Shaolin's Secret Tradition, (Inner Strength One Finger Zen)

The inner strength, also known as internal strength, actually does exist.

"Inner strength", martial arts strength terminology, internal boxing expertise, and Xingyiquan only good, so there are Xingyi Jin, Bagua step, Taiji waist said. Refers to the martial arts training, the whole body bones and joints, the mind through and through the acquisition of a can arbitrarily change the direction, change the size of the force. Because of its operation hidden in the dantian and not visible outside, so the name "internal force".

There is a question and answer in Zhihu, why can the internal force of one-finger Zen control other people's actions.

The answer was, "It is not control, it is guidance. The qigong master sends out qi to mobilize the qi and blood in other people's bodies, thus triggering the action

It is useful for some people, but not useful for others, it depends on both sides of the body and the situation of the practice of qigong."

It has to be stated here that the so-called "Inner Strength One Finger Zen" circulating on the internet nowadays can be used to improve health and cure diseases. Most of the exaggerated, business talk is false propaganda is too serious.

The Shaolin Temple's original thirty-six hard work, thirty-six soft work, also known as thirty-six external work, thirty-six internal work, are in the Shaolin door in the secret, but no detailed literary records. All of them have the effect of strengthening the body.

But Shaolin One Finger Zen does have some therapeutic effects on health.

"Inner strength one-finger Zen" work methods, training methods are also peculiar. Although the training does not emphasize the static and the intention to guard, but the correctness of the posture, the sequence of movement requirements are particularly strict. It can dredge the meridians and collaterals, adjust the body's blood and qi, so as to achieve a balance of yin and yang, viscera and internal organs function in harmony, thus playing a health, wisdom and longevity, the essence, gas, God, the power of the role of unity. Adherence to the practice of this gong method, work with time and deep, not only can "outside the gas within the collection" accumulation of "internal strength", but also "internal gas released" for the patient to guide the treatment of disease. This gong method of "external release of gas", orthopedics, neurology, internal medicine and other difficult and complicated diseases have a good therapeutic effect.

"Internal energy one finger Zen" also belongs to the internal gong method, "to the heart of the line of gas, gas transport body" and the six eight boxing in the five-word phrase "to raise my vast gas, all body elasticity," and so on, are high-level boxing use of energy. The energy is different from the energy of "force".

Expanding on internal and external martial arts.

The internal martial arts are based on the practice of qi, and emphasize internal cultivation, while the external martial arts are based on the practice of force, and emphasize external appearance. From the human appearance, practicing internal martial arts and general not practicing martial arts is not much difference, practicing external martial arts is not the same, it looks stronger and more muscular! To say that the difference between internal and external boxing, from the appearance of the difference is not very big, from the method of the difference is relatively large; external boxing pay attention to the "internal training a breath, outside the training of sinews and bones, skin," is to train the body's speed, strength, skills, etc., in terms of combat, the effect is relatively fast; while the internal boxing is not the same, the internal boxing focus is not the speed, strength, skills training, but the internal boxing focus is not the speed, strength, skills training, but the internal boxing focus is not the speed, strength, skills training, but the internal boxing focus is not the speed, strength, skills training. The internal martial arts focuses not on speed, strength and skill training, but on developing one's inner potential and fitness, and emphasizes the cultivation of skills and one's own inner strength in terms of technical combat. Qigong can be borrowed and used by both internal and external martial arts, and is not unique to internal martial arts.

The characteristic that both internal and external martial arts **** have is the unity of the six forces.

"The heart is in harmony with the mind, the mind is in harmony with the qi, the qi is in harmony with the force, the hands are in harmony with the feet, the shoulders are in harmony with the hips, and the elbows are in harmony with the knees," is known as the most basic principle of internal martial arts training, and it is also called the theory of internal and external triple harmony. The "heart and intention, intention and gas, gas and intention" for the internal three together, is the spirit and intention of the internal cultivation of the law, but also to achieve the "refining the spirit to return to the virtual" kung fu art indispensable to match the requirements of the heart and law, "hands and feet, shoulders and hips, elbows and knees. The "Hands and Feet, Shoulders and Hips, Elbows and Knees" are the outer three, which is the cultivation method for the appearance of sinews and bones, and the matching requirement for the body method that is indispensable to achieve the kung fu art of "following up and down". Therefore, the theoretical principle of the three internal and external combinations has been carried out in the whole process of the traditional wushu training, and it has become the guideline for the practice of traditional wushu! The principle of the inner and outer triad has become a guideline for practicing traditional martial arts!

The simplest way to understand the external triad is; hands and feet up and down, shoulders and hips in the middle, elbows and knees. With the external triad you can enter into the cultivation of the internal triad. It is also that is inside and outside the six forces of unity.