VHS: Taiji Chin Na In-Depth 1

Chin Na is the art of seizing and controlling, and is an element of all Chinese martial arts including Taijiquan.

Today, most people practice Taijiquan to maintain health or cure sickness. For the last fifty years the martial aspects of Taijiquan have been ignored, and the art is now incomplete. Most practitioners no longer understand the martial applications of Taijiquan, or even that it is a martial art. For example, the concept and training methods of Taiji martial power (Jin), and how to apply internal Qi (internal energy) in the martial arts have become an unfamiliar subject in Taiji societies today. As a result, actual martial applications of Jin and Qi, such as Chin Na or Cavity Strikes, are currently not popularly known or studied.

This video reveals effective, powerful Chin Na techniques hidden in the Yang style postures, the Eight Moving Patterns and Clockwise Coiling in Crossed Pushing Hands.

• Small Wrap Hand 1
• Back Wrap Hand
• Large Roc Twists Its Wing
• Large Elbow Wrap (Twist Body and Circle the Fist)
• Small Elbow Wrap (Brush Knee and Step Forward)
• Large Rollback (Brush Knee and Step Forward) (Rollback)
• Wrist Press (Press)
• Pressing Shoulder with Single Finger (Brush Knee and Step Forward)
• Forward Turning Elbow
• Old Man Promoted to General
• Send the Devil to the Heaven
• To Hold A Tablet
• Arm Wraps Around the Neck (The Crane Spreads Its Wings)
• Carry a Pole on the Shoulder (One Post to Support the Heaven) (Grasp the Sparrow's Tail – Left)
• Left Right Cross Elbow (Punch Under the Elbow)
• Low Outward Wrist Press (Twist the Arm and Press the Neck) (Play the Guitar) (Seal Tightly)
• Fan Back (Stand High to Search out the Horse)
• Force to Bow (Two Winds Pass Through the Ears)
• Large Ape Bends the Branch (Embrace Tiger and Return to the Mountain)

AUTHOR(S)

Yang, Jwing-Ming Ph.D., is a renowned author and teacher of Chinese martial arts and Qigong. Born in Taiwan, he has trained and taught Taijiquan, Qigong and Chinese martial arts for over forty-five years. He is the author of over thirty books, and was elected by Inside Kung Fu magazine as one of the 10 people who has "made the greatest impact on martial arts in the past 100 years." Dr. Yang lives in Newton, Massachusetts.