The Best Exercises for Health - Chinese Therapy Balls - Lesson #1

These metal balls are a traditional Chinese product dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The basic exercise consists of rotating a pair of Baoding balls in the palm of the hand, ensuring even and constant contact is made between the balls. Once this has been learned, the rotation speed can be gradually increased until the balls separate in the hand. Eventually one can learn to rotate them completely without the balls making contact with each other. Exercises have been developed involving two, three