VHS: Taiji Chin Na In-Depth 4

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 specifically against the elbow’s Na in Pushing Hands.

• Small Finger Hook (Single Whip)
• Small Wrap Hand 2
• Lion Shakes Its Head (Turning Around Heaven and Earth) (Single Whip)
• Arm Wraps Around the Neck (Arm Locks the Python’s Neck) (Strike the Tiger Posture) (Single Whip)
• Prop Up Elbow (Lift Hands to the Up Posture)
• Large Rollback
• Old Man Promoted to General
• Step Back and Repulse the Monkey
• Wild Chicken Breaks Its Wing (The Child Worships the Buddha)
• Old Man Carries Fish on his Back

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.