Fajin (Fajing) in the Spirit of Yang Tai Chi

Sifu Wei-Chung Lin (林維中), a disciple of the Yizungyue (易宗岳) School and the Chief Instructor of the Chinese Taoist Martial Arts Association ( http://ctmaa.com/ ) in Skokie (a northern suburb of Chicago) Illinois, demonstrates Yang style Tai Chi (楊式太極) fajin (發勁) exercises based on Shian Tian Jin Fa (or The Pre-Heaven Power Method) (先天勁法). Section One of the Yang style Tai Chi Chuan (楊式太極拳) traditional form follows.

When you watch Part 1, please note that what is shown in the video are training exercises, not fighting scenarios!!! The practitioner is supposed to learn something from practicing these exercises with a certain amount of cooperation from the partners.

The major objective of these exercises is to measure the quality and power of the fajin movements after standing-stake training. Therefore, in most situations, the partner is requested to stay rigid and not try to yield. In other words, the person being thrown is live weight, much like a heavy punching bag. Following this protocol, the reaction of the partner faithfully reflects the efficiency of the fajin movement. If you are interested in examples of applications on resisting opponents, please watch our YouTube videos on Bagua, Xingyi, and Chen Tai Chi. More details on the Pre-Heaven Power Method can be found in the website http://americanyzy.com/.

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• 易宗岳

[jonpaulwade]

Watch the feet - so many have not even attempted to root before commencing. Often feet close together, rear foot raised, off balance from the start. I am sure he is good, but would be nice to see him doing pushing hands with higher levels students.

[taipingvlg]

@jonpaulwade One often judges others based on what one was taught. However, before one makes a conclusion, one should always ask the fundamental question first: Is the way I was taught the only or the best way? When you said "off balance from the start", you were assuming that he doesn't know how to keep balance. Do you really believe that he could make such a simple (to correct) but fatal mistake after years of training? Have you ever questioned that the way you root may be suboptimal?

[camparkerqi]

This reminds me of Cheng Man Ching, because the push hand skill has been developed with sensitivity and practice. However, the hand form gives up the root (as can be seen when the heel slides away from the body), plus practicing the press so close to the wrist gives your opponent an easy lock. It is safer and more effective to press from the energy center at the meaty part of the forearm. Bringing the toe to touch between steps was developed for people with infirm legs. What lineage is this?

[taipingvlg]

@camparkerqi This is a demo of the Pre-Heaven Power Method, a systematic and revolutionary approach to acquiring internal power developed by Grandmaster Pan Yue. You can visit the ctmaa website for details of this method. I understand what you said but one will have to learn this method to know why the movements look like what they are in the video.  Obviously, your concept of rooting is different from ours. In internal martial arts, "feeling is believing."

[looker768]

that's so mean....how wud he like it he was shoved into a wall like that?

:-p

[taipingvlg]

@looker768 It's not a wall! It is a soft mattress.

[imbrd]

here check out ~1:17. note the angle and direction of the push and the guy's hip. there is unmistably a force that is causing him to fly up like that- not from his own legpower but from the master's.

[imbrd]

the ones who say this is fake do not understand physics nor yin vs yang very well to know what is real or not.

"Yin (emptiness/softness) will always defeat Yang (hardness/force)" this is b/c Yang can never sense Yin while Yin will always discover Yang. One cannot find what is not there. This is the cause of the "rule of tension"

[pmaughmer]

@jonpaulwade A subtle eye observes subtle movements. Look & see.

[pmaughmer]

@taipingvlg "feeling is believing." Indeed!

[maranhaosousa]

Did anyone heard something like: "Oh, I'm not a Sanda or MMA Fighter 'cause I don't wanna kill anybody"?

[jacksawild]

@wpgtaiji Well I have a George Cross. So maybe I am a coward. Or maybe you are an arsehole.

[wpgtaiji]

@jacksawild Another hippie misunderstanding! Tai chi is NOT TAOIST! Yang luchan was Buddhist! Fu zhon wen, the last of the Great Yang lineage, was Catholic! And you dont have to worry about killing anyone! If this is what you are learning, there is nothing, and I do mean NOTHING of real value in it. Enjoy your delusions of grandor. If I were you, I wouldnt go telling people you can use this junk. Someone may take you up on it, and the hospital is a scarry place to be.

[jacksawild]

@wpgtaiji I'm afraid you simply do not understand the Taoist philosophy which underpins this. It is about the duality of opposites. You cannot know if something is beautiful if you cannot compare it to something which is ugly. In this way Tai Chi is a deadly art and it is this deadly violence which shines a light on the path to peace. Just because I can kill someone, does not mean I should. In fact, it is completely undesirable.

[wpgtaiji]

@jacksawild Ignroance is bliss! Tai chi is based on the FIGHTING arts of China, so most definitely, it IS about killing! The problem with your "assumption" is this does not show real aggression! This BS will get you killed with a person intent on hurting you. btw, there is no fajing here either. But good luck with your delusions, and god help you if you ever try to use this for real.

[jacksawild]

@wpgtaiji I was taught Tai Chi by a peacful man. The theory goes that after having to get up from the floor for the sixth time he will give up. It isn't all about killing people, you know.

[wpgtaiji]

@jacksawild You use the word "defeat". It is time to take Tai chi out of the illusionary and into the "real". At what point was there actual defeat? All I saw was a man who kept coming back. If he was intent on actually hurting him, these little fabrications would do nothing to stop him. Let us put this foolish display away and begin to talk about REAL defeat where he cannot get back up and fight.