59. Ba Wang’s Elbow

BA WANG ZHOU

Brief description*

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

Shaolin exercise “Ba Wang’s elbow” belongs to “hard” exercises aimed at external strengthening of the body. It is of YANG “hard” kind. That method is one of Shaolin exercises to strengthen and fortify the elbows. However, that exercise differs from the exercise “Eagle Wings” (see par.#37) where the side surface of an elbow is used, as well as some parts of forearms and shoulders close to an elbow. “Ba Wang’s Elbow” is a special Shaolin exercise where an elbow tip is strengthened to deliver downward and backward blows. Those two exercises must not be confused ...

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... Proceed to use stones with prominent ribs later and also fix them with clay and sand. Train yourself in the same way to be insensitive to pain when you do the exercise. Over time both elbows and both feet will become strong enough and will be like cast iron at last. They will become as sharp as a knife edge, a blow will become as strong as a blow of a big hammer and you yourself will receive no harm. In that case, if you strike at the enemy, you will break through his chest or squash his stomach. You have to spend 3 years from the beginning to the end of the exercise.

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