Body Shrinking Kung Fu

[marvin8]

From Incredible moment Chinese man, 72, squeezes himself into a toddler's shirt using 'body-shrinking skills' - before fitting three beer bottles underneath,
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• Footage shows pensioner in China squeezing himself into a toddler's shirt
• The incredible footage was uploaded on October 16 to Youtube
• The 72-year-old then manages to fit three beer bottles under the shirt

This is the bizarre moment a man in China manages to squeeze himself into a toddler's shirt before fitting three beer bottles underneath.

72-year-old Wang Baohe from north China's Hebei province shows off his body shrinking skills in a video posted online on October 16.

According to reports, he has been practicing this form of martial art for years:

Published on Oct 16, 2016
Kung Fu master squeezing into a toddler's shirt. Wang Baohe from north China's Hebei Province is one of the last masters of "Body Shrinking" Kung Fu, and has been fighting to keep the rare form of martial arts alive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMRXcn4hUs4


Preparing himself: The man flexes and moves his body around to prepare himself for the stunt


Impressive: He then squeezes his body into the toddler's shirt holding his arms up

In the footage filmed in Canzhou, China's Hebei province, the man can be seen flexing and stretching his body.

He then says that he is going to shrink his shoulders.

Wang then puts the sleeves of the shirt on and then flails his arms around, squeezing the shirt on.


Speedy: He then manages to get his entire body in the shirt in a short amount of time


Getting very difficult: He then buttons it up and adds a bottle of beer underneath


Bizarre skills: He manages to place three bottles in total under the fastened shirt

The man then takes a few deep breaths before fastening up the buttons.

He then tells the audience that he is going to put three beer bottles inside the shirt. He says: 'you won't believe your eyes'.

Wang then flexes his body before stuffing one of the bottles inside.

He struggles for a short time to get the third bottle in however he eventually manages it.

Wang was practicing the art of body shrinking which requires the practitioner to dislocate the bone in order to achieve unusual positions.

This isn't the first time the man's videos have been shared online.

On social media site Weibo many people have been commenting on the man's past videos where he performs the same stunt.

One wrote: 'Is it like joint dislocation?'

And another commented: 'It's just a trick, there must be some problem with that shirt.'

While one user said: 'Unless he can squeeze his hand into the beer bottle, I would not believe him.'

Published on Nov 12, 2016
Shrinking the body to squeeze into a small loop: Ethnic Miao artist displays stunning Kung Fu in SW China's Guizhou:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bOqREPXkJk&t=4s

Published on Mar 13, 2015
An elderly Chinese villager is known for being able to perform many stunts including butting against hard objects with head, standing on eggs and bean curd, and getting into and out of a 30-centimeter-diameter iron ring:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKasL2ahaFY

[wayne hansen]

These type of demos were quite popular in Taiwan in the 70's
I remember seeing someone shrink himself into a large bamboo steamer basket
He also bound himself with piano wire which he broke by expanding his body
Another guy stood on thin Taiwan matchboxes and broke bricks

[GrahamB]

Kung fu is full of theatrical feats like this, but if you tell people they've been studying something other than a DEADLY KILLING ART all their lives then they get really upset. People are strange.

[Bill]

A shrunken Wang is never a good thing.

[C.J.W.]

Although most practitioners only focus on the theatrics, depending on how it's trained, body shrinking skill can be used as a type of specialized conditioning with martial applications (e.g., anti-qinna techniques).

[Mr_Wood]

circus act

[Daniel-san]

[fuga]

That spinal work is deep. The health benefits of being able to manipulate vertebrae like this must be incredible. Increased spinal flexibility is one of my goals as I get older. Now I just need to start doing the work!