Shaolin Kung Fu - Qi Gong
There
are many stories and legends about the powers of the Shaolin monks,
known as Qi Gong. First of all; Qi is the energie that flows
through the body. Qi Gong, is breath-control, meaning that by the
use of breathing and concentration (and of course years of hard
training), the monks can control their Qi on the part of the body
that they want, and that way make it insensible to an attack.
There
are many forms of Qi Gong. Usually one divides the different forms
of Qi Gong into the hard- and the soft Qi Gong.
The
Shaolin monks devote a lot of time during their training on Qi
Gong. Also a lot of their 'normal' training is devoted to the
promote breath control. Here you can find a few pictures of the
monks performing their Qi Gong demonstrations as well as their
hard training...
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on the pictures to enlarge...
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Two Finger Qi Gong |
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Head Stance |
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Iron Neck |
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Iron Skull |
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Hardening Arms |
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Breaking Nuts |
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Hardening Heads
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Hitting Earth
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Power Training
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Hitting Water
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Scorpions Descending The Mountain |
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Iron
Head |
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Breathing
Techniques |
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