Came across a flyer at my local coffee house/cafe advertising for Golden Shield QiGong. They seem to have a national network of teachers. Anybody have knowledge or experience with this system? Thanks.

I have an idea.


Why don't you go take a class and tell us what your experience is?

go for it.

does your intuition tell you your encounter with this flyer should bring you to check it out?

if so , go.

If not....

PS - golden sheild sounds like golden bell which is another name for shaolin iron body training.

just my bit of info.

Craig

If it is the Shaolin method, I'd jump on it. Network or no, this is a very rare and powerful Chi Kung that most teachers reserve for disciples. It's the highest level of iron body.

Edit: Found a link.

http://www.goldenshieldqigong.com/

I'd look into the classes. They are describing the real deal.

I wish I could attend.

A former roommate of mine was into this stuff. Last I talked to him he had done everything except the head training. After every part of the body is complete the "energy training" begins. Its some pretty intense stuff. He balanced it with 2 hours of Vipassana meditation daily.

He always had stories about strange things and weird people who were involved in the training. He dated a girl from his class and they would get into monster fights, but calm down after a while and blame it on all the "cleansing of the meridianss" they were going through.

In any case you could punch him or her in the belly and your fist would bounce off. They said it was their "chi firing". They had a bunch of tricks like that to demonstrate their chi. Cool stuff.

I did the same or a very similar Golden Shield QiGong style a few years ago. I enjoyed it. Very yang, a short visualization, rubbing herbal tincture on belly, hitting the belly in a a circular pattern then more tincture rubbing. As time went on you'd go from open hand to fist, hitting increasingly harder as time went on. Breathing out w/ hits ofcourse. The next step was an herbal cured wooden brick to hit your belly with. The advance students hit each other w/ pretty large sticks.

I liked it. Relatively simple. Not as masochistic as it sounds. Awakening and toughing the inner organs. Like Kunlun, serious students were expected to do 100 days of celibacy and get a transmission from the 'top man'. I was only in it for a few months so I didnt' do either.

I think the group is still around the Chicago area. It didn't meet every week which I didn't particularly like. I did get a great guided meditation from them, a Longevity Meditation that is great. I still do a quickie they taught of tapping from the breast bone out along the floating ribs.


Michael