The Stone Lock

Another compound strength training exercise using the Stone Lock- Shi Suo - which was one of the original exam subjects for people hoping to become military officers of the imperial army.

Thus, most Chinese martials artists used to practice it in earlier dynasties, but today, no traditional schools of wushu have maintained this training method. The tradition - along with many others - is kept alive by Shuaijiao fighters.

This movement is demonstated by Coach Liu Haoxue - 11 time national champion of China in freestyle wrestling and a Shuaijiao fighter since childhood.

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Michael

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[sharkythesharkdogg]

Ashwix, many of us want to know. How much would you guess that thing weighs? I think a kettle ball could be used. (A little one for me though....)

[ashwix]

this one is about 8kgs i think

[KicksOfFury]

couldn't you do that with a kettlebell?

[ashwix]

try it and upload the vid :-)

[gtrgy888]

Dumbbells were actually adapted from the clappers of churchbells in Italy. Kettlebells were a form of market weight. In Scotland they would throw rocks with handles for distance. It should come as no surprise that the Chinese would use padlocks for conditioning. Cultures since time immemorial have found fitness uses for generic equipment.

[ToddRJones]

Yeah you could def use a kettlebell for that. I'm willing to bet that thing is not as light as that guy made it look lol

[meatp0p]

@KicksOfFury i use a 14 lb kettlebell with this movement and i think its a great warm up

[fanzi9]

Wer is this in china???

[fanzi9]

Wer is this???



[nianfong]

@ashwix

sweet. I was just playing with a 15 lb kettlebell today doing this exercise. so I guess it's about the same. I started to get the hang of it... but after my 55 lb kettlebell clean and jerks I was too tired to do it too long...hahhaa. I'll keep it up and increase to the 25 lb later.

[CuongSam]

@KicksOfFury I tried it with 8kg kettlebell- its not a difficult as it looks, the most awkward part is keeping ur hand position during the throw and catch :)

[doggbrown1]

I wanna try it!!!! Where can I get one?

[asianquicktrip07]

holly crap that is awesome. I don't think i can do that even if the wait was like ten pounds.

[Sunfist85]

thanks for the info, never heard of a haltere before but yeah its crazy how everything and everyone is connected in someway ex. martial arts, tools, genes etc.

[gregdancingmachine]

Also, if you look at an ancient Greek haltere, it looks like a Russian kettlebell or a Chinese padlock. Russians have other cultural influences from Greece, such as Orthodox Christianity and some of their architecture, so who knows.