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Learn Iron Body — the ancient Shaolin Temple physical conditioning martial art. It forges your tendons, bones, and muscles into literal iron. Taught by Shaolin-certified 9th Degree Black Belt Grandmaster Manuel Marquez. Trained live on Zoom, Thursday nights at 7PM PT.
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YOUR TRAINER — GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ · SHAOLIN 78TH GEN
Iron Body athlete mid-strike — cinematic hero shot
IRON BODY — LIVE ON ZOOM◆ THURSDAY NIGHTS · 7:00PM PT◆ FIRST CLASS FREE◆ THE ANCIENT SHAOLIN CONDITIONING ART◆ AGE STRONG◆ 78 GENERATIONS DEEP◆ TAUGHT BY GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ — 78TH GEN◆
IRON BODY — LIVE ON ZOOM◆ THURSDAY NIGHTS · 7:00PM PT◆ FIRST CLASS FREE◆ THE ANCIENT SHAOLIN CONDITIONING ART◆ AGE STRONG◆ 78 GENERATIONS DEEP◆ TAUGHT BY GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ — 78TH GEN◆
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THE MASTER

YOUR TRAINER · LIVE EVERY CLASS 01 / 05
Grandmaster Manuel Marquez — portrait
MEDIA — FROM THE FLOOR 10 PHOTOSSWIPE →
With his master
Breaking cinderblocks — the early years
Full splits — competition era
Stance training on the log posts
Stadium demonstration — banner night
Leading class on the floor
Live performance
Community event — the school family
Demo team night
Television interview — the trophy wall
GRANDMASTER MANUEL
MARQUEZ
Shaolin-certified in the Iron Body arts under Abbot Xingzheng — the temple’s seventy-eighth abbot (1949–1988) — Grandmaster Marquez has spent fifty-six years in the forge. He teaches the old way: live, in real time, taking questions and pushing the room — every Thursday night, week after week.
GENERATION 78TH GEN SHAOLIN MASTER
CERTIFIED 9TH DEGREE BLACK BELT NORTHERN SHAOLIN KUNG FU, 9TH DEGREE BLACK BELT NORTHERN PRAYING MANTIS, MASTER SOUTHERN FIVE ANIMALS & SOUTHERN FIVE FAMILIES, MASTER TAI CHI CHUAN, MASTER XIAOYAO SYSTEMS
CHAMPIONSHIPS 11-TIME WORLD CHAMPION GOLD MEDAL
LEADERSHIP ROLES NATIONAL DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIRMAN (INTERNATIONAL SHAOLIN WU-SHU GENERAL FEDERATION COMMITTEE), GLOBAL CO-CHAIRMAN & US PRESIDENT (INTERNATIONAL MARTIAL ARTS FEDERATION), GLOBAL CO-CHAIRMAN & US PRESIDENT (INTERNATIONAL KUNG FU AND KARATE FEDERATION)
TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
YEARS EXPERIENCE 56
LIVE CLASSES TAUGHT 10,000+
"IRON IS FORGED. I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH THE FIRE."
— GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ · 78TH GEN
1,500+
YEARS OF LINEAGE
78
GENERATIONS DEEP
1
NIGHT A WEEK — THURSDAY
60:00
MINUTES A CLASS
1
BODY. YOURS.
02

THE LINEAGE

HAND TO HAND · MASTER TO STUDENT 02 / 05
UNBROKEN SINCE 495 AD.
TA MO→SHAOLIN TEMPLE→78 ABBOTS→MARQUEZ→YOU
The record is real: eighty successive abbots of the Shaolin Temple, from Batuo in 495 AD to the present seat — and the art they guarded moved the only way it can, hand to hand, master to student. Grandmaster Marquez holds the seventy-eighth generation of that tradition, certified under Abbot Xingzheng. At seven o'clock, it reaches you.
THE SUCCESSIVE ABBOTS OF THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE 495 AD — PRESENT
01BATUO 495 AD
02SENGCHOU
03ZIYUN
04ZHICAO
05YIJIANG
06HUIJUE
07WEIJI
08LINGCOU
09XINGJUN
10HONGTAI
11ZHIHAO
12ZHENGWU XIUYONG
13GUANGQING
14BAO'EN
15QINGJIANG
16ZHITONG
17FODENG HUICHU
18SHANYING FAHE
19ZUDUAN
20FAHAI
21WUJIAN
22PUZHAO
23XINGCHONG
24XUMING
25XIXI HONGXIANG
26DONGLIN ZHILONG
27GUANGZHU
28MU'AN XINGYING
29RUFENG DEREN
30XUETING FUYU WROTE THE GENERATION POEM
31FU'AN YUANZHAO
32YUANMING
33ZU'AN HUISU
34LINGYIN WENTAI
35ZHONGLIN ZHITAI
36YUEYAN YONGDA
37HUANYUAN FUYU
38GUYAN PUJIU
39YUEZHAO JIANGGONG
40JU'AN FAZHAO
41CHUNZHUO WENCAI
42FENGLIN ZIGUI
43XI'AN YIRANG
44SUN'AN HONGYI
45WUWEI FARONG
46HAIYIN
47SONGXI ZIDING
48SONGTING ZIYAN
49NINGRAN ZIGAI
50RENSHAN YIGONG
51ZHU'AN ZIREN
52JUKONG QIBIN
53WUFANG KECONG
54GUIYUAN KESHUN
55ZHUO'AN XINGCHENG
56GUSHAN KEXIAN
57JING'AN WUTA
58GUMEI ZUTING
59YUEZHOU WENZAI
60ZONGLIN YUTANG
61ZHUDONG WUWAN
62XIAOSHAN ZONGSHU
63YINSHAN XIANGONG
64HUANXIU CHANGRUN
65WUYAN ZHENGDAO
66RUIGUANG
67HANHUI HUIXI
68BI'AN HAIKUAN
69CHUNBAI YONGYU
70XINYUN QINGNING
71YUANJIN LINGSHAN
72XINGYUAN ZHIWU
73QINGTAI YINGSHI
74HENGLIN
75MIAOXING
76CHUNPU
77ZHENXU
78XINGZHENG 1949–1988 · MARQUEZ’S LINEAGE (32ND IN ZIBEISHI)
79SHI YONGXIN
80SHI YINLE PRESENT DAY
GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ — 78TH GEN → YOU — TONIGHT 7PM GENERATION 80 — YOUR STUDENTS. SEE CERTIFICATION →
SOURCE — SHAOLIN TEMPLE, “SUCCESSIVE ABBOTS” (少林寺官网《历代住持》) · SHAOLIN.ORG.CN
The Pagoda Forest at Shaolin Temple — rows of stone stupas raised over buried masters
HISTORICAL MARKER · A1 / 4

THEIR NAMES ARE CARVED IN STONE.

This graveyard of Shaolin masters sits outside of the Shaolin Temple. It consists of over 240 stone ‘stupas’, the first of which was built in 791 AD.
THE PAGODA FOREST · SHAOLIN TEMPLE · SONGSHAN, HENAN34.507°N 112.930°E
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THE MARTIAL ART

EST. 495 AD · SHAOLIN TEMPLE 03 / 05
IRON BODY
THE 72 ARTS — 36 INTERNAL + 36 EXTERNAL TECHNIQUES
For fifteen centuries, Shaolin monks forged bodies that could take what the world threw at them. The method survived — guarded, handed down master to student, body to body. Now it runs live on your screen, every Thursday night.
Breath — practitioner mid pressure-breath
BREATH
Repeated internal pressurization, breath by breath — breaking open blockages, flooding the body with energy, and building calm that holds when everything speeds up.
METHODS — QIGONG PRESSURE BREATHING + BREATH-HOLD CYCLES + STANDING MEDITATION
Tendon — deep stance hold under load
TENDON
Elastic, spring-loaded strength that outlasts muscle — the power source that keeps compounding into your 60s.
METHODS — DYNAMIC TENSION + COILING & GRIPPING DRILLS + DEEP STANCE HOLDS
Bone — conditioned hand held like iron
BONE
Density you can feel. Structure trained the way the monks trained it — built to hold under impact.
METHODS — BONE MARROW & BLOOD WASHING + MUSCLE TENDON CHANGE + HARD & SOFT TENSIONS
HIT HARDER. MOVE FASTER. BECOME THE STRONGEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN.
A training courtyard at Shaolin Temple, beneath the tiled eaves of the Great Buddha's Hall
HISTORICAL MARKER · B2 / 4

ONE ROOM. FIFTEEN CENTURIES OF REPS.

Monks have drilled these courtyards since the Tang dynasty — the emperor’s letter of thanks, 621 AD, is still carved on a stele inside.
TRAINING COURTYARDS · SHAOLIN TEMPLE · SONGSHAN, HENAN34.508°N 112.936°E
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TWO WAYS IN. ONE FORGE.

04 / 05
Fighter in his late 20s wrapping his forearms
PATH 01
THE MARTIAL ARTS ENTHUSIAST
You're aspiring to the martial arts or you've practiced for years. And you've felt the ceiling — the limit to what you're capable of today. Iron Body is the conditioning layer beneath every striking and grappling art — rare, deep, and finally within reach.
IRON SHIRT — TAKE THE CLEAN SHOT, SMILE THROUGH IT
IRON PALM — HANDS AND FOREARMS THAT END EXCHANGES
STRUCTURE — STANCE AND BREATH UNDER PRESSURE
CLAIM YOUR FREE CLASS →
Athlete around 50 deep in a low stance
PATH 02
THE AGE-STRONG ATHLETE
AGE IS A SKILL. TRAIN IT.
35 and up is where Iron Body shines. Tendon, bone, and breath — trained progressively, scaled to your body — so the next decade is your strongest, and the one after that is already booked.
TENDON ARMOR — SPRINGS THAT CARRY YOU FOR DECADES
IRON SPINE — A BACK THAT HOLDS ITS GROUND
BREATHWORK — RECOVERY YOU FEEL ALL WEEK
START TONIGHT — FREE →
Holes bored clean through the bark of a Shaolin courtyard tree by generations of finger-strike training
HISTORICAL MARKER · C3 / 4

THEY WORE HOLES IN THE TREE.

Shaolin’s courtyard trees carry holes bored straight through the bark — traditionally attributed to monks drilling finger strikes against them.
TEMPLE COURTYARD · SHAOLIN TEMPLE · SONGSHAN, HENAN34.508°N 112.935°E
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GET CERTIFIED

COHORTS REVIEWED MONTHLY05 / 05
TEACH THE ART. CARRY THE LINEAGE.
BECOME
A MASTER.
Fifty sessions on the floor opens your application. Pass the live test before Grandmaster Marquez, and your name enters the record you just scrolled — generation seventy-nine, in writing.
SESSION 1 · TONIGHTSESSION 50 · THE GATE
01
TRAIN LIVE
Every Thursday counts toward your fifty.
02
CLIMB THE RANKS
Five levels, checked on camera.
03
APPLY AT FIFTY
Session 50 opens your application.
04
TEST BEFORE THE MASTER
Live, before Grandmaster Marquez.
GENERATION 78
GRANDMASTER MARQUEZ
TEACHES EVERY CLASS HIMSELF
GENERATION 79
YOUR NAME HERE
WRITTEN IN AFTER THE TEST
MASTER — GEN 79
Your name enters the academy record.
Certified masters can teach for Iron Academy — paid private lessons to our students.
BEGIN SESSION ONE — FREE
TRAIN AS A MEMBER FROM DAY ONE · CERTIFICATION BY APPLICATION AFTER 50 SESSIONS
Mount Shaoshi in the Songshan range, Henan — sheer quartzite cliffs above the Shaolin Temple
HISTORICAL MARKER · D4 / 4

SACRED SHAOSHI MOUNTAIN

Shaolin was founded in 495 on the flank of Songshan, one of China’s five sacred mountains. The name means the monastery in the woods of Shaoshi.
MOUNT SHAOSHI · SONGSHAN, HENAN34.490°N 112.887°E
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