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Chin - (locking) the movement
of joints against their normal range of motion.
Na - (seizing) of the vital pints disrupting or blocking the energy
flow. |
| Chin Na Principles: |
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1. based on joint structure,
2. blood vessel network,
3. acupuncture meridians (chi meridians). |
| Applied Chin Na utilizes: |
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1. strikes to and seizing of vital points,
2. tendon grabbing,
3. blood vessel grabbing,
4. joint locks. |
| Chin Na has 4 main branches
or components: |
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1. kicking
2. striking
3. throwing
4. locking |
| Bones: |
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1. axial skeleton (head, vertebrae, ribs, pelvis)
2. appendicular skeleton (arms, forearms, wrist, hand, fingers, leg,
lower leg, ankle, foot. |
| Joints can withstand the pressure
of compression, flexion, extension much better than forces of rotation,
therefore Chin Na techniques twist the joints to cause greater pain
and injury. |
| Joint types: |
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1. Immovable = fibrous and cartilaginous
2. Movable = have joint space filled with synovial fluid, cartilaginous
ends and are freely movable but held in place by ligaments. Chin Na
injure ligaments. |
Types of movable joints: Ball
and socket (shoulder), hinge (elbow), saddle (thumb), ellipsoid and
gliding (wrist), and pivotal (neck).
Movable joints are traversed by blood vessels and nerves, and if twisted
in the right fashion will interrupt the integrity of these structures
causing additional pain and injury.
Coupling motion = refers to the locking of a joint making that limb
a lever for the next joint.
Reactive motion = refers to the resultant motion or action caused
in response to the locking of a joint.
Golden Silk Entwines the Wrist - in an anchored wrist grab the fingers
are force over the wrist and down. This is countered by upward piercing
of the divine lock. |
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