Originally Posted by
mickey
Greetings,
I had the opportunity to practice a Shaolin version, learned from a friend, a long time ago. The real question is does it do what it is supposed to do? From my experience it does. I noticed increases in strength and endurance. When preceded by meditation it becomes incredibly alchemical through the compressing of the cosmic energy into the physical body, raising the body's frequency to that of the cosmos (oops, did I say too much here?). One can argue Shaolin or Wudang. It is the same science with varied approaches and varying results. Please keep in mind that the Shaw Brothers movie mentality did not really exist between the temples. There was a lot of cross pollinization. I would sooner go to Wudang or Omei to learn anything Shaolin these days than to go to Shaolin itself.
Now Sal,
What would be of interest to me is whether the Yi Jin Jing was influenced/inspired by the frescoes found in the Tun Huang caves. I have yet to find a book that shows the original frescoes. I saw some shown on the Yoga Journal many years ago and the frescoes looked painted over. They depicted extensive martial and internal hygenic/alchemical practices.
mickey