Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands Chi Kung bestaat uit 18 relatief korte oefeningen en is ongeveer 1500 jaar geleden ontwikkeld door de boeddhistische monnik Ba Tuo.

Wong Kiew Kit, Grandmaster, van het Shaolin Wahnam Institute zegt hier het volgende over:

Let us start with a great, inspiring truth, that is, good health is our natural birth-right. This means we are naturally healthy. In other words, if all our cells, tissues, muscles, organs and systems are working the way they are supposed to work, we will not be sick. However, so many people today are stressful and ill that they think, mistakenly, it is natural to be ill once a while. Some even resign themselves to a prolonged life of illness and pain. Illness and pain are unnatural, which means that one or more parts of their body are not functioning naturally. For those who are sick or in pain, this book (zie hieronder: "SHAOLIN CHI KUNG - 18 Exercises To Help You Live A Longer Healthier and Happier Life" door Marcus Santer) brings hope and good health.
Those who are already healthy will also benefit much from this book as it will show them not only how not to be sick at all, but also to have vitality and mental clarity to attain better results no matter what they do. They will also have longevity and inner peace.
It is understandable that some people may think this claim to be too good to be true. But it is suffice to say that we in our international Shaolin Wahnam Institute of Chi Kung have helped literally thousands of people overcome pain and illness, and attain good health, vitality, longevity, mental clarity and spiritual joys irrespective or race, culture and religion. Our students come from all walks of life, including top scientists and doctors and presidents of international corporations, and from all the six continents.
The author, Sifu Marcus Santer, is our Chief Instructor in the United Kingdom. Over the years he has shared the wonderful benefits of Shaolin chi kung, which was in the past taught only to emperors, generals and specially selected disciples, with many students not only in the United Kingdom but also from around the world. In line with our Shaolin philosophy of spreading this wonderful art to more people, Sifu Marcus Santer has presented his many years of teaching in this book in a clear and systematic manner.
From our many years of experience in helping students, we have discovered that success in attaining good results depends on three factors, namely the art, the teacher, and the students.
The art presented here has been time tested. The teacher, Sifu Marcus, has helped many students attain good health, vitality, mental clarity and spiritual joys. Hence, whether good results will be attained will depend on the students, which in this case are the readers. The instructional material has been presented clearly and systematically. Students need only to follow the instructions respectfully. This is a opportunity to attain good health, vitality, mental clarity and spiritual joys which one should not miss.

Marcus Santer, de schrijver van het boek "SHAOLIN CHI KUNG - 18 Exercises To Help You Live A Longer Healthier and Happier Life" schreef het volgende hierover:

I wanted to write this book because of an article I read in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. It reported on an influential Commons Health Select Committee which stated that in the West we are in danger of believing that there is a “Pill for every ill”. We are handing over the responsibility for our health and wellbeing to doctors, psychiatrists, counsellors and a whole host of “professionals”. When you look at the increasing demands living today places on us, this comes as no surprise. We are expected to do more, do it better and do it quicker. It can be very challenging to find time for your health and wellbeing.
My aim is for you to take back the responsibility for your health, happiness and inner peace. I believe that the practise of Shaolin Chi Kung is the best tool to help you in your quest. My hope is that this book will encourage you to get started and then to seek a competent instructor who can really help you to make the patterns in this book “come alive” for you.
Chi Kung is scientifically based on the Chinese model of medicine. It is the oldest of the five branches, predating acupuncture, herbs, Tui Na (Chinese therapeutic massage) and diet therapy. The Chinese model of medicine has been used to keep the largest number of people, over the longest period of comprehensively documented history (5.000 years, give or take a few) healthy and well. Put simply: it works.
Shaolin Chi Kung can bring you the benefits of Chi Kung at least four times faster than most Chi Kung available today because:

1. Shaolin Chi Kung is very powerful - it produces effects in 15 minutes that may take an hour in other types of Chi Kung.
2. Practising Shaolin Chi Kung gives immediate benefits – students regularly mention that after their practise they experience: deep relaxation, joy and freedom from stress, worry and anxiety.
3. Shaolin Chi Kung involves the mind - students frequently mention experiencing higher states of consciousness and mental clarity. Unlike other types of Chi Kung that are only physical.
4. Shaolin Chi Kung touches on the spiritual - regardless of one’s religion or lack of religion. Students regularly mention that their practise has helped them to feel life is more meaningful and precious.

Please don’t think that I am against the Western model of medicine. I believe there are many areas in which it excels (e.g. contagious diseases). But it is only one model of medicine, there are others. My Sifu’s (Wong Kiew Kit, Grandmaster, Shaolin Wahnam Institute) life mission is to share authentic Shaolin Arts with deserving students regardless of race, gender or religion. His example has become my own mission and I hope you will let me be your guide as you work through the material in this book. As you practise the patterns it contains you will realise from your own experience that: “Good Health is Your Birth Right”.

Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands Chi Kung bestaat uit 18 oefeningen:

1. Both Hands Lift Sky - SHUANG SHOU TUO TIAN
2. Shoot Arrows Left Right - ZUO YOU KAI GONG
3. Plucking Stars Change Galaxies - ZHAI XING HUAN DOU
4. Rotating Winch - LU LU XUAN ZHUAN
5. Big Turn of the Cosmos - DA ZHUAN QIAN KUN
6. Punching With Eyes Wide - NU MU CHONG QUAN
7. Look Back to Carry the Moon - HUI TOU BAO YUE
8. Reverse Hands Bend Waist - PAN ZU GU YAO
9. Three Levels Down to Ground - SAN PEN LUO DI
10. Divine Crane Starts Dancing - XIAN HE QI WU
11. Second Son Carrying Mountains - ER LANG DAN SHAN
12. Lohan Draws Saber - LUOHAN BA DAO
13. Fierce Tiger Pushing Mountains - MENG HU TUI SHAN
14. Green Dragon Separating Water - QING LONG FEN SHUI
15. Green Dragon Presenting Claws - QING LONG XIAN ZHUA
16. Big Windmill Hand - DA FENG CHE SHOU
17. Lift Heels Bend Knees - QI ZHENG WAN ZUO
18. Divine Crane Rotates Knees - XIAN HE ZHUAN XI

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