Iron shirt

Iron shirt

Iron Shirt (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: tiě shān; Cantonese: tit1 saam3) is a form of hard style martial art exercise for protecting the human body from impacts in a fight. Some martial arts are based on the idea that a correctly trained body can withstand more damage than one that is untrained. Iron Shirt is said to be a series of exercises using many post stances, herbs, qigong and body movements to cause the body's natural energy (qi) to reinforce its structural strength. Practitioners believe that directing energy to parts of the body can reinforce these parts of the body to take blows against them. In the Shaolin version of Iron Shirt, the practitioner would do things such as lying on a stump or supporting tablets of granite on the chest with the goal of toughening the body.

Famous practitioners

According to 13th generation lineage "Tai He" ("Great Harmony") Wudangquan Master "Fan Ke Ping" (zh-c|范克平), a collector of rare Kung fu manuals, Zhou Tong, the archery teacher of General Yue Fei, practiced "Shènzi bādà Qígōng" (zh-c|肾子八大奇功 - "Testicle Eight Outstanding Techniques"). [ [http://en.epochtimes.com/news/6-2-16/38268.html Ancient Martial Arts Manuals Appear in Nanjing] (Chinese-English mix)] A book of this style supposedly appeared during the Ming Dynasty and was taught on Wudang Mountain. It became a "hereditary style", taught only to close family members. [ [http://www.cn-wushuschool.com/page18.htm Nanjing Ancient martial bookstore] (Chinese only)] Other styles include the "Hǔ Xiào Jīn Zhōng Zhào" (zh-c|虎啸金钟罩 – “Tiger Shouting Golden Bell Exercise"), "Tie Bu Shan" ("Five Phoenix Iron Shirt Work") and the "Wu Feng Qi Ming Gui Xi Su" ("Five Phoenix Combined Shouting Tortoise Resting Method"). Zhou Tong supposedly learned these skills from an “unknown master” and passed it along. During the Ming Dynasty, Daoist Priest "Deng Kun Lun" (zh-c|邓坤伦) is fabled to have learned the set and later published a book in 1426 called "Dà Sòng Quān Nèi Dì Yī Gāo Shǒu Zhōu Tóng Zhēn Chuán Hǔ Xiào Jīn Zhōng Zhào Fú Qì Liàn Xíng Mì Shù" (zh-c|大宋圈内第一高手周侗真传虎啸金钟罩服气炼形秘术 - “Great Song Circle Internal Sequence First Master Zhou Tong True Line Tiger Shouting Golden Bell Exercise Build Secret Technique”). [ [http://www.cn-wushuschool.com/page13.htm Wu Tang Golden Bell] (Chinese only)] [ [http://www.cn-wushuschool.com/page15.htm Wu Tang pail builds up the Dan Tian] (Chinese only)] There is a VCD series about this set of qigong exercises. [ [http://www.plumpub.com/sales/vcd4/coll_WDtaihe.htm Wu Dang TAI HE Style Boxing] Zhou Tong's name has been “Americanized”, meaning the surname goes last and the given names goes first (Example: Zhou Tong = Tong Zhou).]

A folktale called "Meeting Zhou Tong By Chance" states Zhou Tong was walking down the far side of a tall bridge when he noticed a large young man walking up in his direction while looking down at his own feet. Thinking the young man to be a martial arts master wanting to embarrass Zhou by knocking him off the bridge with a shoulder strike, Zhou prepared for a counter-attack and began to swallow air with a subtle “Hm!” and focused all of his energy to his right shoulder. The skin of his shoulder turned red then purple and became hard as rock underneath his clothing. When the two men brushed shoulders, the young man was nearly knocked off of the bridge and the pain caused saliva to pour from his mouth. The attack left him weak in the knees and one side of his body was completely numb. But the incident was a misunderstanding. The young man was none-other-than his future student, the Water Margin bandit Wu Song who was looking down at his feet to avoid large water puddles born from a freak rain shower.Børdahl, Vibeke. "The Oral Traditions of Yangzhou Storytelling." Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1996 (ISBN 0-7007-0436-1)]

References

ee also

*Dim mak
*Iron palm

External links

*http://www.internalkungfu.ca/download8.wmv


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