Sneak Peek
An excerpt from Chapter 11 “Shaolin Juvenile Kung Fu”. However, this sneak peek doesn’t do the book justice cause I can’t show you the creative layout and full page illustratrations in the book.
Shaolin Juvenile Kungfu
You might have seen images or performances of Shaolin kids bending their limbs into mind-boggling positions and asked yourself “Now, how did they do that?” What you have just seen is a display of Shaolin Juvenile Kung Fu.
Juvenile Kungfu? Is it only for kids? Yes, because boys start practicing this art at ages five or six. There’s another reason it’s called Juvenile Kung Fu.
After practicing this art for years the student stays as young as a child even though his hair may be white as a crane’s feathers. Juvenile Kung Fu makes his body soft as cotton, light as a swallow and hard as steel. What is amazing is that a person who practices it stays as strong and sharp when he’s 60 as when he was 16. Hence, to become a great Shaolin Kungfu Master, it is vital to learn Juvenile Kungfu.
Young boys selected for this unique training must be lean and have good bone structure and flexibility. (Bigger boys are selected for Shaolin hard qigong training.) Basic training involves a lot of leaping and rolling.
At advanced levels, the boys bend and stretch their limbs at impossible angles with soft and powerful qi-controlled movements. Their joints and tendons become strong and flexible. They have excellent blood and qi flow. And they show precise posture and fantastic power in their kung fu.
