Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin
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The book “Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin” by Jin Jing Zhong is devoted to the most enigmatic and little-known aspect of training of Shaolin monks. The book was written in 1934 with blessing and direct participation of the abbot of the Shaolin Monastery Reverend Miao Xing nicknamed “The Golden Arhat”, one of the best Shaolin fighters of all times. For the first time the book describes full training methods in all 72 Shaolin Arts. Being until recently for outs… More >>
Categories: Kung Fu books
The training methods described are out dated compared with todays standards. However, it’s a nice book to have for historicle purpose. The secret to attaining any skill is Practice, Practice, Practice… You will notice this while reading the book.
Rating: 3 / 5
The book gets you back at the beginning of the 20th century, when kung-fu was for real martial purposes and when you didn’t train for fun.
There is a short introduction plus a highlight on the different exercices you should do every day (qi-gong), then there is 2 to 5 pages for each training method. They are mostly “hard” (and hardcore!) training, such as trying to pull nails from a plank or beating yourself with hammers, plus also training methods for speed and flexibility.
There are a couple of exercices which are extremely difficult, if not impossible, such as running on walls or hitting yourself in the groin. Lots of good info though for those who want to push themselves in their kung fu training
Rating: 5 / 5
This book explains alot of excercises and shows how to conditon parts that are thought to be unexcercisable. I have always admired shaolin skill, but i like thai boxing more so i bought this book on cross training my martial arts with shaolin training in order to better understand the fighting arts. Plus if your gonna do something try to be extraordianary instead of ordinary lol. This is a very good book to add to your repetoire of self improvement. Also, thank you reverand for being kick ass and shareing this incredible knowledge.
Rating: 5 / 5
this book has all the exercises,just as promised. The thing you have to remember is the time it was written in. So youre going to have to buy some things…a lot of things if you want to become good with the training. Another thing: dont buy this if you dont have patience. A lot of the exercises take a “warm up”. The thing is tht it takes 100 days,then 10 more years to completely master. But dont let this stop you
good luck
Rating: 5 / 5
Jin Jing Zhong’s, “72 Arts of Shaolin,” is an amazing compilation of training and conditioning techniques. It preserves much of the ancient Shaolin training knowledge that would otherwise have been lost after the Communist Revolution. I have added many of the techniques to my own training regimen, and I only wish that I had found this book when I was younger! Most of the practices are safe but highly taxing and require a 100% committment in order to achieve success. Others require special apparatus or setups, but none are insurmountable. I quickly discovered a few favorite exercises that I try to practice every day, and I am sure that any student reading this work will fall in love with some of them as well. A few of the exercises suggest training with “dead lead,” and as far as I know, there is no way to train safely with lead. I would recommend using some of the other non-toxic heavy metal substitutes for those exercises that are readily available today. This book is truly wonderful, and contains much of the true spirit of Shaolin. I’ll need to buy another one soon to replace my own dog-eared copy! Good luck-Erik.
Rating: 5 / 5