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Eight Sections of Silk Lesson

Taught by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

In the class we focus on the most important exercises:

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

   

The Outlines

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 

                               Stationary

                               With moving stances 

               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

  Descriptions

 *       Rolling the eyes

   

       With the eyes closed, roll the eyes 36 times to the left and 36 times to the right.

      *    Tapping the teeth

           With the mouth closed, tap the teeth together lightly 36 times.

      *    Tapping the bones behind the ears

           Tap the bones lightly 36 times with your index fingers.

*       Massaging the body

          Massage the temples.

          Massage the jaw muscles.

          Massage the neck muscles, both sides.

          Massage behind the neck, both sides.

          Massage the points at the beginning of each eyebrow.

          Massage each arm, starting on the inside of the arm:

                    the shoulder

                    the upper arm

                    the lower arm

                    the hand

          Pass one palm over the other, slowly, a few times.

          Massage the outside of each arm, moving up:

                              the hand

                              the lower arm

                              the upper arm

                              the shoulder

 

*    Washing the legs

        

           Massage the lower back in the area right above the buttocks;        

           find the sore spot on both sides; press & rub.

           Massage each side of the hips, where the trunk of the body joins the legs.

    Massage each leg/foot:

        the middle of the thigh

        the knee

        the lower calf

        the side of the ankle, four fingers above the bone

        the foot

 

     *     Stretching – Seated on the floor

1.          Spread the legs & lean forward.

2.          Bend one knee & move the leg so the foot is positioned at the crotch; lean towards the straight leg; put your hands behind your back, twist, and turn, looking out to stretch the shoulder. At the same time, with the elbow on the inside of the knee, grip the ankle with your hand.

3.          Bend the left leg with the foot positioned at the crotch; bend the right leg with the foot facing out. Lean to the right & massage the right hip joint. Reverse and do the other leg.

4.          In a sitting position with your feet together and touching at the bottom, roll forward & back, gripping the ankles or feet.

5.          Lie on the floor with the arms extended and palms out. Bending the knee & keeping the foot flat on the floor, raise the right leg. Cross the left leg over the right with the ankle on the right thigh, just above the knee. Stretch the neck and look back. Reverse & do the other leg.

6.          With the arms extended and the knees up, turn toward the right and look to the left; then turn toward the left & look to the right.

7.          With the right knee up, grasp it with the left hand and pull it to the left & then back to the right. Then reverse and bring up the left knee, pulling it with your right hand.

8.          Bring both knees up toward the chest; first, grip the left with your hand, pulling down and toward you; then do the same with the right.

9.          Cross the right knee over the left. Then do the opposite.

10.      Raise the legs up high and do the windmill (walking on a cloud).

11.      With knees bent and feet flat on the ground, raise the buttocks slowly, straightening the spine, one vertebra at a  time. Now gradually lower the buttocks & flatten the back, one vertebra at a time.

12.      Lower the legs, so they are extended straight out. Exhale deeply. Begin to loosen the body, starting with the toes and loosening the parts of the body in the following sequence:

 the toes

 the ankles

 the knees

the legs

the hips

the perineum

the dan tian

the belly button area

the upper belly

the chest

the shoulders

the elbows

the wrists

the hands

the neck

the head

the face

the throat

eventually the whole body

 

Closing:

                With eyes remaining closed, roll them in big circles. Then open the eyes, looking far in the distance, then closer and closer, and finally blinking, looking around you.  

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