VHS: Taiji Wrestling 1

Crossed Pushing Hands (Jiao Shou)

Wrestling, or Shuai Jiao, is one of the oldest forms of Chinese martial arts which developed into a complete system within itself over thousands of years. However, Shuai Jiao is also one of the four main categories of all Chinese martial arts, including Taijiquan (the other categories being Punching, Kicking and Chin Na).

Taiji Shuai Jiao teaches the skills of destroying an opponent's root and balance, and consequently throwing him down. Often these techniques are mixed with the leg's sweeping or tripping, and the body's swinging or throwing techniques.

This video focuses on applying Shuai Jiao techniques found in Crossed Pushing Hands (Jiao Shou), in which opponents face each other with right hand to right hand, or left hand to left hand:

• 1. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail - Right Thigh Bump
• 2. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail - Left
• 3. Press-Bump
• 4. Small Rollback
• 5. Large Rollback 1 & 2
• 6. The Crane Spreads Its Wings
• 7. Single Whip
• 8. Single Whip
• 9. Brush Knee and Step Forward
• 10. Play the Guitar Lift Hands to the Up Posture
• 11. Step Back and Repulse the Monkey
• 12. Pick Up the Needle from the Sea Bottom
• 13. Strike the Tiger Posture
• 14. The Snake Creeps Down
• 15. Cross Hands The Crane Spreads Its Wings
• 16. The Fair Lady Weaves with Shuttle
• 17. Seal Tightly

Performed by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming, Pascal Plee, and Julien Petitfour.

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.