72 Secret Arts of Monks from the Shaolin Monastery The 72 Shaolin Secret Arts are methods of preparing the

body and the mind for action under extreme conditions (first of all, in conditions of real-life hand-to-hand combat ! "f you train only hand-to-hand techni#ues and do not pay attention to special training, you $ill ne%er achie%e the highest mastery and your mo%ements $ill lack the real force! &The fists are like flo$ers, and the legs like embroidery needles&, laugh the old masters at such &techni#ues&! The 72 Arts of Shaolin are the foundation of the utmost mastery in all styles of 'ung (u! &Se%enty-t$o precious arts are kept in a brocade bag, they are kept like a great treasure! )ighteen of them are the essence of the famous treatises on pugilistic arts! )ighteen other arts describe in detail training methods $ith the use of special tools and training e#uipment! *onderful methods of attaining the flexibility of the breath-chi, exercises in obtaining hardness and lightness, clenching methods are $ritten $ith the blood of monks in books that are kept like a treasure in the brocade bag! +ne can seldom meet those $ho really $ant to do exercises $ith ,eal- to become a real hero, one must often feel bitter taste of hard labour!& .Secret Shaolin Treatises on the /ugilistic Art. Se%enty-t$o types of the Shaolin Arts represent an example of personal experience of monks from the Shaolin Monastery in the Songshan Mountains! This experience $as obtained by hard exercises in combat arts during many epochs! The best samples of those se%enty-t$o arts are such effecti%e methods as #i gong (chi kung , breathing exercises chi, exercises to obtain hardness ying gong and lightness #ing gong, acupoint massage dian xue, clenching arts #in na (chin na , the art of setting dislocations and bones and others! &"n all practices of the Se%enty-t$o Arts at first the basic theory is studied and only then exercises are done! At first those $ho practice the arts train the softness of their sine$s and bones and try to make agile all their 0oints and articulations! Then they set into motion the main breath 1+23 4", strengthen the internal organs (5, impro%e blood state, consolidate body strength, control the cinnabar field and concentrate energy in it, o%ercome their desires and re#uirements! The strength spreads on the four extremities and the hundred 0oints and articulations, no$ a fighter is in command of unlimited po$er and he can mo%e off one thousand 0ins! 6our arm $eighing only ten 0ins can mo%e a thing $eighing ten thousand 0ins $ith a stroke! 6our arms are a head, your legs are a tail! )%erything is permeated $ith a single mo%ement, the body mo%es like a dragon! Teachers said- &Shaolin exercises de%elop forces of the $hole human organism, all 0oints and bones7 you are capable of striking $ith all parts of your body!& There is one more saying- &The fist is the source of all arts and the leg is the base, the root of the fist!& +rdinary practice of pugilism consists of se%enty percent of leg training and thirty percent of fist training! "f you ac#uire pugilism, you can use eighteen types of $eapon! "f you resort to all ruses of pugilism, you can fight against ten thousand fighters!& .Secret Shaolin Treatises on the /ugilistic Art. 72 Secret Arts of Monks from the Shaolin Monastery8! Method &9iamond (inger& (6i 1hi :ingang (a !

2! )xercise &T$in 4ock& (Shuang Suo 3ong ! ;! )xercise &Striking $ith (oot& (1u She 3ong ! <! )xercise &/ulling out a 2ail& (=o 9ing 3ong ! >! )xercise &?inging ?ound a Tree& (=ao Shu 3ong @! (our-/art exercise (Si 9uan 3ong ! 7! )xercise &+ne (inger of Ahan Meditation& (6i 1hi Ahan 3ong ! B! )xercise &"ron Cead&(Tie Tou 3ong ! D! )xercise &"ron Shirt& (Tie =u Shan 3ong ! 8E! )xercise &A Series of =lo$s& (/ai 9a 3ong ! 88! )xercise &S$eeping $ith an "ron =room& (Tie Sao 1hou ! 82! )xercise &Cand - a =amboo 4eaf& (1hu 6e Shou 3ong ! 8;! )xercise :umping Aentipede (*5 3+23 T"A+ ! 8<! ?aising a *eight of 8EEE :"2s (T") F"A2 :"2 ! 8>! AelestialGs /alm (H"A2 ?)2 1CA23 ! 8@! Method of Cardness and Softness (3A23 ?+5 (A ! 87! Ainnabar /alm (1C5 SCA 1CA23 ! 8B! )xercise 4ying Tiger (*+ C5 3+23 ! 8D! S$imming and 9i%ing Skill (F"5 SC5" SC5 ! 2E! Sluice Shutter $eighing 8EEE :"2s (F"A2 :"2 1CA ! 28! Ao%ering $ith a 3old =ell (:"2 1C+23 1CA+ ! 22! )xercise (inger 4ock (S5+ 1C" 3+23 ! 2;! 4uohanGs )xercise (45+CA2 3+23 ! 2<! 4i,ard Alimbs the *all (="C5 65 F"A23 SC5 ! 2>! The Art of 4ash (="A2 :"2 (A ! 2@! )xercise &/"/A& (/"/A 3+23 !

27! &The /ole of a (alling Star& (4"5 H"23 1C5A23 ! 2B! &/oles of /lum =loom& (M)" C5A 1C5A23 ! 2D! The Art of Stone /adlock (SC" S5+ 3+23 ! ;E! &Skill of the "ron Arm& (T") =" 3+23 ! ;8! &(ist like a =ullet& (9A21" F5A2 ! ;2! )xercise &Soft =ones& (?+5 35 3+23 ! ;;! )xercise &(rog& (CAMA 3+23 ! ;<! )xercise &/iercing the Aurtain& (AC5A2 4"A2 3+23 ! ;>! The (orce of )agleGs Ala$s (6"23 1CA+ 4" ! ;@! Techni#ue &"ron =ull& (T") 2"5 3+23 ! ;7! Skill of )agle *ings (6"23 6" 3+23 ! ;B! Arm of Sun ?ays (6A23 35A23 SC+5 ! ;D! )xercise for 3roin (M)2 9A2 3+23 ! <E! )xercise &"ron =ag& (T") 9A" 3+23 ! <8! Method that ?e%eals the Truth (:") 9" 3+23 ! <2! Skill of Tortoise =ack (35" =)" 3+23 ! <;! Skill of 9eft :umps (A5A2 1+23 SC5 ! <<! Skill of 4ight =ody (:"2 SC)2 SC5 ! <>! )xercise &"ron 'nees& (T") H" 3+23 ! <@! Techni#ue of :umps (T"A+ 6A+ (A ! <7! /alm of "ron Sand (T") SCA 1CA23 ! <B! /ulling a Silk Thread (6" H"A2 AC5A2 ! <D! Method of dra$ing in 6"2 (H" 6"2 3+23 ! >E! Techni#ue of &?ubbing and Thrusts& (M+ ACA SC5 ! >8! )xercise &Stone /ile& (SC" 1C5 3+23 !

>2! Skill &2either 4ances nor =roads$ords Aan *ound& (F"A23 9A+ =5 ?5 (A ! >;! 3ong (u &(light& (()" H"23 3+23 ! ><! Cand of (i%e /oisons (*5 95 SC+5 ! >>! Skill of *ater Separation (()2 SC5" 3+23 ! >@! To (ly 5p to the ?idge and to *alk on a *all (()" 6A2 1+5 ! >7! Skill of Somersaulting ((A2 T)23 SC5 ! >B! /ole of Aypress (=A" SC5 1C5A23 ! >D! =a *angGs )lbo$ (=A *A23 1C+5 ! @E! )xercise &/inching a (lo$er& (2"A2 C5A 3+23 ! @8! )xercise &/ushing a Mountain $ith /alm& (T5" SCA2 1CA23 ! @2! Techni#ue of Corse Saddle (MA A2 3+23 ! @;! Skill of 2ephrite =elt (65 9A" 3+23 ! @<! 6"2 (ist Method (6"2 F5A2 3+23 ! @>! Skill of Sand =ags (SCA =A+ 3+23 ! @@! Skill &/iercing Through Stones& (9")2 SC" 3+23 ! @7! Skill &/ulling +ut a Mountain& (=+ SCA2 3+23 ! @B! Ala$s of Mantis (TA234A23 1CA+ ! @D! Skill &=ag& (=5 9A" 3+23 ! 7E! /alm of 3uan 6in (35A2 6"2 1CA23 ! 78! Skill &?aising a /ot& (SCA23 35A2 3+23 ! 72! ?ubbing /alms (C) /A2 1CA23 !