Text/An Zaifeng 2014
Tiesha palm is an important part of Chinese martial arts hard exercises, the essence of traditional folk exercises, and an excellent exercise that integrates skill and application. It has been highly valued by martial arts practitioners and regarded as a treasure, which is never easily passed on. In order to promote the martial arts culture of the motherland, the author has dedicated the secret Iron Sand Palm Exercises and Pan to prosper martial arts. In fact, there are many types of iron sand palms, and the practice methods are different, but in general, it is still nothing more than the practice of internal and hard skills. The practice and practical use of the iron sand palm are introduced below for practice reference only.
1. Iron Sand Palm Gong practice method
Internal Strength Practice
Iron Sand Palm Internal Gong is a compulsory kung fu to practice Iron Sand Palm. It is used to cultivate the yuan and build the foundation, through the vitality of the blood, increase the strength, and the complete set is divided into four steps.
1. Three round foundations
The body is straight, the feet are horizontally apart, shoulder-width apart, the legs are slightly bent into a horse step, the body is upright, the palms are wrapped around the chest, the palms are opposite each other, the palms are inward, the thumbs are up, the eyes are directly ahead, and the mind is concentrated (Figure 1).
Breathe, breathe through the nose, breathing evenly, mouth slightly closed, tongue licking the upper jaw.
Thoughts, when inhaling, the intention of qi travels from the two palms along the outer palms of the two arms, through the shoulders, over the top of the head, the hundred will points forward, and then through the heart and mouth fossa in the middle of the point, down to the dantian under the umbilicus. When exhaling, the intention of qi is divided into two strands from the dantian upwards through the heart and mouth fossa in the middle of the heart, through the two armpits, along the inner palms of the two arms, and the three yin meridians to the two palms.
Note: As described above, practice standing still for about one minute after inhaling and exhaling
2. Apes divide water
The legs are slightly straight, and the palms of the two palms naturally hang down at the sides of the body, the fingertips are down, and the eyes are directly ahead, (Picture 2).
Inhale, with both palms facing each other, palms facing each other, palms up, and lower abdomen up to chest (Figure 3). It is imagined that the essence of heaven and earth is incorporated into the body along the Ren vein, the outer and posterior feet of the legs, the three yang meridians of the feet, and the three yang meridians of the palms on the outside of the arms.
Exhale, turn both palms upwards through the chest at the same time, and straighten your arms flat shoulders to the sides, palm fingers outward, and look straight ahead. It is expected that the Qi of Dantian travels up along the Ren vein, through the middle point of the body, passes through the two armpits, and injects into the two palms along the inner palms of the two arms.
For ventilation, with both palms down, both arms naturally drooping down the sides of the body, fingertips down, and reverting to an upright posture (Figure 5).
Note: As described above, inhale to lift the palm, exhale to support the palm, breathe to restore, and so on 18 times.
3. Nine days of moon access
Start upright, with both arms slightly outward, and rotate outward until palms are both outward, palms diagonally downward, and eyes straight ahead (Figure 6).
Inhale, hold both palms up on both sides of the head, palms diagonally upward, palms diagonally outward, and look straight forward (Figure 6). It is imagined that the essence of heaven and earth is incorporated into the body along the Ren vein, the outer and posterior feet of the legs, the three yang meridians of the feet, and the three yang meridians of the palms on the outside of the arms.
Exhale, press both palms inward through the chest and down in front of the lower abdomen, palms facing each other, palms down, and look straight ahead (Figure 7). It is expected that the Qi of Dantian travels up along the Ren vein, through the middle point of the body, passes through the two armpits, and injects into the two palms along the inner palms of the two arms.
For ventilation, both palms are down, arms naturally droop down the sides of the body, and the posture is restored.
Note: As described above, inhale and divide the palms, exhale and press down with both palms, breathe to restore, and repeat the practice 18 times.
4. Split Huashan with force
Start by standing upright, forming fists with your palms folded and your elbows folded at your waist, with your fists both upwards and looking straight ahead (Figure 8).
Inhale, bend the left leg and squat, straighten the right leg straight into the left lunge, and at the same time, insert the right fist into the palm to the left front and down, level with the lower abdomen, and visually look in the direction of the right palm (Figure 9). It is imagined that the essence of heaven and earth is incorporated into the body along the Ren vein, the outer and posterior feet of the legs, the three yang meridians of the feet, and the three yang meridians of the palms on the outside of the arms.
Exhale, turn the body to the right, bend the right leg and squat, straighten the left leg and become a right lunge, while the right palm splits up and down with the right palm, level with the ribs, and visually looks in the direction of the right palm (Figure 10). It is envisaged that the Qi of the Dantian travels up along the Ren vein, passes through the right armpit, and flows into the right palm along the three Yin meridians of the palm on the inside of the right arm.
For ventilation, turn the body to the left, and fold the waist side with both palms reduced.
Note: As described above, after repeated practice 18 times, change palms and exercise, the method is the same and left and right are opposite.
Hard exercises
Iron sand palm hard skill is one of the important palm sections of palm training. It is used to improve the ability to withstand external stimuli, enhance the toughness of the skin, the hardness of the bones, and improve the power of striking.
1. Iron sand palm gong
Stand facing Shamabu.
Inhale, raise your right palm up, and imagine that the qi will go forward and down from the right palm along the outside of your right arm, and sink down the dantian along the Ren vein. Jet (qi is discharged as short and forcefully as possible from the nose), and the right palm is struck under the sandbag, intending that the inner qi of the dantian is injected into the right palm from the dantian along the Ren vein upwards through the middle point of the right armpit, and along the inner palm of the right arm (Fig. 11).
Note: As described above, each time until the palm is red, hot, and painful, then change the palm according to the method.
2. Iron Sand Boxing Gong
Stand facing the sandbag.
Inhale, raise your right fist, and expect the qi to sink forward and down from the right palm along the outside of your right arm, and sink down the dantian along the Ren vein (Fig. 12). Jet, the right fist smashes down the sandbag, intending that the inner qi of the dantian is injected into the right fist from the dantian along the Ren vein, up through the middle point of the body, through the right armpit, along the inside of the right arm, and the palm, three yin meridians.
Note: As described above, each punch is until the punch is red, hot, and painful. Then change the fist and practice according to the method.
3. Iron sand finger work
Stand facing the sand tube.
Inhale, lift the right palm up, and the intention that the qi will go forward and down from the right palm along the outside of the right arm, and sink down the dantian along the Ren vein. The jet right palm is pointed back at the iron sand in the cylinder, intending that the inner qi of the dantian is injected from the dantian along the Ren vein, up through the middle point of the right armpit, and along the inner palm of the right arm into the palm finger end of the right palm (Figure 13).
Note: Iron sand can be purchased in grocery stores, when buying, please choose a vertical granule, the particles are as large as the size of mung beans, after buying back, put it in a large handful of green water boiled by bamboo leaves, boil for 15 minutes to take out, pour the water, and then put it into the pot to fry dry, add cooking oil to check to make the iron sofa black. Then add 10 grams of myrrh, 10 grams of Sanchi, 10 grams of patina, and 10 grams of wolf poison to make the powder.
Practice the secret recipe outside the cleansing
1. Iron sand palm outer washing party
5 grams each of Chuanwu, Caowu, Nanxing, Snake Bed, Banxia, and Baibu, 50 grams each of peppercorns, wolf venom, bone-penetrating grass, Liu Zhinu, and Diding.
Go to the Chinese herbal medicine cabinet of the local pharmacy, use 5 bowls of vinegar and water, fry into 7 bowls, and wash your palms 15 minutes before practice.
2. Iron sand palm washing party
10 grams each of guiwei, safflower, frankincense, myrrh, agarwood, woody fragrance, citrus husk, bellflower, chuanxiong, danpi, peach kernel, red peony, 1000 grams of white wine.
The medicine is ground into a coarse powder, soaked in white wine, and a little rubbing is used before the work.
Second, the actual combat usage of iron sand palm
Iron Sand Palm Practical Usage A
1. Block the anti-iron palm push on the face
When the opponent takes a step forward on the left leg and at the same time strikes me in the chest with a right straight fist; With my left foot in front, I used my left arm to block the opponent’s punch with my left lateral outward (Figure 14). Next, I pushed the opposite side with my right palm, causing the opponent’s face to be injured (Figure 15)
Points: To prevent the opponent from punching in time, to use lateral force, to fight back quickly and to push the opponent’s face accurately, powerfully, and with the left palm. When pushing, the inner qi of the mind leads from the dantian to the palm of the palm.
2. Push the wrist to progress, hang the leg and chop the neck
When the opponent takes a step forward with his left foot and wants to attack me with his left palm; I stepped forward with my left foot in time and at the same time grabbed my left wrist with my left palm and pushed it forward to defend against the opponent’s palm (Figure 16). Next, I step forward and step on the outside and back of the opponent’s left side, hang the opponent’s left leg, and slash the right side of the opponent’s neck with the little finger of the left palm to the right, causing the opponent to fall to the left rear (Fig. 17).
Points: Push and defend the opponent’s left wrist in time, enter quickly, hang the opponent’s left leg back when stepping up, hang the leg and the left palm to slash the right side of the opponent’s neck, and the slash should be accurate and powerful, and the force reaches the outer edge of the little finger side of the left palm. When slashing at the side of the right neck of Yu Fang, the inner qi is injected from the dantian into the outer edge of the little finger side of the left palm.
3. Block and prevent progress and slash the ribs horizontally
When the other person takes a step forward and grabs my face with both palms; I step forward with my left foot and use my left palm to stand up to block the opponent’s palm (Figure 18). Then, I step forward with my right foot, in front of the opponent’s crotch, and at the same time slash the opponent’s right rib with my right palm, injuring the opponent’s right rib (Fig. 19).
Points: Shield and defend the opponent’s two palms in time and upward force; The upper step and the right palm slash should be coordinated with the opponent’s ribs, and the slash should be fast and powerful, reaching the outer edge of the right palm. When striking the ribs, the Qi of the Dantian is expected to reach the outer edge of the right palm.
4. Swipe your arms, wrists, legs, and push palms to hit your chin
When the opponent stepped forward with his right foot and hit me in the chest with his right straight fist; I dodged my left front with my left foot to dodge the opponent’s punch, and at the same time used both palms to stick my wrist to the right and back to prevent the opponent’s punch (Picture 20). Then, I put my left leg on my opponent’s right leg and pushed my right palm forward against my opponent’s jaw, causing the opponent’s jaw to be injured and then fall backwards (Fig. 21).
Points: Dodge in time, hold the opponent’s wrist back to the right, hang the opponent’s right leg firmly, push the opponent’s jaw with the right palm to be powerful, push quickly, and force the base of the right palm. When pushing the palm, the inner qi of the mind is from the dantian to the root of the palm of the right palm.
5. Outside block to prevent the right palm from slashing the right neck
When the opponent stepped forward with his right foot and hit me in the chest with his left fist at the same time; I quickly step forward with my right foot on the surface of the opponent’s left foot to prevent him from moving forward, and at the same time use my right arm to knock the opponent’s left fist wrist outward and downward to prevent the opponent’s left fist from hitting (Figure 22). Then, I advanced my right foot slightly forward, and at the same time used my right palm to use the outer edge of the palm as a force point to slash at the left side of the opponent’s neck, injuring the opponent’s left cervical aortic artery (Figure 23).
Points: Step on his foot in time, knock the opponent’s left arm wrist outward and downward, progress and chopping palm should be coordinated, the chopping palm should be fast and powerful, and the force reaches the outer edge of the right palm. When chopping the palm, the Qi of the Mind Dantian is injected into the right palm.
6. Horizontal block anti-back-palm impact face side
When the opponent takes a step forward with his left foot and strikes me in the face with his right fist; I step forward with my left foot and block my opponent’s wrist arm with my right right lateral to the left (Fig. 24). Then, I quickly struck the right side of the opponent’s face with the back of my palm as a force point, causing the opponent’s face to be injured (Figure 25).
Points: The blocking and anti-fist should be timely, lateral force, the side of the fan should be with the palm back as the force point, the fan should be accurate, fast and powerful, and the force should reach the palm back of the right palm. Fan the intention of the dantian inner qi injected into the back of the right palm.
Iron Sand Fist Practical Usage B
1. Dodge horizontal block to prevent straight boxing surface
When the opponent stepped forward and hit me in the chest with a straight fist; I dodged with my right foot and back, and blocked my opponent’s right fist with both arms backward (Fig. 26). Next, I turned my body to the left and punched the opponent in the face with my left straight punch, injuring the opponent’s face (Figure 27).
Points: The dodge should be timely, and the arm defense should be used laterally, and the return fire should be fast, accurate and powerful, and the force should reach the left fist surface. When hitting the opponent’s face, imagine that the inner qi of the dantian is injected from the dantian into the left fist face.
2. Press the Eliminate Fist and hit the face with a back fist
When the opponent stepped forward and hit me in the abdomen with his right fist; I step forward with my right foot and press down with my left palm to knock out the opponent’s punch (Fig. 28). Then, I grab the opponent’s right wrist with my left palm and return to his arm, step forward and left, use the back of my right fist as a force point, and hit the opponent’s face with my right back fist, causing the opponent’s face to be injured (Fig. 29).
Points: The upper step and the palm elimination fist should be consistent in time; The collar arm should be coordinated with the upper step and the right fist to smash the opponent’s face, and the smashing should be fast, accurate and powerful, and the force should reach the back of the right fist. When smashing, it was intended that the dantian qi would be injected from the dantian into the back of the right fist.
Iron sand refers to actual combat usage C
1. Finger insertion with both arms
When the opponent stepped forward with his left foot and hit me in the chest with a straight left fist; I dodged with my left foot and stepped forward with my left and used both arms to press my opponent to the left (Figure 30). Next, I struck the opponent’s face with the five fingers of my right palm, injuring the opponent’s face (Figure 31).
Points: The upward step should be timely to dodge, the arms should be pressed diagonally to the right and down, and the right finger should be inserted into the opponent’s face quickly, accurately and powerfully, and the force should reach the fingertips. When inserting, think of the inner qi of the dantian injected into the five fingertips of the right palm.
2. The overhanging frame prevents the left finger from poking the face
When the other party takes a step forward with their left foot and inserts their left palm into my face; I took a left forward step with my left foot to dodge, and used my right arm to lift the opponent up to the right to point (Figure 32). Next, I poked the other person’s face with my left palm and five fingers, causing facial injury (Figure 33).
Key points: Step up and dodge in a timely manner, and use force to the right and above the finger to lift the frame; Puncture the other person’s face with the five fingers of the left palm quickly, accurately, and forcefully, reaching the tip of the five fingers of the left palm. When tapping, I intended to inject Dantian Qi into the fingertips of my left palm and five fingers.
