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 […]
Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 2 Wǔdāng Quán 武當拳 comes from the Wǔdāng Shān 武當山 – Wǔdāng Mountain, Húběi Shěng 湖北省 – Húběi Province, and people like to say it is a Nèi Jiā Quán 內家拳 – Interanl Fist. This means that the movement and the power come from inside, from the internal body, […]
Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 1 The principle of Tàijí 太極 has two parts, one part is Yīn 陰 and the other part is Yáng 陽. Although we sometimes only see one (thing), inside it there must be two parts – Yīn and Yáng, otherwise, it will not survive or not even exist. In […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 9 挑 TiāoTiāo means to bring something up with a flick of energy, but in the 13 Long Pole we circle up. This is the opposite of Lán 攔, where we circle from inside to outside. With Tiāo we circle outside to inside. In Tàijíquán 太極拳 […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 8 Dǒu 抖Dǒu means shake. When we are cold, we Fā Dǒu 發抖, Fā is releasing and Dǒu is shaking. With the pole, it means shaking the pole. We do not actually shake the pole, we use Fā Jìn 發勁 – Release Power to make the […]
Shísān Gān 十三杆 – 13 Long Pole – Part 7 9. Héng 橫Héng means horizontal to across. It is like when we walk across or walk sideways. When we walk across a road we, Héng Guò Mǎ Lù 橫過馬路. The application is to stretch out the pole sideways to block the opponent’s weapon. This means […]
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