14. "Raising a Weight of 1000 JINs"

TIE QIAN JIN

Brief description*

*Excerpt from the book: Jin Jing Zhong. Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin. ISBN: 978-1440474170

The exercise “Raising a Weight of 1000 JINs” is a hard and external exercise that increases force. It belongs to the hard kind of force YANG. This exercise is also called “Water Chestnut” (SHI BO QI, BI QI) . This kind of Shaolin GONG FU trains the force of grip with thumb, middle, and forefinger (so called the force of a “pinch”, or “pinching force”) and increases the force of arms in a “supporting” effort. It bears certain similarity with the exercise “Eagle’s Claws” (YING ZHAO) and “Pulling out a Mountain” (BO SHAN). The difference is in that in this case force is applied by the inner surfaces of the third phalanges of fingers instead of finger tips. Fighters in the South China widely used this exercise...

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...It is necessary to advance in training gradually and step by step. You can attain the ability to hold a tool weighing 50-60 JINs (25-30 kg) with three fingers for a long time. When one succeeds in holding the tool by weight for more than one hour, the skill will reach its peak. If you catch your enemy, you will be able to inflict a severe wound on him, if you catch a wooden board with three fingers, you will be able to press a hole through it.

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