Tai Chi Fa Jin: Advanced Techniques for Discharging Chi Energy by Mantak Chia and Andrew Jan

Tai Chi Fa Jin: Advanced Techniques for Discharging Chi Energy examines Mantak Chia and Andrew Jan’s approach to an advanced aspect of tai chi. It combines history and philosophy with internal exercises and physical practice, emphasizing yielding and redirection rather than meeting force with force.

Illustrations cover partner work known as Push Hands, along with preparations involving stretching, breathing, relaxation and meditation. The discussion also relates Fa Jin to the Thirteen Original Movements. This is a martial-practice guide that calls for qualified instruction, not proof of supernatural energy discharge or a guarantee of healing.