Author’s Note: Many people were curious about the book. Yes! The book is real. The techniques in the book are real. I embellished the story to introduce the techniques, so it is not too complicated for the average person. Instead of providing complicated, step-by-step instructions for a technique that can be hard to understand, I have readers learn and experience each step through colorful stories. I hope you enjoy it.
When the student arrived home, he opened the book to the first page. Inside, someone had drawn a large picture of a dragon. Under the picture of the dragon were the words, “The Dragon’s Fire of Secret Techniques.”
He turned the page to read the prologue.
My name is Sui Wan Jou. I’m a Shaolin priest. My training includes over 40 years of 5-Animal Kung Fu. I’ve mastered all five animal forms and twenty-three major weapons. I left the temple five years ago to help anyone who needed my services.
My path has led me to discover other styles and teachers. I have learned from them and incorporated their knowledge into my own personal art. I learned Ngok Fei’s fighting style and his locking form, Lin Kuen. I traveled south and met the master of Pai Lung (White Dragon). One part of the training was to break two knuckles of my hand to create one super knuckle. This was necessary for striking special points on the body to cause death.
As a Shaolin priest, I helped many people both as a doctor of herbal medicine and by defending the innocent. As I got older, I decided to record the special techniques I had mastered, in the hope that they would not be lost. I named this book “The Dragon’s Fire of Secret Techniques.” The techniques included here are difficult to master and will take years of dedicated practice. If this is translated into other languages, I hope the steps for mastering each technique are not lost in translation.
The student stretched and yawned, taking a short break from reading. He knew that the most popular Kung Fu styles originated from the Shaolin Temple. He read about other popular styles back then. He was always fascinated by the praying mantis, eagle claw, and even the southern style of tiger claw. He read the books “Shaolin Temple Boxing” and “Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods” by Robert Smith, who met many of the old masters in Taiwan. He documented many of the old masters’ secret techniques.
‘Was this book going to be better than those?” He thought.