| Continued from Iron Palm Q&A With Sigung | | | | stronger than you. Also, if you are attacked by |
| Richard Clear Part 9 Si-Gung Clear is professionally | | | | multiple attackers it is a really nice benefit to only |
| sanctioned by the Kun Tao Silat Association | | | | have to hit any attacker only once so that you |
| International, Silat Kilap Betawi DeThouars, Malabar | | | | have a real chance of escaping and living through |
| Fighting Arts USA, Black Tiger Fighting Society, | | | | the situation. I practiced Iron Body and Iron Palm |
| Jackson's Wu Shu Institute, the Jian Mei Internal | | | | for over an hour every day for over 6 months |
| Arts Association, the World Tai Chi Boxing | | | | before I opened my first school in 1990. I did it |
| Association, and the Russian Martial Arts Schools | | | | with the idea that if I got seriously challenged by |
| Affiliation. Si-Gung Clear was recently inducted into | | | | someone who just came in the door and |
| the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Q. What is the | | | | attacked me that I could take a very serious hit |
| need for iron palm training today? A. An aspect of | | | | from them and give them a hit that most people |
| Iron Body, Internal Iron Palm and some of the | | | | could not withstand. Amongst other things it gave |
| specialty palms that is often overlooked or not | | | | me a confidence that helped alleviate some very |
| understood is that they are a byproduct of Chi | | | | serious situations in my early years of running my |
| Kung that is designed to make your body super | | | | own schools. To be continued in "Iron Palm Part |
| healthy. As for self defense these methods are | | | | 11" |
| phenomenal. There are many places in our society | | | | Sigung Richard Clear has over 30 years of |
| today where you can not carry a weapon such | | | | experience in Chinese Kun Tao and Indonesian |
| as a knife or gun. Iron Palm is a great equalizer | | | | Silat. |
| against an attacker who is much larger and | | | | |