Fa-Jing Chuan: Explosive Energy Boxing

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Fa-Jing (or Fa-Jin) means explosive energy. Chuan: Boxing. T’ai Chi Chuan teaches Fa-Jing, slowly and surely, as long as we practice accurately and consistently.

Robin, over at Obey My Blog, spent two years studying T’ai Chi to get it:

“…that beautiful squishy center o’ mine generated a PA-PA-PA-POW! And totally surprised me.”

In Yo Face!

We gain Fa-Jing by practicing the System of Taijiquan.

Systems include many parts. Reviving Taiji reveals 5 distinct aspects that martial arts systems should include: moving naturally, striking things, practicing forms, interacting with people, and knowing acu-points and crazy applications.

And Taijiquan Systems include many specific tools…

  • Qigong
  • Long Forms
  • Single Pushing Hands
  • Double Pushing Hands
  • Corner Pushing Hands
  • Weapons Forms

What To Do Now?

When available, you can learn Old Yang Style Forms right here.

Take a peek at this following clip where Master Erle Montaigue demonstrates how to use Single Pushing Hands to gain Fajing.

Fa-Jing Explosive Push Hands

Other supplements exist to get your Fa-Jing going.

  • Wudang Hand Weapons, for example, offer repetitive partner punching to get it.
  • Baguazhang weaves another complete, systematic, circular layer of learning around your Fa-Jing progress.
  • And one of my favorites: Dragon Boxing.

Try them all.

Get good at a couple.

And let me know what works for you…

5 Responses to Fa-Jing Chuan: Explosive Energy Boxing

  1. arlie says:

    hey I love this video, and the pushing hands exercises also. Been doing more of this stuff myself lately, pushed hands for 1.5 hours the other day , and remarkably wasn’t sore the next day! Great stuff, please keep em comming Steven! Things are falling into place.
    Peace,
    Arlie

  2. Dito, agreed…Love Love LOVIN’ IT…Keep ‘em Coming, I could NEVER get Satisfied Enough…I wish I could: READ uR MiND!!!, heh…

  3. SRS says:

    Yeah Arlie, that’s the great use of single push hands with pressure. If I had to choose only one drill: it’s this one: single push hands for this purpose.

    Loc: good to have you and your unique grammar.

    Bob: thanks for the link.

  4. Ben Weiss says:

    Dragon Prawn Boxing will get you shakin.
    5:1 shake ratio.
    Your partner punches first (one shake{BAM}) and you respond with bam-bada-bam-babam-babam.
    That is how it is done.