Hai Deng

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Venerable Hai Deng (Chinese: 海灯法师; pinyin: Hăi Dēng Făshī; Wade-Giles: Hai Têng Fa-shih) (reportedly 1902–January 11, 1989) was a Buddhist monk, martial artist and 32nd abbot of Shaolin Temple during the 20th century. He was born Fan Wubing (Chinese: 范无病) in Jiangyou County, Sichuan province.

At the age of 19, Fan Wubing was accepted into Sichuan University, but did not attend due to financial difficulties. Instead, he attended Sichuan Police Academy, but later dropped out in pursuit of martial arts training.

Hai Deng was famous for his one-finger Chan, one of the 72 Shaolin Arts where he supposedly supported his entire body weight on one finger.^{[citation needed]} The video of that act is considered to be fake by most western observers with knowledge of anatomy, gymnastics or power-lifting, as there are many abnormalities, and the video quality is extremely poor, which in turn would allow greater opportunity to conceal the fake. One of the most popular observations of independent observers is the fact that the fingertip during the act does not turn white, as it should invariably do, as the applied pressure would cause blood to leave the fingertip area.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• (Chinese)http://www.xindu.gov.cn/lvyou/baoguang/yishi03.htm
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121739
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NExoT38sjj4 video of Hai Deng performing his "One finger Chan".
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdj6FDcQMo&NR video of Hai Deng's student performing Two Finger Chan.

Master Hai Deng's performance is real and NOT fake. He uses the Chinese Martial Arts of Chi Gung to perform this feat and his finger will not get white as being claim earlier. To make an assumption of what a normal finger would do when pressed shows a lack of understanding of Chi Gung. They are other videos of his student performing a two finger hand stand that do not show his finger getting white. Please do not post or express views that are based on false assumption. I am making this claim because many people have seen him standing on one finger during his filming in Hong Kong. He was able to stand on one finger for 40 minutes while filming it in Hong Kong.