The Complete Iron Palm
The Complete Iron Palm

Author: Brian Gray

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780865681460

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Brian Gray, one of the world's foremost authorities on iron palm philosophy and technique, takes you through every phase of this method. Learn conditioning techniques, breathing exercises and actual iron palm strikes. He'll also show you how to tell the difference between the legitimate iron palm practitioner and the fraud who uses gimmicks and sleight-of-hand to perform breaking feats. After studying this book, Gray promises you'll be able to slap through concrete with the center of your palm.

Authentic Iron Palm
Authentic Iron Palm

Author: Phillip Starr

Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 162317435X

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An advanced training course for developing a strong striking hand to deliver powerful blows using the Iron Palm martial arts technique A comprehensive guide for experienced practitioners of Chinese martial arts—including kung-fu, karate, and taekwondo—with over 200 instructive images Iron Palm is a set of martial art conditioning skills—dating back to the Shaolin Temple of 5th-century China—whose purpose is to strengthen the hand while empowering the fighter to strike with force and precision. Training is focused and incremental, requiring the guidance of an experienced master. Author, instructor, and 5-time US National Chinese martial arts Champion Phillip Starr provides the definitive guide to Iron Palm, meticulously outlining the 3 sequential steps of training: • hardening limbs • developing technique • engaging Qigong for coordinating breath and mind The end result is a more powerful and precise strike that can impact the target’s viscera with no trace on the outer body. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 images, this book is ideal for experienced martial arts practitioners.

Fundamental Iron Skills
Fundamental Iron Skills

Author: Dale Dugas

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-10

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781943155118

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In this book, you will learn how to train the arms in order for them to become like diamond using ancient and modern methods of development. Solo training, partner training and the use of auxiliary training equipment will show you how to develop your arms to the max! Rest and recovery and how not to over train and avoid training setbacks will be discussed. Safe and sane training very much unlike the silliness you see in Kung Fu movies!This book will teach you how to strengthen the entire arm from the shoulder down to the finger tips. Classical methods of claw training/finger strengthening will show you how you can create hands that do not tire easy. Hand Health, injuries, medicinal training aids will be presented with nothing held back. See how you can train old school methods that can help you create a stronger and healthier set of arms/hands. No secrets! No Mystical Mumbo Jumbo!

Body of Steel
Body of Steel

Author: Mike Patterson

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780985855741

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A book that goes into detail about various internal martial arts iron body conditioning exercises and protocols. This book seeks to archive this information for future generations of practitioners.

Step-By-Step Tai Chi
Step-By-Step Tai Chi

Author: Master Lam Kam-Chuen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1994-10

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0671892479

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Like massage and yoga, the practice of Tai Chi enhances health and fitness and helps to reduce stress. This easy-to-use manual takes readers through four levels of techniques. Detailed drawings and clear text describe the progression from gentle fundamental movements to advanced exercises.

Authentic Shaolin Heritage
Authentic Shaolin Heritage

Author: Jin Jing Zhong

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 184728406X

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Devoted to the most enigmatic and little-known aspect of training of Shaolin monks. Training methods allow supernatural abilites to develop, far beyond abilities of an ordinary man. The book was writen with the blessing and direct participation of the Head of the Shaolin Monastery Reverend Miao Xing, nicknamed "The Golden Arhat," one of the best Shaolin fighters of all times. These secret practices traditionally called "72 arts of Shaolin" or the essence of the Shaolin Combat Training.

Authentic Iron Palm
Authentic Iron Palm

Author: Phillip Starr

Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 162317435X

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An advanced training course for developing a strong striking hand to deliver powerful blows using the Iron Palm martial arts technique A comprehensive guide for experienced practitioners of Chinese martial arts—including kung-fu, karate, and taekwondo—with over 200 instructive images Iron Palm is a set of martial art conditioning skills—dating back to the Shaolin Temple of 5th-century China—whose purpose is to strengthen the hand while empowering the fighter to strike with force and precision. Training is focused and incremental, requiring the guidance of an experienced master. Author, instructor, and 5-time US National Chinese martial arts Champion Phillip Starr provides the definitive guide to Iron Palm, meticulously outlining the 3 sequential steps of training: • hardening limbs • developing technique • engaging Qigong for coordinating breath and mind The end result is a more powerful and precise strike that can impact the target’s viscera with no trace on the outer body. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 images, this book is ideal for experienced martial arts practitioners.

Martial Arts and the Mirror Image
Martial Arts and the Mirror Image

Author: Phillip Starr

Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 162317645X

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A groundbreaking approach to martial arts combining psychology and Qigong, featuring practical exercises and 100 step-by-step illustrations Martial arts teacher Phillip Starr draws on more than 60 years of experience to introduce the Mirror Image Technique—a method that recognizes the reinforcing nature of body and mind and the way we hold ourselves in our personal lives and in our martial arts practice. Starr pulls from Self-Image Psychology and Qigong to offer readers a unique set of physical exercises that can be applied to any martial art tradition—as well as our personal lives. Unlike other self-help books that consider the mind as the sole gateway to change, the Mirror Image Technique shows that cognitive transformation starts with the body. Starr takes readers through: Demonstrating key principles of Qigong with exercises like The Unbreakable Arm and The Unliftable Body Improving your stance Increasing your strike force Insights into the mindset for breaking boards (tameshiwari). Intended to enhance growth and personal development, the techniques in Martial Arts and the Mirror Image offer a renewal of confidence and enthusiasm for one’s particular practice.

Bagua Linked Palms
Bagua Linked Palms

Author: Wang Shujin

Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Published: 2009-06-02

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1583942645

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Master Wang Shujin (1904—1981) was one of the world’s foremost exponents of Chinese internal martial arts, with legendary expertise in the disciplines of Bagua Zhang, Taiji Quan, and Xingyi Quan. This book offers a lucid translation of Master Wang’s seminal work on Bagua Zhang and includes expanded instruction by co-translator and noted Bagua Zhang expert Kent Howard. It also introduces readers to a rarely seen personal side of Wang Shujin, who was not only a fighter but also a teacher and spiritual leader. Bagua Linked Palms includes a wealth of additional information useful to the practitioner of internal martial arts, including the story of Bagua Zhang’s development, the connection between the Bagua and the I Ching, and step-by-step instruction in the eight “changes” of Bagua Linked Palms, the first form in Master Wang’s style of Bagua Zhang. This comprehensive, richly annotated text makes it a must-have addition to every serious martial arts library.