Silk-Reeling Energy for Tai Chi, Bagua, and Hsing-I

180 photos and detailed instruction offer insights into how to develop Silk-Reeling Energy -- also known as Chan Ssu Jin -- a key element of Tai Chi, Baguazhang, and Hsing-I Chuan, the internal arts of Chinese kung-fu. In fact, you cannot perform these arts at a high level without understanding silk-reeling energy. It is a spiraling movement that adds power to these arts.

Silk-reeling is a physical skill -- a specific way of moving the body. It is not mystical or metaphysical. The translati...