Five Elder Monk Mew Hing's 18 Daoist Palms Level 2 Coconut (Palm) Break Training Standing Moving Meditation #4 of 9

I would like to share a rare Qigong Meditation from our 18 Daoist Palms System. The meditation I will share is called 18 Daoist Palms' Level 2 Iron Palm Coconut Training Meditation 4 of 9. These are meditations for balancing ones own chi and circulating chi to transfer as in the application of the iron palm. We say 'palm' but in truth the entire hand is developed.

Doing these in the fresh air out in nature I have found to be very effective. I take the chi I gather and use the energy to flat bench press for greater punching raw power. The rest period between bench pressing allows for leisure time to do the iron palm form and two-person form plus the staff. Roller bar and grab bag are daily. Advanced iron palm meditations and meditations for chi cultivation and mental clarity are also practiced daily. Levitation meditation is also nightly for me. This routine has been going on two decades. Gardening keeps me close to the earthiness of the soil and allows for air baths. Learning new material is one of my greatest talents and joy. It is especially rewarding because I took five years off from producing after the 17 Panther tapes, to learn all the ropes of filming, editing and self producing to product; that can be sold worldwide via mere word of mouth.

Save these valuable articles, because this highest lineage martial five elder information will give you real results! Whether you have been doing Qigong for 20 or 40 years, no matter which of over 2000 types of qigong you have studied; these of five elder martial lineage with unique breath control sequences to trigger the psychic phenomenon; will allow you a special 'feel' for the chi cultivation and mental clarity. These do not interfere with any system's basic structure; it merely adds some of the best martial qigong. Enter meditation with an active thought of thanks giving - or appreciation. This will set the tone. Our meditations are martial. We are actively thinking, not merely being passive or seeking the void. Subconscious is merely the beginner level of making the arts effective in real combat or healing. Super consciousness is the level of enlightenment that really makes chi powerful. No one in a human body knows this 'hidden factor' more than someone deaf, dumb and blind.

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Photo 1:
Feet are about one and a half times the width of your shoulders, pointed slightly outward as in kung fu or straight ahead as in say Kenpo. The right hand is on top of the left hand with thumbs touching. The back is straight, pelvis forward and knees slightly bent, or curled. The shoulders are relaxed. Memorize the breath control first and the moves with your eyes open. Later learn to meditation with your eyes closed. Take two relaxed breaths. Next, take a breath and let 80% out. Take a full breath from that point and let it all out. Take a breath and let 50% out. Take a full breath from that point and let it all out. Breath normal for a total of five minutes - value judgments, don't use a timer. When you think you have done a total of five minutes including the percentage breath control in the beginning, merely 'flow' in to photo #2. I say flow because you don't want to move fast. It should take you another full five minutes to go through the moves in these photos with poise and consciousness of the myriad of martial combinations. Chi travels very slowly through the twelve main meridians. Two hours for each meridian! The forerunner of Tai Chi Chuan is Qigong of this rare type. Breathing is slowed down, but not held to the concept inhale with transition and exhale with strike or block. That is the fighting speed principle, not the slow moving meditation/martial qigong ging packing principle. The tan-tien must be calm and poised and yet in constant breathing in order to feel the chi comfortably move through the blockages. These blockages are much easier to feel when going slower than Tai Chi Chuan speed. It can be much more difficult. Some martial qigong has but a few moves, some are stationary. These few move and stationary move meditations are a real challenge as the feel of controlling a balance of mind/body sensations while multi-tasking visualized martial meaning, force one to surrender in faith/courage to the tan dien; thus the remembrance to breathe.

Photo 2:
Lower your hands to your sides. This is a martial form/meditation, so don't get too loosey/goosey with the intent in the hands! Think of the back hand applications as you lower the hands.

 

 

Photo 3:
The left hand starts its journey to the right side to eventually become an open hand outward block. Feel the chi and think of the inner iron forearm having been conditioned from a couple of decades of rolling the bar daily. Feel the chi in the hands and think of the daily grab bag iron claw training. Just in the slight movement of the third photo, you can see and feel how the element of slowness allows your mind time to think of the myriad of martial applications. During this visualization, many of you will be thankful you earned legitimate black belts in well known systems. I say this because we always keep our roots and merely add as we go that which compliments. Any prior self defense will help you expose the myriad of hidden moves that include dim mak, chin-na, iron palm and iron body. If you have no martial experience, just doing the moves will improve health like authentic qigong and Tai Chi Chuan naturally do. Just do the moves with an opening thought of thanksgiving or appreciation. From this intent, the universe will allow more energy. As long as you can hold the positive thoughts without contradicting those thoughts, you will be what surfers call "in the tube." You will feel well. As your focus spaces out or negative thoughts enter because you allow them, the energies will feel less comfortable and thus you will want to revert to 'breathing' again to get back in alignment. ;)

Photo 4:
The left hand completes its outward sweep block with the open hand palm in.

 

 

 

Photo 5:
Notice how the right hand now starts to do the same move; outward block open hand with the palm facing inward. Notice the left hand helps form a type of x-block during the transition.

 

 

Photo 6:
The right hand completes the outward block with the open hand palm in. Notice the left hand goes from the transition x-block to a down block back to the left side. One can at lease visualize the transition as such…one of many possibilities!

 

 

Photo 7:
The hands meet at the original starting position. This is a protective transition that allows for a trap or backhands; indeed even a quick release variety of the moves that could be executed, including catching a mid-range front kick to quickly trap and flip up high to send the kicker on their butt so to speak.

 

 

Photo 8:
This is a small circle transition move with the intent to double backhand and trap. The trap can be any appendage and certain improvised weapons.

 

 

Photo 9:
The hands shoot out to the front palms down. This is a possible eye poke or soft area vital point strike. It can also act as double outer arm deflectors.

 

 

Photo 10:
The fingers rake down. The arms can be used to come over a grab from the inside or outside as a type of deflection. The fingers raking down the centerline can strike points on the vertical line down.

 

 

Photo 11:
This move shows the first half of a small foot half circle done outwards with both hands. These are hidden quick release against grab set-ups.

 

 

Photo 12:
Here we see the hands come back in alignment from the half circle. This later move completes the quick release and the open fingers are free to work their magic on any available soft spots on the way 'raking' upwards. This is why the iron hand and claw are necessary with the iron bridge roller bar training.

 

 

Photo 13:
Here we see the final position from the prior photo of lower outward hand half circles. Again; deflection and raking points are obvious, but these are just what you see that is obvious. The moves used as set-up points can spin off to dozens of individual self defense techniques.

 

 

Photo 14:
The arms now close inward to a type of set up 'smothering move.' Notice the bent elbows. This can be a sink/swallow type of move that retreats in a small circle to adhere and redirect as in push hands. The timing is so good that the footwork remains stationary.

 

 

Photo 15:
Here we see the shooting fingers position used more like a raking motion or deflecting motion to the inside or outside of any appendage attack combination. This later can turn into grabbing techniques of chin-na, starting with locks. The locks can reveal hollow points for the iron claw to seal.

 

 

Photo 16:
At the end of the qigong, take time to take three full relaxed breaths before opening your eyes and starting to move around. This entire meditation for the level two coconut break that just so happens to favorably adjust ones' chi, should take 10 minutes for best results. One can go longer, but ten minutes is fine. There is other training to do as well. We don't want to be a one trick pony. Remember this is just one singular level meditation for the coconut palm break. It is a great meditation to balance chi and learn to pack a lot of ging and projection in a few but effective moves. Qigong is basically shorter to learn and easier to remember and just as good as or better than Tai Chi Chuan for both health and self defense. It is older historically as well. Do realize however that there are hundreds of martial qigong like this one in the 18 Daoist Palms' System. Each qigong works for either a different iron force or healing/martial aspect of kung fu.

A little external all-purpose dit da jow on the hands and forearms will facilitate the chi sensations and thus the ability to interpret how these meditations build faith and courage. This is revealed by how you 'feel.' You will learn by doing. Everything you need to learn this never let out meditation is here in this article!

Happy Endless Summer!
Grandmaster (Jung Shee) James Patrick Lacy
7th Generation Five Elder Monk Mew Hing's 18 Daoist Palms System of Southern Chinese Kung Fu - since 1988