PK,
Shifu says you can find them here, do a web search. But he also says you should not try it without proper training. You are right, the monks won’t sell you any not just because you are no longer training, but because if you seriously injured yourself they would be liable.
You gotta get the official Shaolin iron head iron bars
I think it was in that recent NG Shaolin doc (some one correct me if I’m wrong) but they were using iron bars that had the characters for Shaolin in relief in the metal. That struck me as very funny and yes, that’s my Monday morning attempt at a iron head pun…
For more on Iron Head, check out my article An Iron Head Points to the Moon: Shaolin Wushuguan’s Senior Master, Monk Shi Sugang in our 2005 May/June Shaolin Special . Sugang didn’t mess with iron bars. He was all about granite flagstones.
[QUOTE=sha0lin1;914221]PK,
Shifu says you can find them here, do a web search. But he also says you should not try it without proper training. You are right, the monks won’t sell you any not just because you are no longer training, but because if you seriously injured yourself they would be liable.[/QUOTE]
Lol…I will no comment on here just because I respect the shaolin monks…I gues I will go to home depot and take a closer look one of these days when I have some free time…lalalalalalallalalalala
[QUOTE=IronWeasel;914188]Just keep saying that.[/QUOTE]
I do know the truth…believe me or not…
[QUOTE=GeneChing;914258]I think it was in that recent NG Shaolin doc (some one correct me if I’m wrong) but they were using iron bars that had the characters for Shaolin in relief in the metal. That struck me as very funny and yes, that’s my Monday morning attempt at a iron head pun…
For more on Iron Head, check out my article An Iron Head Points to the Moon: Shaolin Wushuguan’s Senior Master, Monk Shi Sugang in our 2005 May/June Shaolin Special . Sugang didn’t mess with iron bars. He was all about granite flagstones.[/QUOTE]
Ok…so where do I get the official shaolin iron bar beside in china…is it avaiable in America? Can i order it through your online store?
[QUOTE=DeHui702;914081]Well the whole problem is he’s butt sore because no one will say go to the fab shop and ask for ‘A36 hot roll and make sure it is stiff enough to break with impact.’ Any hot roll is often mistaken for ‘pig iron’ because the stuff has pits in it. There’s a galvanized version which means its coated to cover the pitting.
It’s still better to get it from the monks, but whatever.[/QUOTE]
THANKS???!!
so i guess this it it?
http://www.amazon.com/Mild-Steel-Rolled-Rectangle-0-125/dp/B000H9KB8K/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=industrial&qid=1234837433&sr=1-30
found a better one…80 cent..worth a try
thanks again!
[QUOTE=GeneChing;914258]Sugang didn’t mess with iron bars. He was all about granite flagstones.[/QUOTE]
that reminds me of a funny story…we were setting up for a Nat Geo shoot…so a couple of us got sent out to get bricks and some stone slabs. Also, nails.
anyway, we head uptown to a couple of masonry and brick supply shops, the first one we went into, we asked to see their bricks.
so the guy is showing us the different bricks, and he asks how many we need, and when we told him he looked up from his clip board and was like, what do you want a dozen bricks for?
so we told him, and he goes, ah…then you want these, these are the bricks all the karate guys like.
so we were all like, word is born, these are the bricks right here, let’s grab these and go.
so when we get back to the Temple now, we put down the bricks and the stone slabs, and over comes Shifu. He looks at the bricks and goes, Ok. These bricks have no chi, no good Fa, put them back to sleep send them go meditate. This is like joke. Go back and tell the gentleman to get better bricks.
It took a devil of an amount of time to convince the salesman we actually wanted better bricks. He definitely didn’t get the bit about how some of his bricks had “no chi” lol…
[QUOTE=Pk_StyLeZ;914436]THANKS???!!
so i guess this it it?
http://www.amazon.com/Mild-Steel-Rolled-Rectangle-0-125/dp/B000H9KB8K/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&s=industrial&qid=1234837433&sr=1-30
found a better one…80 cent..worth a try
thanks again![/QUOTE]
is 12" gonna be enough to snap that over your dome?
[QUOTE=DeHui702;914081]It’s still better to get it from the monks, but whatever.[/QUOTE]
yeah, theirs say on them. 
[QUOTE=LFJ;914562]is 12" gonna be enough to snap that over your dome?[/QUOTE]
12 inch is a foot right?
after thinking about it, the monk uses a longer bar huh…
o well im to lz to search to see if they got something longer but not too long
i dont even plan to buy it yet
gonna go to home depot one day when i have time
pk- are you going to buy a football helmet too or just wing it?
judging from this video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa_7_RVGZZ4&feature=channel_page
i should get a football helmet huh?
i will put extra padding in the helmet too =)
LOL! That was hilarious, reminds me of an old snowboarding/skate video I used to watch, called whisky. To get into it you either had to throw up from drinking or smash a beer bottle over your head! One poor guy just couldn’t get it…they used him for hilarious cut scenes between their other takes, all you heard was a dull tonal booooonnnnnng…I think he finally did get it.
[QUOTE=sha0lin1;914221]PK,
Shifu says you can find them here, do a web search. But he also says you should not try it without proper training. You are right, the monks won’t sell you any not just because you are no longer training, but because if you seriously injured yourself they would be liable.[/QUOTE]
It would be great if Shifu can help us out and give us a clue what they are using and is it availible in the states, what words i put in the web search engine to guide me in the right direction? I train Iron head 3 times a day and have become proficient at breaking wood and concretewith my head or on my head with sledge hammers,bowling balls and Jackhammers:D. I would like to test myself with bars similar to what the Monks are using. Is 36a steel what they use or is it a diffrent grade of steel or metal. On a side note i have tried .125 x 1 x 24 inch 36a and .250 unforutunately it bends and it is not brittle enough.
Thanks any help would be apprciated..
[QUOTE=ironhead;924738]It would be great if Shifu can help us out and give us a clue what they are using and is it availible in the states, what words i put in the web search engine to guide me in the right direction? I train Iron head 3 times a day and have become proficient at breaking wood and concretewith my head or on my head with sledge hammers,bowling balls and Jackhammers:D. I would like to test myself with bars similar to what the Monks are using. Is 36a steel what they use or is it a diffrent grade of steel or metal. On a side note i have tried .125 x 1 x 24 inch 36a and .250 unforutunately it bends and it is not brittle enough.
Thanks any help would be apprciated..[/QUOTE]
Ironhead,
Wow, if you are doing all of that then these would be easy for you. They are pig iron, about 1/4" thick and about 16" long and about 1.5 " wide. These aren’t exact measurements I am just giving you my best estimate. I believe if you try a welding shop that sells steel to the public you can tell them what you are looking for and they can order it for you. My master says it is available here, he says look on the internet, but we get ours from Shaolin Temple.
[QUOTE=ironhead;924738]It would be great if Shifu can help us out and give us a clue what they are using and is it availible in the states, what words i put in the web search engine to guide me in the right direction? I train Iron head 3 times a day and have become proficient at breaking wood and concretewith my head or on my head with sledge hammers,bowling balls and Jackhammers:D. I would like to test myself with bars similar to what the Monks are using. Is 36a steel what they use or is it a diffrent grade of steel or metal. On a side note i have tried .125 x 1 x 24 inch 36a and .250 unforutunately it bends and it is not brittle enough.
Thanks any help would be apprciated..[/QUOTE]
is the closest i found on the internet
never got the chance to buy any yet..but if u do..post some feedbacks on it!
I have no idea what possible combat application this has…
…but it’s friggin bad ass.
Saw that on the subway tv some time ago. What’s also impressive is that his head doesn’t even turn purple. 
mad::(
But yeah, from a martial arts training standpoint these things, like most things they do at Shaolin, are a colossal waste of time. They spend years learning to break bricks with their hands, have no fear to take any sort of strike from a stick, push spears on their throats, break metal bars on their heads, etc. yet when they have sanda competitions they still get knocked out. Where does it all go? 