Dear Shaolin Wahnam Family,
I know that some of you have trained Iron Arm with Rolling Bamboo. Did anyone continue with the practice and how did you find the outcome? Does anyone else have experience with other hardening exercises?
Training in the Shaolin Temple offered many external methods for monks that had not yet proven their worth. On the other hand, such teaching by masters enabled even less gifted, though necessarily dedicated, students to develop some formidable power via various means that had little internal training. Perhaps the most famous legacy of these external methods were different types of hardening exercises that often provided both defense and offense to the conditioned parts of the body. Classically the 72 Arts of Shaolin include Iron Head, Iron Shirt, Iron Arm, Iron Palm, Iron Fist, Iron Leg, Iron Knees, and Golden Cicada for groins. There were many variations for training similar results like Iron Bull for training the belly and Golden Tortoise for training the back.
We have Golden Bell in our training catalogue which works inside out. This is a very powerful internal exercise that among health benefits produces an energy field to protect the body, leaving the only vulnerable parts at eyes and testicles. It also leaves the skin soft instead of conditioning it to be externally tough and hard for touch.
Is there any need for any hardening exercises after acquiring the Golden Bell? Considering cost-effectiveness of how much time and dedication hardening exercises require, it would be almost silly to pursue them without a proper reason. Golden Cicada could of course benefit nearly every man as terrible accidents might happen, but I was wondering whether additional hardening would provide additional safety for demanding professions such as fire fighters who may get exposed to extreme hazards. The Iron Head, for example, might turn out to be a worthy extra life insurance.
With sincere respect,
Olli
I know that some of you have trained Iron Arm with Rolling Bamboo. Did anyone continue with the practice and how did you find the outcome? Does anyone else have experience with other hardening exercises?
Training in the Shaolin Temple offered many external methods for monks that had not yet proven their worth. On the other hand, such teaching by masters enabled even less gifted, though necessarily dedicated, students to develop some formidable power via various means that had little internal training. Perhaps the most famous legacy of these external methods were different types of hardening exercises that often provided both defense and offense to the conditioned parts of the body. Classically the 72 Arts of Shaolin include Iron Head, Iron Shirt, Iron Arm, Iron Palm, Iron Fist, Iron Leg, Iron Knees, and Golden Cicada for groins. There were many variations for training similar results like Iron Bull for training the belly and Golden Tortoise for training the back.
We have Golden Bell in our training catalogue which works inside out. This is a very powerful internal exercise that among health benefits produces an energy field to protect the body, leaving the only vulnerable parts at eyes and testicles. It also leaves the skin soft instead of conditioning it to be externally tough and hard for touch.
Is there any need for any hardening exercises after acquiring the Golden Bell? Considering cost-effectiveness of how much time and dedication hardening exercises require, it would be almost silly to pursue them without a proper reason. Golden Cicada could of course benefit nearly every man as terrible accidents might happen, but I was wondering whether additional hardening would provide additional safety for demanding professions such as fire fighters who may get exposed to extreme hazards. The Iron Head, for example, might turn out to be a worthy extra life insurance.
With sincere respect,
Olli
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