VHS: Taiji Wrestling 2

Parallel Pushing Hands

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 Parallel Pushing Hands, in which opponents face each other with opposite hands: right hand to left hand, and left hand to right hand.

• 1. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail
• 2. Single Whip
• 3. Press or Squeeze
• 4. The Crane Spreads Its Wings
• 5. Play the Guitar Lift Hands to the Up Posture
• 6. Fan Back
• 7. Embrace the Tiger and Return to the Mountain
• 8. Diagonal Flying
• 9. Step Back and Repulse the Monkey
• 10. Wave Hand in the Clouds
• 11. The Wild Horse Parts Its Mane
• 12. The Fair Lady Weaves with Shuttle Draw the Bow and Shoot the Tiger
• 13. Cross Hands Punch Under the Elbow
• 14. Step Forward to the Seven Stars
• 15. Step Back and Ride the Tiger
• 16. Step Forward to Sweep the Lotus

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.