Things You'll Need:
- Please go to www.ultimateironpalm.com for further references.
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Step 1
The first step in training for the Chinese Iron Palm Skills is to condition the hands. This is done with a three-year program of conditioning with Iron Palm liniment and various elements, beginning with dried peas or beans, and working through mixtures of these with pebbles, then all stone, then mixtures of stone and iron pellets, and finally, all iron pellets. These days, it is easier to obtain 3/8" steel hunting shot, which works just as good as the iron pellets. For information on the Iron Palm liniment, please go to www.briangray.com
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Step 2
Once the traditional three-year period of conditioning has been completed, the student begins breaking solid objects to learn how to intensify and compress the striking potential. There are two levels of breaking. First is the level of External. In this level, we break the entire stack of blocks. In the second level, Internal, we strike the stack of blocks, but we break ONLY the block selected, and we leave all the rest of the blocks unbroken. Internal skills are the deadliest, since these enable us to strike through any impediment, such as armor, and send the power of the strike into that object beyond the impediment. It is possible, using the Internal skills, to strike a person's chest and stop his heart, even if that person is wearing thick armor.
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Step 3
The final step in Iron Palm training is to learn how to apply the skill in self-defense. Many people make the mistake of thinking that just because some person can break a brick, he is qualified as a martial artist, and nothing could be further from the truth. A true Iron Palm master must also be a skilled martial artist. If he is not trained in how to apply the Iron Palm in self-defense, then his hands may be powerful, but they are two blind dragons.
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Step 4
Warnings: If the person claiming to teach you Iron Palm is a fraud, you will be wasting your time and money. Here's what to look for:
- Breaking coconuts is a sign of self-taught imposters. The Chinese, who invented the Iron Palm, do not break coconuts.
- Recommending thrusting your hands into lead or copper. These two elements are highly poisonous and will lead to death.
- Breaking with a lot of force. Genuine Iron Palm masters barely lift their hands off the blocks they are breaking. They do NOT power through the blocks.
Since the 1970's, I have been publicly demonstrating and teaching this ancient art around the world and on international television. I have written more books and magazine articles on this subject than any person living. Many frauds have read my books, studied my videos, and have then gone out and tried to dupe people into thinking that they are masters themselves. These people are extremely dangerous, because they not only do not give credit to the fact that they learned what little they have learned from my books and videos, but they attack me for exposing their dangerous practices and corrupt commercial endeavors. I will never cease to stand for the correct Iron Palm information being kept available for all those who want to study the legitimate art. When you see someone knocking me, since all I teach is the traditional Chinese methods for this art as recognized by the highest martial arts organizations in China, there can be only one reason they are attacking me - I have exposed their fraudulence. Beware of these people. My organization has huge files on these people and their unscrupulous activities.
Grandmaster Brian Gray, Head of the Iron Palm International Organization
