Product Description

One of China's top wrestling champions shows you how to take down any opponent.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #479387 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
Chinese Fast Wrestling For Fighting: The Art Of San Shou Kuai Jiao presents 75 throws and take-downs against punches, kicks, and grabs, and includes a thorough examination of the theories and principles of San Shou Kuai Jiao. It also demonstrates basic training methods such as stances, footwork, and strength training. 460 action photos clearly detail every technique rendering Chinese Fast Wrestling For Fighting a complete training guide to a powerful martial art. Master Liang, Shou-Yu is a gold medal winner in Chinese wrestling, and one of China's top coaches. Tai D. Ngo is a two-time Internal Style U. S. Grand Champion and martial arts instructor. Chinese Fast Wrestling For Fighting is written by experts to be of maximum value to all serious martial arts students. -- Midwest Book Review

Customer Reviews

An excellent work and great training aid
I teach Yoshinkan Aikido and also have dan ranks in Judo and Jujutsu. When I look at other arts I usually look for things that will blend well with these arts and offer ideas that may help take them to another level. That is what first interested me in the Chinese forms of the throwing, grappling and joint locking arts. After reading books and watching videos on Chinna, I turned to this book for further knowledge and understanding. I found what I was looking for.

The book starts off by giving some historical background, which brings an important understanding of the origins and intent of the art. It then briefly discusses other styles of wrestling so that the reader can understand how this method differs from others. This is followed by a section on the general principles of San Shou Kuai Jiao. These are "the things that make it work" and what make the art what it is.

Many books are just pictures of techniques and are quite impossible to learn anything from. You can look at the pictures and see positions, but you can not see the science behind the art. This book gives the reader an introduction to the science, mentality and strategy that need to be learned and applied in order to make the techniques functional.

There is a section on "basic training" that shows warm up exercises and conditioning drills to help develop the physical skills that will also be needed to perform the techniques.

The last 5 chapters are the techniques. Each chapter addresses a different category of techniques and shows. The explanations are clear and there are "key points" covered after each description. The photos are sufficient to illustrate the techniques. There is also a chapter on "ground fighting" which is vitally important in today's martial art's world.

I generally advise trying to learn martial arts strictly from books and videos. There is only so much that can be accomplished through these media. But I think that this book accomplishes more than the typical "how to" martial arts book. From reading this book, I have a good understanding of the basics of this art and it's differences and similarities to mine. I am comfortable with trying to incorporate some of this material into my martial arts training and will keep this book handy to use as a reference over time.

good throws
contains some backround on san shou and workout/strengthening techniques. some really good throws in here with excellent step-by-step pictures and explanations. the ground technique is a joke if you are looking into that aspect of fighting, but then again, san shou isn't known for it's ground fighting technique.

Excellent author, great information.
Having studied judo, I was really attracted to this art and bought the book to learn. I find a lot of excellent information, very good photography but not very good explanations/layout. An accompanying DVD would be very helpful, in order to master the solo exercises (judo has limited katas, Chuai Shiao has excellent solo work) and throws. Described by some as ' bad judo', this system shows a unique way of shearing the opponents as opposed to only unbalancing as in judo. Unfortunately there are not enough qualified teachers of this system, a real shame as it is an ancient art but very applicable to self defense and combat. This book has excellent information which one can make one's own.