shaolin secrets.com

[robbiefu]

has anyone bought the shaolin secrets volume one book from the shaolin secrets.co website,I heard it is a 72 arts secrets bbok basically ,If anyone has please tell me what it is like and if it is worth buying

[olinek]

It is an interesting read. But you will either like it or hate it. If you are interested in Shaolin and such then you may like it.

It explains 72 Shaolin training methods along with other things to do to preserve health and what not. Lots of discussion of Zen topics.

Some of the exercises are quite interesting, things you could even incorporate into your routine, for example swinging a marble behind your head and trying to catch it to build concentration and hearing, or kicking at many swinging cotton balls to build precision.

Others you would probably think ridiculous, such as bear hugging a tree and trying to uproot it.

You should note that all the exercises are meant to be trained for many years.

[cheesedog]

I've read it. A few of them could be potentially useful, such as the one where you jump out of a hole in the ground and progressively deepen the hole, but most of them your training goals would be better served by more modern methods. Unless your goal is to train the way they did 500 years ago.