[Extreme Martial Arts] The Cleansing Effect of the Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg

Author: Wu Chaohui (JEFFI CHAO HUI WU)

Article Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 10:43 AM

My Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg training has evolved beyond just a balance exercise; it has become a deep structural training that penetrates to the marrow. Every morning at dawn, I practice by the eastern shores of Sydney. After four rounds of Tai Chi sword, I enter the Golden Rooster stance with both hands cradling a ball, breathing naturally and deeply, heart rate steady, body completely relaxed, with only the soles of my feet firmly grounded, bearing the weight of my entire body. This training has continued for over a year, almost without interruption, and neither the 14°C low temperatures nor the damp sea breeze of winter mornings can alter my daily practice rhythm.

With my eyes closed and standing on my left foot like a golden rooster, my daily practice has stabilized at over twenty minutes, reaching a maximum of over thirty-five minutes. I never end because of physical exhaustion, but rather due to losing balance. This morning's training data was very clear: I stood on my right foot like a golden rooster with my eyes closed for over 28 minutes, with a maximum heart rate of 121, a total of 172 breaths, and an average breathing cycle close to 10 seconds per round. During this time, I held a ball with both hands, kept my body relaxed, felt a slight warmth accompanied by light sweating, and my bones, fascia, meridians, and breathing were completely integrated. This is not a state of short-term progress, but rather the result of over a year of continuous practice, entering a natural steady state.

The training of the left foot is equally stable, alternating daily, with a duration generally maintained between twenty-five to thirty minutes. In a closed-eye state, the supporting leg bears axial natural pressure, rather than any external force or effort. The bones receive mild pressure stimulation, and the blood circulation within the bone marrow is gently activated. This is the real process I define as the "bone marrow pump effect." Such practice aligns closely with the descriptions in the ancient text "Xisui Jing," which mentions "smoothing the marrow and nourishing the bones" and "nurturing movement through stillness," but I have complete data records, which provide a scientific annotation to these ancient descriptions for the first time.

I have written several articles on this topic, each one being a true record of my practice and empirical summary. For example, "Single Leg Stand for 23 Minutes," "Structural Single Leg Stand for 40 Minutes," "Closed-Eye Single Leg Stand for 32 Minutes," "Closed-Eye Single Leg Stand for 40 Minutes - Left Foot Challenge," "Closed-Eye Stand, Qi and Blood Reconstruction," "Does Single Leg Stand Increase Skill?" "Tai Chi Hip Opening Method," "The Way of Standing Posture, Foundation Learning," "Lingzi Step for Three Hours," "Lingzi Technique Standing Posture for Two Hours," "Lingzi Technique Single Leg Stand," and so on. These articles form a complete path, allowing my training to progress from standing postures to horse stance, three-body stance, and ultimate stance, eventually leading to closed-eye single leg stand, creating a self-consistent structure.

The significance of this system lies not only in personal breakthroughs but also in its public documentation and permanent archiving. My publication, "The Epochal Transition," systematically organizes and officially publishes these practice validations and scientific records, and permanently archives them through the Trove platform of the National Library of Australia (https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3771402657), transforming this data from private notes into formal academic resources that are searchable, researchable, and citable on a global scale.

The stimulation of bone density and bone marrow circulation by the "Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg" is an efficient, deep, and non-invasive training method. Compared to the static stability of the "Wu Ji Post," the "Golden Rooster" achieves full-body balance on a smaller contact area, providing a stronger comprehensive stimulation to axial pressure on the bones, microcirculation of the bone marrow, and neural perception. The bone marrow pump effect accelerates blood circulation in the bone marrow, promoting the metabolism and regeneration of bone cells. From a modern physiological perspective, this serves as a natural prevention of osteoporosis, while from the viewpoint of traditional practices, it represents the modern empirical significance of "washing the marrow."

The daily practice log is clear at a glance: environmental temperature, heart rate curve, breathing frequency, duration of practice, each session has complete parameter records. This allows me to describe not by feeling, but by using precise data to illustrate the real changes happening in my body. This system possesses the depth of classical wisdom, the rigor of modern science, and the openness of future research. From both structural logic and empirical accumulation, the cleansing effect of the Golden Rooster Standing on One Leg has already formed a clear and verifiable scientific path.