Authors: Tong Zhongyi, Tim Cartmell
ISBN-13: 9781556436093, ISBN-10: 1556436092
Format: Paperback
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Tong Zhongyi (also known as Tong Liangchen), a Manchurian whose ancestral clan came from Shenyang in Liaoning Province, was born in 1878, the fourth year of the reign of the emperor Guangxu, in Zhili (Hebei), Cang County. His father, Tong Enrui, was a famous practitioner of the Da Liu He School in Cang County. Tong Zhongyi became an expert at Chinese Wrestling not through study with his family, but through his training with a senior student of his father, Tong Zhongyi’s older martial brother Cai Jintian. Cai Jintian was a Mongolian and was an expert at “Guan Jiao” (Mongolian Wrestling). Although Tong Zhongyi trained very hard, he had a hard time making serious improvement and would always lose matches to his older martial brother. Eventually, Tong moved to Baoding to assume the role of head martial arts instructor at the military training school. In Baoding he had the opportunity to train with other Chinese Wrestlers on a regular basis, and his skills quickly improved.
Tim Cartmell began his martial arts training with the Chinese styles, including ten years of study in China. He is an Asian Full-Contact champion, a submissions grappling champion, and a two-time Pan American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion. Cartmell holds an eighth degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo, is a lineage holder in several Chinese Internal martial arts styles, and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has authored and translated several martial arts related books, and currently teaches martial arts at the Shen Wu Academy in the Southern California area. He can be reached through his website, www.shenwu.com.
One of the art's earliest and most complete training manuals, The Method of Chinese Wrestling explores all aspects of this ancient fighting system, including solo training, training with equipment, constructing training apparatus, application of techniques, and the rules of competition. Throwing, gripping, and falling techniques are revealed in minute detail, and in accompanying photographs, the author and his top students illustrate the methods described. Both a fascinating historical document and a practical training guide, the book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the martial arts.
Foreword | 1 | |
Foreword | 3 | |
Foreword | 5 | |
Foreword | 10 | |
Author's Foreword | 11 | |
Brief History of the Author | 15 | |
Important Points of Study | 19 | |
History of Chinese Wrestling | 21 | |
Method of Practice | 22 | |
Part 1 | Basics | |
Free Hand Practice: Chinese Wrestling Forms | 25 | |
Purpose of Chinese Wrestling Forms Training | 25 | |
1 | Single Hook and Hang | 27 |
2 | Double Hook and Hang | 32 |
3 | Alternate Hook and Hang | 34 |
4 | Forward Closing Elbows | 38 |
5 | Left and Right Closing Elbows | 41 |
6 | High and Low Fast Movement | 44 |
7 | Left and Right Forward Advancing Kick | 46 |
8 | Kick Forward Snap Back | 49 |
9 | Forward Advance Rear Kick | 52 |
10 | Left and Right Free Palms | 54 |
11 | Lower Control Forward Advance, Turn Back and Capture | 58 |
12 | Lower Control Forward Advance, Smooth Capture and Back Turn | 61 |
13 | Stationary Body Lock | 64 |
14 | Overturning Body Lock | 67 |
15 | Front Capture Rear Reap | 71 |
16 | Straight Advance Reverse Underhook | 74 |
17 | Upper Control Forward Advance, Turn Left and Right | 78 |
18 | Upper Control Forward Advance, Extract the Leg and Lower to the Rear | 81 |
19 | Plum Flower Stance Walk | 84 |
20 | Twist Stance Walk | 89 |
21 | Leg Extraction Walk | 92 |
22 | Shoulder Movement | 96 |
23 | Sliding Leg Walk | 99 |
24 | Circling Leg Walk | 102 |
Training with Equipment | 107 | |
Chapter 1 | Braided Rope | 107 |
Purpose of Training with the Braided Rope | 107 | |
1 | Left and Right Rolling | 109 |
2 | Left and Right Kicking | 112 |
3 | Lower Control Forward Advance, Turn Back and Capture | 115 |
Chapter 2 | Small Club | 119 |
Purpose of Training with the Small Club | 119 | |
1 | High, Middle, and Low Club Twisting Exercise | 120 |
2 | Left, Right, and Center Club Twisting Exercise | 126 |
3 | Chest Pounding Exercise | 133 |
Chapter 3 | Large Club | 137 |
Purpose of Training with the Large Club | 137 | |
1 | Left and Right Club Lifting | 138 |
2 | Left and Right Club Covering | 140 |
3 | Left and Right Kicking with the Club | 144 |
4 | Lower Control Forward Advance, Turn Back and Capture | 146 |
Chapter 4 | Basket | 150 |
Purpose of Training with the Basket | 150 | |
Basket Shaking | 151 | |
Chapter 5 | Barrel | 153 |
Purpose of Training with the Barrel | 153 | |
Barrel Rubbing | 154 | |
Part 2 | Practical Applications Training | |
Paired Practice | 157 | |
Chapter 1 | Method of Paired Throwing Practice | 157 |
Chapter 2 | Illustrated Guide to Grips on the Uniform and Body | 159 |
Chapter 3 | Rules of Engagement | 161 |
1 | Preparation | 162 |
2 | Holding the Jacket | 163 |
3 | Putting on the Jacket | 164 |
4 | Bowing | 165 |
5 | Ready Posture | 166 |
6 | Coming to Grips | 167 |
Chapter 4 | Illustrated Explanations of the Throwing Methods | 168 |
1 | Lower Control Press | 168 |
2 | Upper Control Press | 170 |
3 | Overturning the Sack | 171 |
4 | Hand Pulling | 173 |
5 | Leg Lever Whip | 175 |
6 | Leg Rolling Whip | 177 |
7 | Rowing Hook | 179 |
8 | Lifting Hook | 181 |
9 | Pressing Method | 183 |
10 | Waist Encircling | 185 |
11 | Left and Right Kicking | 187 |
12 | Arm Support and Kick | 189 |
13 | Straddle Leg Kick | 191 |
14 | Inward Kicking | 193 |
15 | Neck Rub and Trip | 195 |
16 | Leg Restraining | 197 |
17 | Lying Whip | 199 |
18 | Outward Fall | 201 |
19 | Hooking Method | 203 |
20 | Lower and Seize | 205 |
21 | Kneeling Connection | 207 |
22 | Leg Piercing Underhook | 209 |
23 | Left and Right Rolling | 211 |
24 | Arm Support Rolling | 213 |
25 | Big Connection Takedown | 215 |
26 | Wrapping Neck Connection | 217 |
27 | Hand Propping | 219 |
28 | Single Leg Propping | 221 |
Appendix | 223 | |
Competitive Throwing | 223 | |
Fighting for Grips | 225 | |
The Method of Breaking Falls | 226 | |
Rules of Chinese Wrestling Competition | 227 | |
Uniform and Belt | 227 | |
How to Make a Uniform | 229 |