Iron Palm : the complete training manual

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
A Beginning: The First Hundred Days
	1: What Is the Iron Palm?
		The Authentic Iron Palm
		Getting Ready
	2: The First Hundred Days (Part One)
		Let’s Hit It!
		Get Corny!
		The Silent Teacher
	3: The First Hundred Days (Part Two)
		The Weighted Rod
		The Rolling Stick
		Put a Sock in It!
		Auxiliary Exercises
	4: Developing Slapping Power
		Put in Some Elbow Grease!
		Stick It Out!
		Strike Like a Human Tiger
		The Thrust
	5: Going Back to Your Roots
		Riding the Horse
		The Bow-and-Arrow Stance
	6: Basic Body Actions
		The Body Action of “Down”
		The Body Action of “Rotation”
		Reverse Rotation
	7: Brewing Your Own Medicine
		Making Your Own Iron Palm Medicine
		Applying the Medicine
	8: Basic Long-Breath Qigong Exercise
	9: The Microcosmic Orbit Breathing Exercise
		Beginning the Practice
		Getting the Point
		The Microcosmic Orbit Breath
	10: Standing Qigong Practice
		Push to the Front
		Push to the Sides
		Push Palms Down
On the Path: The Second Hundred Days
	11: The Second Hundred Days
		Changing the Bag
		A Bucketful of …
		Thy Rod and Thy Stick
		Auxiliary Exercises
	12: Whip It
	13: Preliminary Tests
		A Couple of Times Around the Block
		The Brick
		Knock on Wood
	14: The Macrocosmic Orbit Breath
		Stage 1
		Stage 2
		Stage 3
		Practice with the Postures
The Final Phase
	15: The Final Frontier
	16: Advanced Assessments
		Strike the Hard Through the Soft
		Strike the Soft Through the Hard
	17: Myth Busting
	18: Instructions for Building a Striking Post
		What You’ll Need
		Constructing the Base
		The Post
		Making a Pad
	Conclusion
	About The Author
	Also By
	About North Atlantic Books