Jin Jing Zhong

The Fourth Training Stage. Finger Hardening.


The whole innermost essence of DIEN XUE SHU – “Skill of touching
acupuncture points” lies in the force of
the only finger. In order to win an
enemy, physical force can be employed
and fists and legs used. But the force of
one finger is limited very much.
Furthermore, collision of fingers with a
hard surface can cause a body damage.
Therefore to suppress people with a
finger is a rather complicated matter.
You must be in command of a great skill
for it, otherwise you can not reach what
you wish. Consequently, those learning DIEN XUE must first of all acquire
all training methods which were expounded in the above section “Three
stages of the first level of GONG FU”. Only in that case finger training will
make sense


There are various and diverse training
methods for fingers. It is necessary to
choose one or several methods and
systematically adhere to it (or them).
Finger training can be done either
successively or simultaneously with other
required exercises. Any selection can be
done. We shall mention some of methods
for you to select conveniently. For
1 instance, there are in 72 Shaolin Arts
such
wonderful exercises as “Diamond finger” (#1), “Piercing through stones”
(#66), “Rubbing palms” (#72), “Cinnabar palm” (#17), “Rubbing and thrusts”
(#50), “Jumping centipede”, or “The skill of slithering snake” (#13), and etc.
A board of spruce can be also used for training. The middle and forefinger are
to be trained, or only forefinger. It is
necessary to touch the board of spruce
with a finger tip, at first slightly, then
stronger and stronger. Three months
later, the finger tip becomes noticeably
harder as compared with its state at the
beginning of training. At that time
change the board with a brick. After
another three months change the brick
for a stone. And so is day in and day
out.
After one year the finger is thought to be
sufficiently trained. But if you continue
training, the result will be better. It is
possible to inflict a significant body
damage by using this GONG FU. That is
so-called “outer” GONG FU. It is
necessary that a finger should touch
acupuncture points. Achievement of
such level demands hard training during
a year at least. If you wish to achieve the
same effect without touching a human
body, i.e. acquire “inner” GONG FU (QI
GONG), it is more difficult. It must be
taken into consideration that training
according “Diamond finger”, “Piercing
through stones”, “Rubbing palms”,
“Cinnabar palm”, “Rubbing and thrusts”,
“Jumping centipede”, or “The skill of
slithering snake” and other methods
sometimes can cause damage of the skin. Shaolin recipes instruct what to do
in such cases.