all these skills are great. but i’d really like to witness someone who can exhale for an hour- impressive!
lol…
I don’t think that’s what anyonwe here was saying, but ninjutsu does have a still breath method. Awesome stuff. But when you’re in this zone, A. it’s easy to maintain for the duration of your session and B. just be careful, because you go into a high speed exaccerbated bodily function thing. If you’re really lean, an hour ( even off and on) is getting a little overenthusiastic. For more info google on kuji kiri ( techniques).
Also , while on this, I remember a comment way back from KungLek on Iron skills, saying how when you add breathing techs to a solid routine you’re deeply focused on to the exclusdion of all else, You will indeed find yourself practicing Iron skill. Not word for word but I think you get my meaning. If not, do a search and find the post yourself.
Hi Flem,
In moving the chi (xing chi) you exhale until you are empty then take a quick and huge breath for the refill and slowly exhale for a loong period.
When it is tme to get hit you seal(bi chi) the chi and take the strike, then start over again.
taking the quick huge breath is comprimising your focus…
try not thinking about it…
clips
Just put up some clips of some iron arm drills I do. As well as pics of the tool I talk about in the post above.
We do Iron Body in 8 Step. Don’t leave home without Dit Da Jow. 
Hi Wolfen! 
Pilot
Where in Alabama are you Eight Step guys? I have only learned one 8-step form, Qi-Shou, single and partnered. Nice little set!
We are in Birmingham.
Pilot
Ask your Shifu if it is ok for a visit, I`d like to come down and train sometime. I would like to see Eight Step.
I’m sure it would be OK, but unfortunately Sifu is in Iraq. He will not be back until about March. Our Sishungs are filling in until his return. 
Pilot
What branch of the military?
Army
Off Topic
Sorry Bei, this thread did get off topic. Pilot, Id like to hear more about your Shifu and his unit he is attached to, pm me if youd like. God Bless the United States Army.
shirkers1
Thanks bro for the clips. We will meet in Ohio, I look forward to it! I can share some of our conditioning in person.
Yu Shan thanks, after stretching those are the opening conditioning drills we do before each class and every day for me. Then we go on to the two man conditioning. Yeah ohio should be fun, I heard you have some hard arms. It’s always fun to pick up some new things to condition the limbs so I’m really looking forward to it. Already took my 10 days off of work.
We do some Iron bone drills but they are all external, no specific controlled breathing.
Here’s how we do them.
- You and a partner stand face to face while in a horse stance.
- Using your hips you move into a left bow stance.
- As you move into your bow stance you swing your right arm out low in front of you.
- You partner is doing the same thing and your forearms make contact.
- You move back into a horse stance as you swing your right arm up making contact with your partners arm up high.
- Then you swing your arm down low while still in a horse stance.
- You then move to the other side and do the left arm.
You can go as fast and as hard as you like.
Sometimes we also ad in an elbow, hand, sweep, abdominal and rib part to the drill.
I’ve also found that working on a wooden dummy is great for conditioning arms and palms.
Thanks Chief
Good one, I`ll add this to the arsenal 
Chief
The name for the base exercise that you described is called saam sing (three star) hitting
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I like to practice this forearm conditioning frequently, with a partner and solo. It is very easy to do with the wooden dummy, and I have a metal pole in my back yard that works great. It has enough play that it moves but will not come out of the ground. It was used for a clothesline at one time. When I removed the first one I had a hard time so I left the second and use it quit often. Dit Dat Jow is a must. Broadsword pratice before and after forearm conditioning is not a bad idea either. It helps work the muscle and keeps the blood flowing. My favorite conditioning skill is my typing technique. I have burned through five keyboards in a year. Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap. My typing technique is unstoppable your word editor no can defend!
LKS I agree with 18 100%.
I hope everyone has a great holiday.
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