WATCH: Shaolin monk doesn’t really run on water, but it’s still awesome

[yuiyoshida]

This video showing Shaolin monk Shi Liliang 125 meter run across water, supported only by thin plywood boards, has been doing the rounds on the Internet in recent days, clocking up more than 3 million views on YouTube.

And yes, contrary to what many headline suggested, he didn’t really run across water unsupported for 125 meters. Clickbaity headlines aside, this remains quite an achievement. The balance and strength needed to achieve this are tremendous, and it’s taken years of training and dedication for the monk to get this far.

Shi has been in training for 10 years, taking five attempts to break his previous record of 118 meters. His initial record, set six years ago, was 15 meters.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/135349/watch-shaolin-monk-doesnt-really-run-on-water-but-its-still-awesome/

[Human101948]

1. Well, that 30 seconds was definitely worth ten years of training...

Next project--walking two hundred meters on eggshells.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Wait, so... how would you know

if the egg shells were unbroken?

[Human101948]

3. I would have Martha Stewart prepare them...

http://www.marthastewart.com/919184/blowing-out-egg-shells-decorating

[yuiyoshida]

4. Blown out eggshells!

[merrily]

5. Could Jesus have received Shaolin training?

[displacedtexan]

6. Google "Jesus on the Silk Road" for some enlightening theories

Careful, though. You could spend hours reading!

[merrily]

11. I had a vague awareness of a theory that he spent some time in the East before

returning to the Middle East to begin his ministry. The walking on the water skill tends to support that.

There's also a theory that he came to America before beginning his ministry, kind of an American Exceptionalism version of the NT, I guess.

[GOLGO 13]

8. A few years at Shaolin & then some ninja training & JC would have been

a right bad-ass deity. Would have kicked those rowdy Italians right out of Galilee.

[merrily]

12. Oh, like omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence aren't enough?

[Shandris]

7. ...I...I can do t-that...

...I swear!

No, but seriously. Ten years of training. I am very impressed; to even imagine such a thing is possible even using the little plywood strips is just awe-inspiring. It often makes me wonder where those kinds of ideas come from. "Hrmm....after I am finished training, I think I will run across the water. Yes, this sounds like a good idea."

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. impressive

[uppityperson]

10. He has to hit each with his ft directly and hard enough to have water pressure hold it up, very neat