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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…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 6 Yǎn Shǒu Gōng Chuí 掩手肱捶 - Conceal and Strike 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…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 235

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…

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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…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 3 Qínná fǎn guānjié 擒拿反關節 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…

Grandmaster Tse’s Tàijí Fist 232

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…

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Qínná 擒拿, Die 跌, Dǎ 打, Zhì 擲 – Part 1 Qínná 擒拿 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…

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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…

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Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 4 Sūn Lù Táng 孫祿堂 (1860-1934 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…

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Yīn and Yáng Fist – Part 3 Zhàn Zhuāng 站樁 - Standing Mediation 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…