A proverb says: "Shaolin is the hard, Gāng (Chinese: Tsuyoshi), the soft, Róu-ruǎn (Chinese: Soft)”, but because of the extensive structure of its system, Most people will study for years without achieving its soft appearance, Nei-jia (Chinese: Within the family). So certainly there is softness in Shaolin, and is expressed in the rare-Rou Quan Shaolin style, that for this reason it is technically called "soft job", Róu-gōng (Chinese: Soft power). The Rou-gong, which is also one of the original names of Taijiquan (Tai Chi), commonly called Rou Quan-, “Pugno morbido”, is also known as "Shaolin Taiji" (Shaolin Taiji). In the "Canon of Shaolin" has said that the three sections were created from monaco Rou Hui-ke (Chinese: Hui), second Patriarch of Shaolin is the direct successor of Bodhidharma (Sanskrit: Bodhidharma; Chinese: Bodhidharma), who developed the earlier work of Chou-Seng (Chinese: Monk ugly), first abbot of Shaolin disciple of the Indian master dhyana Batu (Chinese: Ba Tuo).
There are 3 sections designed by monaco Rou Hui-ke:
  1. Bei-Da-Ci-consistent (Chinese: Boxing great compassion). The "Boxing of the Great Mercy", Zhen-Yuan-frame (Chinese: Zen Round function) the "Exercises of meditation universal" and Liuhe-gong, (Chinese: Luk Power) The "Exercises Six Harmonies".
  2. Mini-mian (Chinese: Cotton Fist) the "soft as cotton Fist"
  3. Jin-Gang-consistent (Chinese: Kongo Ken) the "Vajra-fist", the "diamond of the Buddha-Fist Warrior"
three interdependent levels of achievement, each of which can be chosen by the student as the main area of ​​interest.
  1. Therapeutic Level:main objective: maintenance or restoration of mental and physical health. At this level it uses mainly the yin aspect of the art, that relaxation, peace of mind, slow movement and free movement of Qi in the body.
  2. Level Martial: main objective: martial skills. Having established the benefits of the previous level, also exploits the yang aspect of the art, ie the development of the internal elastic force (Jin) and refinement of the intention (Yi).
  3. Mystical Level: main objective: spiritual cultivation through the transformation of the "3 Treasures" (Jīng, Qi and shen).
Being a soft system that favors the use of force internal Qi (Gas), muscle than there (Force), is generally taught to senior monks, because its graceful movements and quiet are excellent for martial artists of old age, who wish to maintain their physical and mental abilities. Shaolin Rou Quan Lo-, being a noble martial system, First established in the psycho-monaco-warrior and the polarity of the substantiality dell'insostanzialità, Opening and closing, that activate an automatic control of breathing, a result that harmonizes with the body movement and gives his rhythm.
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