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Shuai-Jiao (also known as Shuai-Chiao, pronounced "Swa-gio") is traditional Chinese and Mongolian Wrestling. It is a devastatingly effective fighting art, incorporating limb control (joint locks, bars and twists), chokes, throws, and grappling. Integral with Shuai-Jiao is Ch'in-na; the Art of Seizing. Students learn the vital points of human anatomy, but with a view to grasping, pressing and locking them rather than strking them. To watch, a Ch'in-na strike is surprisingly swift and relaxed.

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Your instructor is Master Ian Lee. We hold evening classes around Brisbane in several locations each week. We cater for all paces and levels, from beginner to advanced. Please click here for our timetable. Your first lesson is free.

The History of Shuai-Jiao

Shuai-Jiao is one of the oldest martial arts, predating even Kung Fu. Shuai-Jiao first emerged 700 B.C.. Initially it was quite crude; Contestants wore horned headgear which they attempted to butt their opponents with! A thousand years saw great changes. By 700 A.D. the crude butts had been replaced with sophisticated holds and throws. Wrestling reached such a cultural level that contests were held before the emperor.

(This history and the above description is based on Master Ian Lee's own literature and Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts, Draeger and Smith, 1980)

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