Body Of Steel: Revitalized Transformation

Product Description 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. From the Back Cover The true value of a spear rests on two things... 1) The quality of the spear itself and (2) the abilities of the person tasked with wielding same. Forging a sharp and sturdy tip is only half of the equation. The ability to thrust quickly and accurately.. this is the the necessary component needed in order to make the first half work purposefully. Likewise, specialized Iron Skills can only be realized through the process of fusing training with actual real world ability. Only by fusing such skills with a robust grounding in reality of usage will the true nature and potential be revealed.Mike Patterson About the Author Mike Patterson is considered by many to be one of the foremost experts in the world on the internal martial arts. Shrfu Patterson is a career professional martial artist with over 50 years of Martial Arts experience at the time of this writing, and 40 years teaching the Internal Styles of Hsing I, Pa Kua, Tai Chi and Liou He Ba Fah. Mike Patterson was the All Taiwan Full Contact Martial Arts Champion in 1975-1976, an all inclusive contest open to all styles and all ranks. He was the youngest champion ever in the history of the event and retired undefeated. He has since trained Numerous World, International and National Full Contact Champions himself. he was Men's Coach of the 1996 World Team U.S.A. Inside Kung Fu Magazine chose him as The 1997 Coach Of The Year, having trained so many successful Full Contact KuoShu Fighters for competition. He has trained a total of 37 World, International, National and Regional Chinese KuoShu Full Contact Champions between the years of 1981 and 2000. He retired from this venue of coaching at the end o