Chinese “Iron Crotch” Kung Fu Masters fight to preserve a painful-looking Tradition
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Chinese “Iron Crotch” Kung Fu Masters fight to preserve a painful-looking Tradition
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Published on Dec 9, 2020
#WangLiutai practices the ancient art of ‘iron crotch’ kung fu, which involves smashing the crotch with a steel-capped log or other heavy objects.
For some reason, it has been struggling to draw new recruits Its most famous technique involves a steel-plate capped log, 2 metres (6.5 feet) in length and weighing 40 kilograms (88 pounds) that swings through the air and smashes into a man’s crotch.
“When you practise iron crotch kung fu, as long as you push yourself, you will feel great,” said Wang, head of the
#JuntunMartialArtsAcademy. Wang, who has been practising the technique for around half a century and has two children, insists that with the correct methods and sufficient practice, it does not hurt and has no effect on fertility.
The iron crotch, mastery of which is gained by taking hits to the body’s weakest points while using qigong breathing techniques to inure oneself, is just one element of the branch of
#Tongbeiquan kung fu that has been practised in Wang’s village for the past 300 years.
The style encompasses scores of attack techniques as well as resisting pressure, pain or hits to other sensitive areas. “We also have iron throat, iron head, iron chest, and iron back as well,” said fellow master 53-year-old Tang Xiaocheng