Originally Posted by GeneChing
I had to look it up.Chin Na (aka Qinna 擒拿) is one of the four categories of any Chinese Kung Fu system.
.Another popular method to describe a particular style of Chinese martial arts is to describe the style's emphasis in terms of the four major applications. The four major applications are: kicking (踢), hitting (打), wrestling (摔) and grabbing (Chin na, 拿). A complete system will necessary include all four types of applications but each style will differ in their training focus
Interesting... coming from the horse's mouth there. But he did find a good one, rooting around.it can be unexpectedly difficult to learn these skills at present. Most of the schools in and around Shaolin these days teach a combination of kong fan (acrobatics空翻 []), jibengong (basics 基本功) taolu (forms套路), Sanda (kick boxing with throws散打), and some jueji (specialty skills 绝技). Many of the old ways and applications are being lost with time. It is not uncommon for current-day students to train in the empty hand and weapons forms without learning the meaning behind the movements.
Pretty much an old type of problem in scouting for teachers.
Dengfeng sure is a busy MA place though.
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