Yi Jin Jing

[quasar987]

Does anybody know, practice, or has practiced this style of Chi Gong? I would like to discuss it.

[quasar987]

In particular, what is it suppose to do/enhance? What did it do for you? Did you ever get hurt or know someone who got hurt practicing it?

[TaiChiBob]

Greetings..

I practice it.. it is purely a health oriented QiGong, and a great supplement to 8 pieces of the Brocade..

Be well..

[quasar987]

health? dang, we mustn't call yi jin jing the same thing. This Chi Gong as I know it is hard. It has 14 exercices. The first exercices consists of making a fist, except that the thumbs "rests" on the hips, and with each slow respiration, you make your fist tighter and tighers.

Btw, what does Yi Jin Jing means?

[Pakmei]

Hi There,

Yi Jin Jing = Muscle and Tendon Changing.

Some people use it for health, where some people use it as a supplement for other forms of qi gong.

Though the original intention behind this form of qi gong, was to build up a stronger and healthier physique, by increasing the qi and blood circulation to the muscles, tendons and joints to help enhance the natural strength.

Primarily monks used this qi gong either prior to or after meditation, to help them recover from their long hours of meditation and kick start the body into action.

Regards

[Mikkyou]

Does anybody know, practice, or has practiced this style of Chi Gong? I would like to discuss it.

Not anymore but it a great exercise

In particular, what is it suppose to do/enhance? What did it do for you? Did you ever get hurt or know someone who got hurt practicing it?

The idea is strenghen the tendons and muscles and allow qi to flow since qi is flowing thru the main merdians good health results.Also since you are tensing and relaxing the muscles you are able to guide qi to them allowing them to withstand blows.The exercise for me helped strenghen my wrist.I can not think of anyone getting hurt from it unless they assume they developed an iron body and try to break things over there body which could result in harm.I guess from a nei gong standpoint it's possible to strain yourself or screw up but this exercise is generally safe best thing to do is try it slowly.

[Blacktiger]

Its a great exercise - once you finish the set you feel like a million dollars

[woliveri]

Bob,

Did you learn this Yi Jin Jing at the temple from visiting monks? When the monks came I asked Master Chan if they could teach us this exercise but the one they taught is not the "Real" Yi Jin Jing. Or it's a Yi Jin Jing and not Da Mo's Yi Jin Jing. Anyway, I was deeply dissappointed with what they taught as Yi Jin Jing. To me, what they taught was more like a stretching exercise.





>TaiChiBob Greetings..

>I practice it.. it is purely a health oriented QiGong, and a great supplement to 8 >pieces of the Brocade..

>Be well..

[gruevy]

I've got the temple version, if anyone wants to have me put a detailed description of everything up for this forum. My teacher never specifically said that I couldn't show people this, so it's probably okay. Maybe. Sorta.

[Crushing Fist]

I learned it with the older transliteration of "I Chin Ching"

The set I know consists of 49 postures done with hard chi breathing where you "hiss". It is good for health but also a very intense strength, flexibility, and balance workout. The first posture is the same as the one stated above, making fists. from there it goes into all sorts of difficult postures in which no part of the body is left out. To me it seems to be a blending of chinese hard chi kung with indian yoga, which fits in well with the story of its creation by Ta Mo. The way it works (supposedly) is by creating muscle tension in specific body parts, then using the breathing and concentration to send the chi there, where the tension traps it and causes it to build up progressively. Once you do all the postures every part of the body has been flooded with chi. Without even considering the chi aspect, its still an enormously difficult physical workout.

This is by far the most difficult exercise set I have ever come across. To do it properly with the correct number of breaths would take no less than 8 solid hours.
The benefits are many, including greatly increased strength, energy and endurance. If I could only do one exercise, this would be the one.


ok, you may commence the anti-shaolin-do rhetoric