On a sword found at the Shaolin Temple the words "Sang Leng Jiu Su" were carved on the blade.

It means " Two Dragons Fighting over the knowledge of the Sphere"

"Chang-San Feng"

"THE HISTORY OF TAI CHI THEY DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT"

  "Dim Mak"   The background to dim-mak is as secretive as the art itself used to be. Chang San-feng invented it around 1300. (Where have I heard this name before?) He is the guy who invented Taijiquan (T'ai Chi).  What's a guy like this doing inventing two Martial Arts that seems to be as different as night and day.? They're not.   Chang was a acupuncturist known for his martial arts skills through out China. He used his knowledge of acupuncture to create Dim Mak and T'ai Chi.   T'ai Chi was invented as a substyle where Chang could teach his family and closest students this deadly art without others being able to catch on to deadly style.   Dim-mak movements are hidden in Tai Chi's free flowing forms and when people would see someone practising this art, they think of it as just an exercise or for health.   Today people pass Tai Chi off as just a bunch of old people in the park. And will argue that its all for health. My advise is never write something off because otheres are to blind to see whats in front of thir eyes.

Within the Shaolin Temple there was a special structure was devised, which would allow those monks wishing to leave the Shaolin temple, to do so. If a monk wanted to leave the temple, he was allowed to do so after defeating all his contemporary masters in combat. On the day that the monk would leave the temple, he had to go through a line of
his contemporary masters and defeat each one in turn. The philosophical monks were often defeated before the end of the line and often killed. However, some did make it and were thenable to introduce their own fighting methods to the outside world.

The founder of Tai Chi Chuan was one of the monks

who made it past the line of no return and out through the gates of the Shaolin temple. His name was Chang-San Feng. His fighting skills were so advanced that the Emperor offered him the post of head martial arts teacher of the Ming dynasty. He was showered with gifts by the Emperor, who also built a temple on
the Wutang Mountains to honour him.

The internal force of Yin had never before been applied or fully understood until Chang-San Feng developed it with Shaolin Kung fu and called it Supreme Ultimate Fist, otherwise known as Tai Chi Chuan, with Chi Kung as a set of breathing exercises to enhance physical strength.

The Emperors of China were so impressed with the fighting skills of the Taoist monks that they were eventually invited to the Royal Courts and ordered to teach Tai Chi to the Princes and Imperial guards. The Taoist monks took up the offer and through their teachings to the imperial guards Tai Chi Chuan eventually reached the people.  

D

Description of Name --- the death touch, poison hand

Dim Mak history

Death - time element (instant, delayed?)

Dim Mak's Wu De (The way of dim mak)

Dim Mak's Application - The 6 Ways of Dim Mak

 

I

Internal Power

Intention (I --- Mind) focus

Intensity (see also multiple use of points)

 

M

Mastery of Pressure Points

Point selection principles--- how many points, which ones to use, how to use them, where they are located, why they are used, consequences of injury to these points Point combination principles (multiple strikes)

Types of points and how to use them effectively--- KO points, points that can cause paralysis, points that can maim, points for restraining offenders, points that can immobilise, points that can cause instant and delayed death, points that can heal

 

M

Meridian System

Medical Concepts (TCM), the consequences of dim mak, acute and chronic injuries, how disease develop years after even a mild dim mak injury

 

A

Applications -- Putting Theory & Philosophy in practice

Activating chi & blood (positively, negatively)

Building and using internal power, external conditioning, healing techniques and practical defence strategies such as the Centreline theory, Ghost hands, Devil Hands and others.

 

K

Kill Points

Knock outs

Know how to set your enemy up to flow from one point to another

    How were the family styles of Chen, Yang, Wu, Hao, and Sun styles created ?     Once outside the Shaolin temple Chang San Feng traveled to the Shanxi Province North of Henan and met a school teacher named Wang Tsung Yueh and taught him "Tai Chi"   After mastering the style of Tai Chi Wang Tsung Yueh Visited the Chen village which was like an hour away from the Shaolin temple.   While at the Chen Villege Wang went to the local bar where Shaolin Monks were known to hang out and overheard a talk about martial arts and he couldnt help but to join the conversation.   The Shaolin Monks were highly skilled Martial Artists they were taught to be the best at what they did. They had the heritage and tradition on their side, And that made some monks think that they were bulletproof.   The Shaolin Monks thought their style was undefeatable. The Monks challenged Wang to a fight after Wang tried to argue his point that Tai Chi was just as good style of martial arts if not better than Shaolin kung fu.   This angered the monks and when they attacked it was Wang who sent the Shaolin Monks flying through the air.   The locals in Chen village were so shocked by what they had just seen begged wang to teach them the style of Tai Chi. This led to the birth of "Chen Style Tai Chi       "HOW TAI CHI  CAME TO BE"    
Master Chang is known as the Father of the 'Grand Supreme Fist', Tai Chi Chuan.  Chang discovered that most Wu Kuen, that is to say martial forms, were too vigorous and relied too heavily upon the physical strength.  It is told that Master Chang, ever observant of Nature, once witnessed a combat between a snake and a bird.  The noise of this contest had disturbed the Master's devotions, and venturing forth from his modest hut, he witnessed the bird to attack the snake.  At each pass, the bird fiercely pecked and clawed at the snake, however, the reptile through suppleness and coiling of his form, was able to avoid the attacks and launch strikes of his own.  The bird in his turn circled and used his wings beat the snake aside when he struck.  Master Chang contemplated upon this experience.  That night, as the Master slept, Yu Huang, the 'Glorious Jade Emperor', visited Chang in his dreams and instructed him, teaching him the secrets of the Tao that the bird and the snake innately knew.  The next day, Chang sprang up from his sleep wide awake and inspired by his Celestial Visitor, and immediately set about the creation of a new Martial Art form that relied upon Internal Power, or Chi, at its root.  This art held as its foundation the Truth that 'yeilding overcomes aggression' and 'softness overpowers hardness'.  In honor of his divine influences, Chang called his art Tai Chi Chuan, the 'Grand Supreme Fist'. 

Tai Chi's four basic principles:  

• use calm against action
• soft against hard
• slow against fast
• and single against a group