Refine Your Chin Na Arsenal

In the Advanced Practical Chin Na lesson, Dr. Yang explains that for your Chin Na (Qin Na) to work in a real situation, you must master the technique so that it becomes an immediate natural reflex. In a self-defense or sparring situation, there is no time to think before you react, and your opponent will not cooperate with you. By choosing a small number of practical techniques and understanding their application completely, you will respond to an opponent with an effective Chin Na when the time comes.

In his extensive previous Chin Na series, Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming has demonstrated Chin Na speed and power training, instructed over 150 techniques, and shown several hundred applications for every kind of situation. This program focuses on interception, trapping and sealing the opponent, and keeping a sense of distance to avoid a counterattack, while successfully executing the most practical Chin Na. Dr. Yang instructs each technique and shows corrections of common mistakes as students demonstrate.

Techniques presented in Course 1:

Arm Wraps Around the Dragon's Neck
Butterfly Bores Through the Flowers
Back Turning, Forward Wrist Press
Upward Wrist Press
Low Inward Wrist Press
Hands Prop a Large Beam
Prop Up Elbow
Heaven King Supports the Pagoda
Upward Elbow Press
Large Python Turns Its Body
Lion Worships the Buddha
Large Elbow Wrap
Low Outward Wrist Press
Luo Han Bows
Small Elbow Wrap
Old Man Promoted to General
One Post to Support the Heavens

Techniques presented in Course 2:

Pressing Shoulder with a Single Finger and Extending the Neck for Water
Spiritual Dragon Waves Its Tail
Reverse Elbow Wrap
Push the Boat to Follow the Stream
Lion Shakes Its Head
Send the Devil to Heaven
Small Wrap Hand
Sparrow Hawk Shakes Its Wing
Backward Upward Turning
The Old Man Carries the Fish on His Back
Twist the Wing with Both Hands
Forward Upward Turning
White Crane Nods Its Head
White Crane Twists Its Head
Two Children Worship the Buddha
Wild Chicken Breaks Its Wings

This video can be a companion to the books "Comprehensive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na" and "Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming". This program features YMAA Shaolin Instructor Ben Warner, Chin Na instructor Jim Noble and Assistant Instructor Aaron Damus.

Over 30 Practical Chin Na Techniques