Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Cheng Tinghua (also known as Cheng Yingfang) (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Chng Tnghu) (1848-1900) was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal) martial art Bagua Zhang. Born in the Cheng family village, Shen County, Hebei (now in Shandong), he was the third of four brothers. Cheng had pock marks on his face when he was young and thus he was known as third son with pock marks Cheng. Cheng Tinghua was fond of martial arts and in his youth he gained skill at wielding a 90 kg broadsword and a large heavy staff. When Cheng was still fairly young, he left his hometown and went to Beijing to apprentice with a gentleman who made eyeglasses. Intent on improving his martial arts skill, Cheng also began to study Chinese wrestling (Shuai Chiao) when he arrived in Beijing. In the late 1800s, two wrestling styles were popular in Beijing, Manchurian/Mongolian wrestling and Pao Ting fast style wrestling. The Pao Ting style was quicker than the Manchurian style. As soon as the opponent came in contact with the wrestler, he would be thrown. There was not any grappling, struggling, or tussling as seen in Western wrestling. This wrestling also combined punching, kicking, joint locking and point striking with its throwing techniques. Cheng Tinghua was an avid wrestler and studied both of the popular wrestling styles when he was a young man in Beijing. He practiced hard and made a name for himself as a wrestler. He was not a big name in the martial arts world yet, however, most martial artists in Beijing knew of him and knew he was skilled at shuai chiao . By 1870, Dong Haichuan had become very well known in Beijing (research indicates that Dong first arrived in Beijing around 1865). When Cheng was approximately 2... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8894635We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Liaocheng: Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zizhong, Nie Weiping, Fu Sinian. To get started finding People from Liaocheng: Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zizhong, Nie Weiping, Fu Sinian, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
22
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1158288034
People from Liaocheng: Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zizhong, Nie Weiping, Fu Sinian
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Cheng Tinghua (also known as Cheng Yingfang) (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Chng Tnghu) (1848-1900) was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia (internal) martial art Bagua Zhang. Born in the Cheng family village, Shen County, Hebei (now in Shandong), he was the third of four brothers. Cheng had pock marks on his face when he was young and thus he was known as third son with pock marks Cheng. Cheng Tinghua was fond of martial arts and in his youth he gained skill at wielding a 90 kg broadsword and a large heavy staff. When Cheng was still fairly young, he left his hometown and went to Beijing to apprentice with a gentleman who made eyeglasses. Intent on improving his martial arts skill, Cheng also began to study Chinese wrestling (Shuai Chiao) when he arrived in Beijing. In the late 1800s, two wrestling styles were popular in Beijing, Manchurian/Mongolian wrestling and Pao Ting fast style wrestling. The Pao Ting style was quicker than the Manchurian style. As soon as the opponent came in contact with the wrestler, he would be thrown. There was not any grappling, struggling, or tussling as seen in Western wrestling. This wrestling also combined punching, kicking, joint locking and point striking with its throwing techniques. Cheng Tinghua was an avid wrestler and studied both of the popular wrestling styles when he was a young man in Beijing. He practiced hard and made a name for himself as a wrestler. He was not a big name in the martial arts world yet, however, most martial artists in Beijing knew of him and knew he was skilled at shuai chiao . By 1870, Dong Haichuan had become very well known in Beijing (research indicates that Dong first arrived in Beijing around 1865). When Cheng was approximately 2... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=8894635We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Liaocheng: Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zizhong, Nie Weiping, Fu Sinian. To get started finding People from Liaocheng: Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zizhong, Nie Weiping, Fu Sinian, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.