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Shuai
Chiao uses powerful throws and strikes, but little ground fighting.
Modern Shuai Chiao is often called "the practical application of Tai
Chi Chuan", with the same evasive techniques : blending with, then
overcoming, an attacker's force. While the emphasis for beginning
student is on the throwing methods, Shuai Chiao students also practice
punching and kicking. Most of the classic throws are demonstrated from
a punching, kicking, or grabbing attack, and use "chin-na" joint
grasping or locking techniques instead of depending on a grip on a
jacket. These characteristics make this ancient art a very effective
form of self-defense in modern times.
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Shuai Chiao emerged around 2,000 years ago. It was originally taught
only to the military elite. Starting in the Ch'in Dynasty, Shuai-Chiao
was demonstrated in tournaments for the Imperial court. During the
Ching Dynasty, China maintained a camp of 300 full time fighters who
trained for competition with China's allies. Today, Shuai Chiao is
still taught primarily to the military and police in China and Taiwan.
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It is a Northern Chinese martial art that was not well known in the
south until the 1930's. Shuai Chiao was introduced to the United
States in 1978 by Dr. Chi-Hsiu Daniel Weng. |
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