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Course Outline for PaloAlto and San Francisco Qigong Class How qigong works Scientific aspect of qigong Qi exercises EIGHT SECTIONS OF SILK
(Correct name is Pull Break Tendons) Background of Eight Sections of Silks These exercises came from the Shaolin Monastery which is well known for
its martial arts. They are the preliminary exercises of the Shaolin martial
arts, including eye exercises, massaging points, stretching, and
punching. Traditionally these are not classified as neigong exercise.
(Neigong was the term before the term qigong became popular). The name "eight sections of silk", also translated as
"eight pieces of brocad,” is a misnomer. The correct name is
"pull and break tendons." Eight Sections of Silk has nothing
to do with the number "eight." In Chinese, the names
sound almost the same. The former is written as:
The latter is written as:
Today the name of "eight sections of silk" is commonly used.
Most books describe the exercise as consisting of eight postures (movements).
The first author made the first mistake. Almost all of the subsequent books
followed the same mistakes. Today, you can buy books or charts , written
by wise men of the Orient, on "twelve sections of silk,"
"fourteen sections of silk," etc, much more impressive
than just "eight sections." Traditionally,
Chinese authors prided themselves in doing "research" in ancient texts.
If there were mistakes in the ancient texts, the mistakes might perpetuate.
Some "scholars" even did questionable research by fabricating
ancient texts. Many books on "eight section silk" describe the exercises as consisting
of what they called the scholars' eight sections and martial artists'
eight sections. The former exercises are performed sitting on the floor and
the latter exercises are performed standing up. Actually the "pull and
break tendons" exercises are performed in standing positions and in
sitting positions and also in lying down positions. The true Shaolin arts have always been
kept secret from outsiders. That is the main reason that no on ehas written a book
to correct the false information. Roll the Eyes
36 times Tap the Teeth 36
times Roll the
Tongue 36 times Self-Applied
Acupressure Head Chest and Arms Butt and Legs Movements To Maintain Spleen Channel and Stomach Channel Raise One
Arm Stationary Turning the Body Two Hands Supporting the Sky to
Maintain Triple Fire Channel Spreading The Bow Left and
Right as if Shooting the Eagle Peacock Spreading its
Screen The Giant Eagle Spreading its
Wings Seven Rocks and Eight Rolls to
Get Rid of Hundreds of Illnesses Moving the Head and Swaying the
Tail to Get Rid of Fire in Heart Channel
Look Back To Get Rid of Chronic
Problems Two Hands Holding the Feet To
Strengthen the Waist and Kidney Channel Twist out the Punches with
Angry Look Stretches and Others INTERNAL TRAINING, ONE
FINGER CHAN (ZEN) OF SHAOLIN MONASTERY
Rotating the
Arms Pulling Water
from the Well The Eagle
Regrets the Heaven Does not Have Rings to Hang on to Carrying the Yoke
Lohan
(Arhat)Washing the Face Bringing the
Horses Back to the Trough Rolling the Straw
Rope Black Cow Turning
its Head Grinding Tofu The Stance Stretching
Fingers Rolling the
Embroidered Ball Pulling the Chi
Rolling Ba Gua Scooping the Moon
from Water The General
Lifting the Giant Pot The Snake Stance The Sprawling
Tiger The Sleeping
Dragon and Others
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(eight sections of silk)
(pull and break tendons)