Iron Palm : the complete training manual

✍ Scribed by Phillip Starr

• Publisher: Blue Snake Books
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 120
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Beginning: The First Hundred Days
1: What Is the Iron Palm?
The Authentic Iron Palm
Getting Ready
2: The First Hundred Days (Part One)
Let’s Hit It!
Get Corny!
The Silent Teacher
3: The First Hundred Days (Part Two)
The Weighted Rod
The Rolling Stick
Put a Sock in It!
Auxiliary Exercises
4: Developing Slapping Power
Put in Some Elbow Grease!
Stick It Out!
Strike Like a Human Tiger
The Thrust
5: Going Back to Your Roots
Riding the Horse
The Bow-and-Arrow Stance
6: Basic Body Actions
The Body Action of “Down”
The Body Action of “Rotation”
Reverse Rotation
7: Brewing Your Own Medicine
Making Your Own Iron Palm Medicine
Applying the Medicine
8: Basic Long-Breath Qigong Exercise
9: The Microcosmic Orbit Breathing Exercise
Beginning the Practice
Getting the Point
The Microcosmic Orbit Breath
10: Standing Qigong Practice
Push to the Front
Push to the Sides
Push Palms Down
On the Path: The Second Hundred Days
11: The Second Hundred Days
Changing the Bag
A Bucketful of …
Thy Rod and Thy Stick
Auxiliary Exercises
12: Whip It
13: Preliminary Tests
A Couple of Times Around the Block
The Brick
Knock on Wood
14: The Macrocosmic Orbit Breath
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Practice with the Postures
The Final Phase
15: The Final Frontier
16: Advanced Assessments
Strike the Hard Through the Soft
Strike the Soft Through the Hard
17: Myth Busting
18: Instructions for Building a Striking Post
What You’ll Need
Constructing the Base
The Post
Making a Pad
Conclusion
About The Author
Also By
About North Atlantic Books