Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 7 As we have seen, Dǎ 打 is hitting, however we do not only with the fist, even for the fist we can use many sides of the fist to hit, we can also hit with the palm, the edge of the palm (chop) and […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 6 In fighting, the most direct way to attack someone it to hit and Tàijíquán 太極拳 is the same. Dǎ 打 is hitting. In the Tàijíquán form we always punch with the right hand, which is what we will do more often. However, we must […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 5 When we use Qínná 擒拿 – Grabbing and Controlling, it is easy to make our opponent Die 跌(it does not pronounce to die as in dead, it pronounces as Die). – Fall. In Dān Biān 單鞭 – Single Whip, the hand that is the […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 4 If we use Qínná 擒拿 – Grabbing and Controlling well, then we can break our opponent’s joints, therefore, we must control this skill and use it to just control them so that they will not attack us anymore. We should not use force as […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 3 If our Qínná 擒拿 – Grabbing and Controlling is good, then when we control the opponent’s joint and move it, their whole body will be dragged along and they will not have any control over their own movements. However, if they move before we […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 2 Qínná 擒拿 is quite common in Chinese martial arts, so it is not only found in Tàijíquán 太極拳. There are a lot of Qínná techniques found in Shuāijiāo 摔跤 – Chinese Wrestling, which is very common in northern China, particular in Mongolian Wrestling which […]
Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 1 Within the Tàijíquán 太極拳 fighting techniques we have the four kinds of skills. The first is Qínná 擒拿. Qín 擒 means grabbing, Ná 拿 means take away (not a takeaway in the UK as this is a place to buy food to take home), […]
Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 5 Actually, there are no Nèi Jiā Quán 內家拳 – Internal Fist or Wài Jiā Quán 外家拳 – External Fist. This is because any traditional Chinese Kung Fu must have both internal and external training and they all practise relaxation, posture and move from the waist (which mean to […]
Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 4 In China, the three major styles of Nèi Jiā Quán 內家拳 – Internal Fist are, Tàijíquán 太極拳, Xíng Yì Quán 形意拳 and Bāguà Zhǎng 八卦掌. There are many people who like to learn all three of them, but in order to become good in just one style of […]
Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 3 Tàijíquán 太極拳 is based on a circle and the Tàijí symbol. Xíng Yì Quán 形意拳 – Shape and Mind Fist, is based on a straight line and Bāguà Zhǎng 八卦掌 – Eight Situations Palm is also based on a circle, but requires more body turning and even spinning […]
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