27. The Pole of a Falling Star

LIU XING ZHUANG

Brief description*

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

Shaolin exercise “The Pole of a Falling Star” belongs to hard external exercises, it develops the hard YANG force. The training method is very simple. Dig a thick bamboo trunk into the ground, wrap tightly the outside of it with a thick hemp cord. Stand before the pole...

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... If you train yourself hard for a long time and adhere to constancy, your skin and muscles gradually become thick and strong, feeling of pain caused by doing the exercise will disappear and the spirit which was shapeless will strengthen. All parts of the body will become as if made of iron and it will be of no importance in a bout if you strike with an arm or a legs. If you diligently and assiduously exercise for three years, you will realize that a positive result has been achieved.

A great number of people in Northern provinces practise this kind of Shaolin GONG FU. Sometimes it is called “Standing like a pile and beating a pile” (ZHAN ZHUANG DA ZHUANG). Actually this exercise at the initial stage can be trained at any suitable place and at any convenient time. It helps to develop body, arms, eyes, and movements at most.

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