Massage is an integral part of traditional Chinese healing arts and has been studied and practiced by the majority of serious martial arts practitioners in China. Chinese Bodywork incorporates the experience of over a dozen of China's leading practitioners and is sure to become the standard for the study of Chinese massage (tui na). Its highly detailed, careful descriptions of massage techniques are followed by an extensive presentation of treatment strategies for acute and chronic disease, physical and sports injuries. Its review of the general principles of traditional Chinese medicine and thorough presentation of massage theory will be an aid to practitioners of all forms of massage.

   A 500 page comprehensive and scholarly work which brings together the complete theory of Chinese Medicine in a detail never before available in the West. Understandable, easily read and of great use to the novice, The foundations of Chinese Medicine  is also of great value to the experienced practitioner.

   Includes: explanation of the theories of Chinese Medicine in relation to clinical practice, creative adaptation of Chinese Medicine theory to Western clinical conditions, detailed presentation of the energetic action and clinical use of over 200 acupuncture points, discussion of many previously neglected aspects of Chinese Medicine including the mental-spiritual aspects of the five main organs in health and disease.

   This is a must have for those who are serious about the study of Chinese Medicine.

   A classic! Long known to be the most straightforward discussion of the meridian structure for martial artists. By merely following this simple set of Qigong exercises, reading the accompanying discussion, and studying the meridian names, one can soon come to understand much of what is spoken of in the martial arts classic translations.   

   After becoming comfortable with these exercises, the martial artist will find that certain exercises which are part of his own martial system have a similar effect to particular exercises presented in the book. Much of what is written in the classics contains references to the effects upon the body of the various postures, exercises and form movements (see the Chinese Classic Translation Series on the Ba Gua Zhang products page or the Xing Yi Classic volumes on the Xing Yi Products page).

   Li Ding's "Meridian Qigong" can help one come to understand the more difficult parts of martial arts theory, the connection between the movements and their impact on the health of the body. It is not uncommon for an internal martial arts teacher to say something such as the following: "Remember! If you are not strong throughout your body, really strong, not just strong&endash;looking on the outside, then you will never have real fighting ability, and you will have missed what the arts have to offer, a long and healthy life until the day you die."   

   An introduction to the use of massage on particular points on the body--points that are emphasized in Chinese medicine and which reside along the body's meridians or energy pathways. (These paths are thought to be a number of different things by Western science, the most convincing being that "meridian" is merely a shorthand for lines of force that form within and between muscle groups as the body moves. Treatment of "blocked energy" is reduction of tension and restoration of relaxed and natural muscle interaction.)

   Includes: summary of what Pressing Point Massage is, its history and importance, oral teachings passed down to the present day, Basic Concepts, Measuring the Body in order to find the points, preparing oneself to treat a patient, proper movement of the fingers, Anatomic Diagrams of all points mentioned, their precise location, and the Effects of Massage at that point upon the rest of the body, Front of the Body, Back of the Body, the Head, Hand and Arm, Shoulder, Leg and Foot, Knee.

   In addition, includes a brief section on the particularities of treating children, a glossary of the key terms plus their Chinese pictograms, and two appendices, one consisting of Anatomical Diagrams to enable one to locate specific points along the meridians, and an appendix of the names of the points with their corresponding meridians so that they can be easily found on the diagrams. 

   For self-healers, healers of others, and knowledgeable martial artists alike! The foundation of all touch based oriental healing systems is the development exercises for the practitioner or administrator of the healing technique, because only a healthy practitioner is sensitive enough to make the proper diagnosis and effectively administer the proper treatment. A doctor will not practice on others what he does not have a first hand understanding of. The doctor must, therefore, live or have lived in the state of health he wishes to impart to others. The Body-energy Healing System of Yin Style Bagua is a record of the development exercises and health engendering techniques used by Bagua practitioners who would administer healing techniques on others, and is also worthwhile for those who would like to gain a better understanding of the correspondence of the various meridians and points to various illnesses or parts of the body in less than optimum health.

   Includes the Twenty-four Hand Methods of body-energy work that came into Yin Style Bagua's healing system from the Imperial court of the Qing Dynasty, The Eight Qi Development and Sensitivity Exercises, plus sections on Commonly Used Points, The Application of the Hand Methods to the Points in the Treatment of Various Illnesses, Preface with overview of the system and its historical origin, and a glossary of terms used in the book.

Companion DVD to the book The Body-Energy Healing System of Yin Style Bagua described above. The DVD documents Xei Peiqi performing the Eight Storing Qi and Developing Sensitivity Exercises just as he has performed them for generations.