Taiji Wrestling - Shuai Jiao (YMAA Tai Chi Pushing Hands)

Product Description Learn Advanced Takedown Techniques for Taiji 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. Wrestling is also one of the main components of traditional taijiquan (tai chi chuan) martial arts training. Taiji Shuai Jiao teaches the skills of destroying an opponent's root and balance, and various takedowns. Experience an private lesson with one of the world's foremost masters of Chinese martial arts, as Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming instructs Taiji Wrestling applications that can be found within all styles of Taiji, utilizing leg sweeping, tripping, bumping, throwing, and many other techniques. Course 1 focuses on applying Shuai Jiao techniques found in Crossed Pushing Hands, 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 variation 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 Course 2 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 SPECIAL FEATURES: Multi-Language Menus/Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Interactive YMAA Catalog with Preview Trailers for All YMAA Videos YMAA PRODUCTION DR. YANG, JWING-MING TAIJI WRESTLING WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING, WITH PASCAL PLEE, TONY CHEE & JULIEN PETITFOUR EDITING & DVD AUTHORING BY OCEAN SILVER PRODUCED BY DAVID SILVER DIRECTED BY DR. YANG, JWING-MING AND DAVID SILVER Review Dr. Yang surely follows in the footsteps of the Yang style founder Yang Lu-Chan, who also first studied the Shaolin hard styles and later studied and mastered the soft style of Taijiquan. Dr. Yang stimulates this tradition, which will surely bear the fruit of high achievement within the martial arts. --Grandmaster Liang, Tung-Tsai Dr. Yang's ability is of the same high caliber as his written treatises. --Master Jou, Tsung-Hwa Man of the Year 2007 --Inside Kung Fu magazine About the Actor Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is a world-reknown author and teacher of Gong Fu (Kung Fu), Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) and Chin Na and a leading authority on Qigong (Chi Kung). Involved in Chinese Kung Fu since 1961, he has over 55 schools in 18 countries. Dr. Yang has published over thirty books and over eighty videos and DVDs on health and martial arts. He is the founder of the YMAA Retreat Center. Search Amazon for "YMAA" , "Jwing-Ming Yang" or "Dr. Yang" to find more instructional Tai Chi and health DVDs available from YMAA Publication Center. YMAA: Yang's Martial Arts Association was established in Boston, MA in 1982. With the intent of preserving traditional Chinese Gongfu (Kung Fu) and Qigong , Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming began training students in the rigors of Shaolin Long Fist and White Crane Gongfu as well as Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Dr. Yang also undertook his life-long dream of teaching and researching th