List of The 72 Shaolin Martial Arts - Double Locks

The Double Locks (雙鎖功, Shuāng suǒ gōng) allows the practitioner to block attacks from blunt weapons with his bare arms. During training, the practitioner knocks his forearms at each other and then hits his shins and feet with his forearms repeatedly.

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