Begin Second Level of Iron Wire Fist Training

After one recovery week last week, I officially begin the second level of Iron Wire Fist training (铁线拳第二层 - 铁线锻造） with two iron rings. It took me one whole month to achieve effortlessness in the first level using only one ring. I thought one more ring isn't going to make a big difference until I started the isometric part of the training. The amount of resistance offered by that one more ring makes so much difference that my tendons start to ache almost immediately. This is exactly why there are ten progressive levels of 功力in Iron Wire Fist. There is simply no way anyone can slap on ten rings on each arm right from the start and not injure themselves. The tendons and chi strengthening is progressive and takes time.

I am also starting the external hardening part of the Iron Wire Fist training starting from the insides of both arms guided by Master Anthony Goh, President of USA Wushu Kungfu Federation, a grandmaster in Southern 硬气功 Hard Qigong. He even gave me his ancestral formula for the ointment that is so critical for the achievement of such hardening.

Indeed, Iron Wire Fist is a form of internal training for external martial arts with the aim of strengthening the tendons, muscles and bones ala hard qigong style. The achievement of which can be applied on almost every form of fighting. My best friend said it best "The objective of Iron Wire Fist is to give you two baseball bat arms against unarmed combatants". Your arms become weapons that you carry always and can also be extremely powerful in MMA fighting. Imagine being pinned on the ground with me mounted and instead of punching you with my gloved fist, I slam my steel-like forearms into the side of your head... once is enough...