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    ball stretching

    I have seen some photo of a shaolin practitioner standing on stmps with a concrete slab tied round his nutties. Is this an actual practise, or is this guy himslef just nuts?

    If it is real:

    1) Why do it;

    2) Ouch;

    3) What I wrote in 2)

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    yes, it's real:

    1. to further one's abilities to use qi (one reason)

    2. darn right ouch, but less ouch if you have a good teacher

    3. extra ouch
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    1) cuz chicks like to feel that "slap" in the dog.

    2) No pain, no gain.

    3) same here
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    Thumbs up

    My guess is that he is an idiot.Of course he may just be very unique and likes to do such,to each their own...
    1) No reason to,really.
    2) Indeed...
    3) See 1&2.
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    The theory is that it pulls down on the perineum, so that when you contract the muscles in the pelvic floor, the weight offers resistance. Good muscle tone in the pelvic floor is supposed to help prevent leakage of qi, and you can learn to direct the qi upward by contracting. The hole in the theory is that there's a layer of connective tissue between the scrotum and the muscles, so all you really end up doing is stretching your sack. The guy I learned it from had a sack that hung about 5-6 inches. No thanks.

    Women can do the same exercise by tying the weight to a drilled stone egg and inserting the egg. In this case, the weight is anchored above the pelvic floor, and really does pull on the muscles.

    I suppose guys could use an egg, too, and tone up the levator ani. I haven't tried that.


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    Former, that was good. I'll give it a 9.8

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    Pull sexual energy(jing) to higher centers in the body. Sexual energy that normally escapes through the perineum is pulled into the small heaven circulation.
    Bless you

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    Thumbs up

    Thanks Tony.
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    Thumbs up

    1) cuz chicks like to feel that "slap" in the dog.

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