{"id":103,"date":"2021-04-16T08:57:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T08:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/?page_id=103"},"modified":"2022-08-18T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T11:51:48","slug":"green-dragon-presenting-claws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/exercises\/18-lohan-hands\/green-dragon-presenting-claws\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Dragon Presenting Claws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Continuing our look at the qigong exercises that make up the famous Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands qigong\/chi kung set: Number 15, Green Dragon Presenting Claws<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Dragon Presenting Claws is also known as Presenting Claws, \u9752 \u9f8d \u73fe \u722a or QING LONG XIAN ZHUA. Of the 18 qigong exercises I unofficially consider this to be the hardest for students to learn of the 18 exercises that make up the 18 Lohan Hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Because there&#8217;s quite a lot going on at the same time!<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"ose-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube ose-youtube-single-video aligncenter\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hk-Gkp5edVQ?controls=1&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1\"\n\t\t        allowtransparency=\"true\"\n\t\t        allowfullscreen=\"true\"\n\t\t        frameborder=\"0\"\n\t\t        width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\n\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Of the 18 qigong exercises, when this exercise is practiced as qigong it is known to give the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>This exercise is of great benefit to the kidneys and pancreas.<\/li><li>It is also good for the limbs of the upper and lower body.<\/li><li>Those who suffer from arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes&nbsp;or have trouble with their digestive&nbsp;system will find this pattern useful.<\/li><li>If you often feel worried and anxious&nbsp;can use this exercise to overcome the problem as it enhances the nervous system.<\/li><li>This pattern is also used by Shaolin Kung Fu students to develop \u201cDragon Claw Force\u201d which is invaluable in applying Qin-na&nbsp;techniques. (Qin-na is the Art of holds, locks and specifically gripping in a very special way that incapacitates an opponent without permanently harming them.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I love the big movements involved in this qigong exercise and once you get the co-ordination right this exercise is a real joy. If you&#8217;re wondering why so many of the qigong exercises that make up this qigong set have martial arts benefits, remember that these 18 exercises became the 18 Lohan Fist, the proto-type of Shaolin Kung Fu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s 15 of the qigong exercises covered. The next one we look at is Big Windmill Hand. The simplicity of this exercise really allows you to go &#8216;deep&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bye for now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus James Santer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our look at the qigong exercises that make up the famous Shaolin 18 Lohan Hands qigong\/chi kung set: Number 15, Green Dragon Presenting Claws Green Dragon Presenting Claws is also known as Presenting Claws, \u9752 \u9f8d \u73fe \u722a or QING LONG XIAN ZHUA. Of the 18 qigong exercises I unofficially consider this to be &#8230; <a title=\"Green Dragon Presenting Claws\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/exercises\/18-lohan-hands\/green-dragon-presenting-claws\/\" aria-label=\"More on Green Dragon Presenting Claws\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103\/revisions\/525"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qigong15.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}