25/05/2017
Today in class we watched the documentary, Shaolin Wheel of Life. It was a stage play on the history of the Shaolin Temple. The monks had some extra-ordinary performances, which I can say were humanly impossible.
They would spin and kick three times in the air. They would lay their backs on knife edges and nails and not get cut or bleed. They would balance on the sharp ends of swords and spears with their stomach and not get injured. They would even stand up-side-down on one finger on each hand which is stunning to see someone who weighs about 85 kilograms stand on two fingers.
Their youngest monks, boys of about 10 years old, would stand on one leg for several minutes without fail.
Another thing that shocked me was when they hit their heads with steel and the steel would break! I believe if we were to do it here, I'm sure all of the school would end up in the hospital due to concussion.
They would spin and kick three times in the air. They would lay their backs on knife edges and nails and not get cut or bleed. They would balance on the sharp ends of swords and spears with their stomach and not get injured. They would even stand up-side-down on one finger on each hand which is stunning to see someone who weighs about 85 kilograms stand on two fingers.
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