Chinese Grappling: CHIN-NA: Grappling Art of Self-Defense: v. 1 (Literary Links to the Orient) [Paperback]

This book is good in teaching how to restrain anyone dumb enough to put there hands on you. The techiques are very detailed so you can learn from a book and a partner to practice.

Chinese Grappling: T'ien Shan P'ai Chin-Na, The Grappling Art of Self-Defense, Volume 1 by Willy Lin

This book is about specialized grappling hold and joint-lock techniques found in many of the asian martial arts. No particular style or school of martial arts has recognized claim as founder of these techniques. But, for now forget the name of the styles and the names given to the techniques by the styles. Examine the techniques and variations of the techniques. Then, take note of the assault scenarios in which they are applied. If you compare the applications and execution of these techniques from one style to another, you should see that they are all basically the same in principle and execution. Some Jujitsu schools or styles teach these techniques early in the course of a beginning student's instruction which is as it should be. Other schools, for whatever reason, choose to withhold instruction of these techniques until a student reaches some intermediate or advanced level of rank and claim that these are advanced techniques. Well, they are not advanced techniques because anyone can learn them.

These techniques are valuable for learning self-defense because successful application of these techniques against an assailant forces the assailant to recognize that a continuation of hostile actions will result in a continuation or intensification of pain the assailant will experience by being trapped in the technique and may even result in a serious injury to himself. Intense pain becomes the persuasive medium to cease hostile actions.

Therefore, these techniques should be learned by all beginning martial art or self-defense students as a way to perhaps prevent an escalation of violence at the moment an assailant initiates an aggressive act. This book covers the techniques at a beginning level and should not be thought of as providing answers to all situations for all individuals. It is simply a start. The author of this book also wrote a second volume to this subject of Chin-Na. If you read both books and practice most of the techniques to as many scenarios of assault as are covered, you will have some ability to defend yourself in common assault scenarios. But, the person practicing must keep in mind that it is still just a beginning and by no means complete.

** Shotokan Karate students who practice the katas empi or wansu can see the real application of the first move in the kata when they perform the so called down block as they drop to one knee on page 114 and 124 of Volume 1 where Willy Lin demonstrates a simpler variation of this technique to deal with an assailant who grabs the neck or chest or lapel. He uses this technique to trap the assailant's arm or throw the assailant to the ground.

** On pages 90 and 91 of Volume 1, Willy Lin uses a move found in Karate katas heian or Pinan 5 to free himself from an assailant who grabs both of his wrists.

If you find this information useful and you find that you like the book, there are several other instructional books and videos on Chin-Na available on Amazon or thru popular martial art magazines. Also, Willy Lin, as I already mentioned above, has written a second volume on this subject which you can also find on Amazon.

Other sources which include coverage on the same subject of holds and joint-locks include the following:

Chin-Na: The Grappling Art of Self Defense ISBN: 0897500954

Comprehensive Applications of Shaolin Chin Na: The Practical Defense of Chinese Seizing Arts for All Styles (Qin Na : the Practical Defense of Chinese Seizing Arts for All Martial Arts Styles)

Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na DVD (1st Edition-YMAA)Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Analysis of Shaolin Chin Na, 2nd Edition: Instructors Manual for All Martial Styles

Chin Na In Depth - Courses 1 - 4 (YMAA grappling)

Chin Na In Depth - Courses 5 - 8

Chin Na In Depth - Courses 9 - 12

Small-Circle Jujitsu by Wally Jay ISBN: 0897501225
Small-Circle Jujitsu, Vol 4 - Tendon, Tricep, Armbars and Armlocks by Wally Jay ASIN: B0001NJ9KI

Aiki-do Videos by Sam Combes ASIN: B0002KQQ4C ASIN: B0002KQQ4M and ASIN: B0002KQQ4W

Shorinji kempo;: Philosophy and techniques by Do Shin So

About 3/4 the book consists of stretches exercises and wrist grab releases. The remainder of the book consists of actual Chin Na techniques, but the techniques are on the simple side.