Series of the school: Eighteen Lohan Hands
A series of eighteen Chi Kung exercises of the Shaolin tradition, taught in the author’s school; from it come the practices of Doors I to V: Lifting the Sky with Both Hands, Looking Back to Carry the Moon Upon and Within Me (Holding the Moon), The Fierce Tiger Pushes Mountains, Plucking Stars, Changing Galaxies (Harvesting Stars), and Shooting Arrows to the Left and Right. The book’s thirteen practices do not form a single traditional series.
The practices that come from this series
| Door | Practice | What the book notes |
|---|---|---|
| I | Lifting the Sky with Both HandsOf the Thirst That Wakes the Heavens | |
| II | Looking Back to Carry the Moon Upon and Within MeOf the Light That Learns Thy Name | Its technical name is Carrying the Moon; in my story it also appears as Holding the Moon. |
| III | The Fierce Tiger Pushes MountainsOf the Threshold of Return | I mean Pushing Mountains, from the Eighteen Lohan Hands: standing, pushing both palms forward. |
| IV | Plucking Stars, Changing GalaxiesOf the Voice That Leads Unto Silence | Its technical name is Plucking Stars; in my story it also appears as Harvesting Stars. |
| V | Shooting Arrows to the Left and RightOf the Night That Lays the Soul Bare | My intention as I practice it: I aim with love, I release with truth. |
Opening, exercise, and closing
The practices share an opening and a closing. Between them lies the exercise I have chosen for each door.
The exercises belong to different series of my school: the Eighteen Lohan Hands, the Eighteen Lohan Arts, the Eighteen Jewels, and the Sinew Metamorphosis. Gathering them here does not make them a single traditional series.
The choice, frequency and repetitions of each form are learned with the instructor. The narrative order of the doors does not prescribe the same practice for everyone, nor does it require all thirteen exercises in one session.
Common guide to the practices, in the book.
Read the common guide to the practices