Kung Fu: what to learn before Chin Na
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Chin Na
A free home study Chin Na course for beginners
The basic Chin Na (Qinna) mini-guide Chin Na are combat techniques that can be applied at various levels of intensity, from safely controlling an opponent to making it impossible for him / her to continue to fight (causing various levels of damage): Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core Course […]
1 hour training session 5
A 1-hour session (middle intensity) An example of a daily individual session of 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s training (1 hour, with a partner but without special / specific tools): 5 minutes of running on the hands (the partner holds our legs raised) 5 minutes of abdominal pressure with the fingers (one on each other, controlled […]
6 Dragons Kung fu video courses: the poll
For the people who want some more in-depth visual explanations, we are thinking about the realization of some video courses but first, we need your opinion. Choose the ones you like: 6DKF’s fundamental training (fabric cloth, poles, etc.) 6DKF’s Dragon Motion training (exercises, examples, applications, etc.) 6DKF’s Contacts with the opponents (solid, liquid, elastic, etc.) […]
Chin Na: basic exercises
How to execute the Chin Na techniques The learning path A complete study of Chin Na (read A free home study Chin Na course for beginners) includes: The learning of the theory behind the techniques The practical application in gradually less cooperative contexts The study of the methods to resist / counterattack Note – This […]
Chin Na: the basics
The fundamentals aspects to understand about Chin Na’s effectiveness After having seen what Chin Na techniques are (read Chin Na), let’s see the necessary capabilities at their base. Some important premises before starting: Not the first step – If we want the Chin Na not to be reduced to a “trick to amaze friends” it […]
Conditioning check for flexibility
The advantages of good flexibility in martial arts Good conditioning for flexibility requires long times, constancy, commitment and remarkable patience: it is for this reason that many aspiring practitioners tend to underestimate (if not even completely avoid) these kinds of activity. The fact is that a flexible body offers crucial advantages in terms of combat […]
Chin Na techniques
What is Chin Na? In many Kung Fu styles (but not only), there are particular types of advanced interactions with the body of the adversary named “Chin Na”. These fighting techniques (with significant differences between schools / styles / masters) aim at: Control / immobilize / force the opponent to surrender Paralyze / hurt / […]
Strengthen the hand hold with walnuts: 3 exercises
In 6 Dragons Kung Fu’s trapping method (read Trapping [MINI-GUIDE]), we generally try to avoid as much as possible to grab the opponent with our fingers but when we have to (or when we have a good opportunity): we want to be sure that our grip is not only solid but also able to directly […]
How to train your fingers: 4 exercises
We said that the fingers have to be trained for resistance, flexibility, agility and power, here are some exercises (one for each of these skills): Resistance, take a bag of rice (0.5-1kg), let’s close it well and while we grab (with great force) with one hand, with the other we have to hit it with […]