with gentleness. More unique skills were born after the Ming Dynasty, including the internal and external exercises, hard exercise, light exercise, child's exercise, walking and fighting on top of stakes set into the ground, the Luohan exercise, freezing an enemy by jabbing his acu-points, fire exercise, and the heart-and-mind stake exercise, to name only a few.

The unique skills of the Shaolin Kung fu give full play to a human being's potential by integrating the wisdom and spirit of the Chan Sect. Imagine these: he is still alive even though he is strangled; his throat remains unhurt after being stung by a spear; his fingers penetrate wood; the stone is broken on top of his head; the stick is broken after heating his chest; he headstands on two fingers; and he breaks the stone with his "flying" foot

Shaolin breath control can be divided into the internal and external, or the soft and hard exercise. Internal breath control exercise is practiced either as a means to keep fit and cultivate moral conduct by regulating the internal qi(breath). They include baduanjin, yijinjing, yinyang qi and sitting Chan. The external breath control stresses directing the internal qi, through concentration, to a certain part of the body, thus endowing it with extraordinary strength, so powerful and incredible that it is beyond people's imagination. The best examples are tiebushan(iron jacker), zhushazhang(red sand palm), tietougong(iron head exercise, or hanging from a tree with a rope round the neck), gangdugong(iron stomach exercise), fire exercise, and tieshazhang (iron sand palm).

Shaolin kung fu on stakes can be divided into the Meihua (Plum Blossom) and Xinyi (Heart-and-Mind). The Meihua stakes stand some two meters above the ground and each is set at a specific distance from the others. Shaolin devotees are able to fight on top of the stakes as if they were moving on solid ground. The Xinyi stake exercise is one of the oldest exercises of Shaolin kung fu. An internal work, it sends out the power through integrating the internal breath and strength. Skillful devotees can stamp their feet into a pit and break the stone with their feet. The 48 pits in the Ten-Thousand-Buddha Hall of the Shaolin Temple evidence this power.

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