A book that goes into detail about various internal martial arts iron body conditioning exercises and protocols that stem from the Tang Shou Dao / Yizong lineages of Taiwan. This book seeks to archive this information for future generations of practitioners for fear of the knowledge fading completely into obscurity. This book in no way is meant as a substitute for a competent teacher. But instead is written as an archival of such information. Attempting to learn such disciplines from a book, and without an experienced guide in the form of an actual teacher, is ill advised and not recommended.

The practices of Eh Mei Shen Shu (mountain spirit methods), Standing Yiquan and associated neigong works, Shi Swei Jing (wash marrow training), Iron hand (water method), lesser iron skills and various additional conditioning methodologies are presented within the work. A summary of the table of contents is as follows: Preface (Pg 4), Foundation (Pg 9), Meditation (Pg 10), Fetal Breathing (Pg 13), Reverse Breathing (Pg 14), The Seven Energy Centers (Pg 16), Training Prerequisites (Pg 21), Standing Practices (Pg 22), Yi Quan Methods (Pg 24), Mountain Spirit Methods (Pg 31), Sea Of Chi (Pg 37), Small Circulation (Pg 38), Grand Circulation (Pg 39), Iron Shirt / Iron Body (Pg 45), Wash Marrow Training (Pg 51), Training Duration (Pg 53), The Silk (Pg 55), Preparatory Massages (Pg 56), Method of Weight Lifting (Pg 60), Body Posture (Pg 61), With Regard to using the Flail (Pg 64), The Flailing Sequence (Pg 65), Protocols During Training Season (Pg 94), Iron Palm Training (Pg 97), Internal Water Method (Pg 99), Rules During Training (Pg 99), Graduated Progression Of Work (Pg 106), Testing The Iron Skills (Pg 108), Lesser Iron Skills (Pg 111), Body Banging (Pg 112), Tree Shaking (Pg 116), Shin Rolling (Pg 118), Conditioning (Pg 121), Stone Lock / Key (Pg 122), Percussion Training (Pg 136),Conclusion (Pg 140)

The author, Mike Patterson, is a career internal martial artist and has been a professional teacher, full contact coach and practitioner for over 50 years at the time of this writing. As a result of his long tenure, Mike Patterson is considered by many to be one of the foremost experts on the subject of internal martial arts alive today.

Product Details

143 pages at 6 x 9 inches

15 chapters and 47 subsections (summary above)

Iron Skills discussion and illustration

Energetics discussion and illustration

Additional conditioning discussion and illustration