Powerful chin na techniques for self-defense!

Learn how to control an opponent by locking a single joint. Chin na (the seizing techniques of Chinese martial arts) is the fast and powerful way to stop any attack. This step by step guide shows how to use chin na in a variety of fighting situations And chin na can be incorporated with any martial style quiclky and easily.

Dr. Yang shows you how to use chin na against blocks, punches, kicks, grabs-even knife attacks. Dr. Yang also discusses chin na theory and principles, the five chin na categories (including cavity press), and the different levels of chin na techniques. expand your martial arts abilities and self-defense skills with Comprehansive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na.

Learn how to counter punches, blocks, and kicks with chin na.
Add new martial skills to your training.
Includes a special chapter on offensive chin na and cavity press.
Over 1,500 action photographs and illustrations.

Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming is a chin na expert with more than thirty years experience in the Chinese martial arts. He is the author of twenty-two books on martial arts and Qigong. Dr. Yang resides in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Contents

Acknowledgment
About the author
Foreword by Grandmaster Li Mao-Ching
Foreword by Master Liang Shou-Yu
Preface by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming
Chapter 1 General concepts
Introduction
Qin na categories and theory
Different levels of qin na tehniques
Qin na and health
About the book
Chapter 2 Qin na against barehand attacks
Introduction
Qin na against open hand
Qin na against chopping
Qin na against palm strike
Qin na against fist strike
Chapter 3 Qin na against blocking
Introduction
Qin na against blocks to the side
Qin na against blocks upward
Qin na against blocks downward
Chapter 4 Qin na against kicking
Introduction
Qin na against high kicks to the face
Qin na against kicks to the middle body
Qin na against kicks to the lower body
Qin na against a firm stance
Chapter 5 Qin na against knife attacks
Introduction
Basic training
Qin na against knife attacks
Chapter 6 Qin na against grabbing
Introduciton
Qin na against wrist grabbing
Qin na against arm grabbing
Qin na against shoulder grabbing
Qin na against chest and rear back grabbing
Qin na against neck grabbing
Qin na against belt grabbing
Qin na against embracing
Qin na against hair grabbing
Chapter 7 Offensive qin na techniques
Introduction
Attacking qin na techniques
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Appendix A Names of qin na techniques
Appendix B Translation and glossary of Chinese terms
Index