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Manufacturer: Blue Snake Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.8155
EAN: 9781583941850
ISBN: 1583941851
Label: Blue Snake Books
Manufacturer: Blue Snake Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 136
Publication Date: 2007-07-10
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
Release Date: 2007-07-10
Studio: Blue Snake Books
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First published in 1936, this work represents primary source material of ancient combat techniques designed in a time of occupation and war, when the threat of lethal hand-to-hand combat was an ever-present reality for soldiers, those involved in law enforcement, and very often for the ordinary citizen. This is the seminal work in the field, written by the form’s founders, Liu Jinsheng and Zhao Jiang, as a training manual for the Police Academy of Zheijiang province. The intent of this translation is to provide authentic historical documentation for martial arts techniques that have been modified for use today in both competition and self-defense. Submission grappling is a technique in which fighters use locks, chokes, and breaking techniques to defeat their challengers in no-holds-barred matches. Chi Na Fa remains the most comprehensive explanation available of these Chinese grappling techniques, from which derive many current techniques. Renowned author and Brazillian jiu jitsu champion Tim Cartmell presents the book in a clear, compelling new translation.
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Summary: Chin Na Fa: Tradional Chinese Submission Grappling Techniques
Comment: I really enjoyed this book. It was well worth the price. Tim Cartmell does a great job with the translation. The text is clear and understandable. I consider this book a collector's item.
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Summary: Interesting, but not about grappling
Comment: The cover of this book shows what appears to be the guard position and I bought it on the grounds that it looked like a translation of an old Chinese book on ground grappling and I've never seen any ground grappling in CMA (strikes from the ground, falling, throws, pins, etc yes.. but no actual grappling or wrestling). The book was interesting. It gives a unique look into the cultural context and some of the author's concerns at the time of its writing. But the techniques shown are almost entirely very standard traditional standing Qin Na from hair grabs, belt grabs, etc etc. The technique pictured on the cover is a response to an opponent throwing you down and the idea is to squeeze your legs hard enough to "rupture the diaphragm" and kill your opponent. Now I've not been doing grappling that long, but it seems to me if this were possible from guard, I would have heard about it by now. So there's a bit of a problem with some techniques as they were obviously misunderstood or never tried with a non-compliant opponent by the author.
But again, some interesting cultural stuff in the text and it's nice to see stuff like this being translated into English.
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Summary: Improved Translation
Comment: This is a new translation and is much improved from the previous version done by another individual. Mr. Cartmell does a great job here. Easier to read, streamlined, efficient. Nice to see some of the Republican Era books being restored.
Of particular interest is a quote from the original author in the beginning discounting Wudang and Shaolin as being useless dance routines that lost their fighting skills long ago. Nice to see someone say back in 1935 what is clearly becoming evident to people in the martial arts world today.
Some of the techniques are tried and tested and still used in todays MMA battlegrounds yet others could be brought into question as they seem overly complex or only useful on a small, weak, or frail opponent.
Excellent reference though and clearly shows how fighting has continued to evolve.
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Summary: historic gem
Comment: vintage photos of real martial artists demonstrating techniques that are the foundations shared by many martial arts. excellent translation of the text by tim cartmell!
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