Ultimate
Iron Palm

by Kwong Wing Lam & Chet Braun
English 226 pages,
photographs, softbound,
US $19.95

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Complete
Iron Palm
Training

compiled and edited by H. C. Chao
English 116 pages,

photographs, softbound,
US $13.95

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My relationship to ShihFu Lam goes back many years. I began studying with him in the Seventies. Now he has come out with one of the most complete, if not THE most complete, book on the Iron Palm training ever written in English. He and Chet Braun have done a fine job with historical evidence, legends, details instructions, injunctions, applications. Particularly important there is a great deal of information (I can almost hear Lam talking now) about how not to hurt yourself. My only criticism is that the book sometimes presents the more outlandish stories of Iron Palm without distinguishing them as legend.This is a very complete document. Having practiced Shihfu Lam's method for years I can personally attest to its authenticity and direct lineage from Gu Ru Zhang. Shihfu Lam is a dedicated martial artist and, unlike so many who speak about Iron Palm, has been assiduously practicing it for decades. He shows not one but two Shaolin methods. Gur Ru Zhang's and the rare Tiger Iron Palm from the mysterious Hung practitioner Leung Hua Chu.

This book - "compiled and edited" - is a re-issue of the famous Lee Ying Arng book on Iron Palm training. Essentially the same information is covered such as ...

• Training "flat bag" style
•Applications of the basic palm positions
•Training hanging bag style
•Applications of the different palm strikes
• Principles of training including health considerations
• Soft Chi Kung methods for the palm
• A famous picture of our great grand teacher Ku Yu Cheong (Gu Ru Zhang) breaking 12 bricks with a slap.

Is a re-compilation of a classic also a classic? Yes, when it's done that long ago.