Bruce Lee held his fist one inch from the chest of his partner, punched, and his partner flew back six feet. The Tai Chi student placed his palms on the torso of his partner, pushed, and his partner flew up into the air. The old master stood six feet away from the student and aimed his palm, and the student scrunched up, tweaked and jerked, and flew away.
Interestingly, these anecdotes are all based on the same thing. Bruce Lee achieved his ability through the study of Wing Chun, but it is not limited to Wing Chun. I have seen students of karate, and other arts, who could do the same thing to lesser or greater degree.
In the internal arts the ability known as fa jing is nothing more than a variation of explosive power. The difference is internal stylists practice exploding power through other body parts than just the punch. They can use fa jing through hips and shoulders and elbows and whatever body part they wish to use.
The secret of fa jing is to assume a solid stance, push slightly up the legs so that the body moves as little as possible, yet with authority and solid weight. The energy of the push hits the tan tien, which is the energy center, which likes the power and aids it and pushes it through the rest of the body. The body parts coursing the explosive power must be trained to pulse the power quickly and efficiently.
To pulse power imagine a train running into a monster wall. The string of freight cars collide, bang, bang, bang, and each add their weight and power to the collision. Now tweak that concept a little, and imagine the parts of your body being thrust forward so that they all collide at the same time.
This is a matter of exquisite timing, but understanding the theory doesn't take a long time. To be truthful, I learned it through my studies of karate. Nobody told me about the concept, I just studied long enough, and eventually fell into the thing.
Now, it really helps if you can set up your partner so that the power of the technique easily upsets his position. One way is just to adjust his body slightly so that he can no longer retain his balance. Another way is to pull or push slightly and set up a resistance within his body which can, in turn, be pushed or pulled with.
I've made a study of this particular subject, and it is actually in the Master Instructor Course that I offer. The surprising thing, however, is that nobody else has ever made a study like this. I suppose it is a matter of when does somebody actually attain sufficient perception, and when a person is actually ready to receive the teaching. - 30300
Interestingly, these anecdotes are all based on the same thing. Bruce Lee achieved his ability through the study of Wing Chun, but it is not limited to Wing Chun. I have seen students of karate, and other arts, who could do the same thing to lesser or greater degree.
In the internal arts the ability known as fa jing is nothing more than a variation of explosive power. The difference is internal stylists practice exploding power through other body parts than just the punch. They can use fa jing through hips and shoulders and elbows and whatever body part they wish to use.
The secret of fa jing is to assume a solid stance, push slightly up the legs so that the body moves as little as possible, yet with authority and solid weight. The energy of the push hits the tan tien, which is the energy center, which likes the power and aids it and pushes it through the rest of the body. The body parts coursing the explosive power must be trained to pulse the power quickly and efficiently.
To pulse power imagine a train running into a monster wall. The string of freight cars collide, bang, bang, bang, and each add their weight and power to the collision. Now tweak that concept a little, and imagine the parts of your body being thrust forward so that they all collide at the same time.
This is a matter of exquisite timing, but understanding the theory doesn't take a long time. To be truthful, I learned it through my studies of karate. Nobody told me about the concept, I just studied long enough, and eventually fell into the thing.
Now, it really helps if you can set up your partner so that the power of the technique easily upsets his position. One way is just to adjust his body slightly so that he can no longer retain his balance. Another way is to pull or push slightly and set up a resistance within his body which can, in turn, be pushed or pulled with.
I've made a study of this particular subject, and it is actually in the Master Instructor Course that I offer. The surprising thing, however, is that nobody else has ever made a study like this. I suppose it is a matter of when does somebody actually attain sufficient perception, and when a person is actually ready to receive the teaching. - 30300
About the Author:
Al Case has been developing fa jing for 4O years. You can See his Studies at Monster Martial Arts.
