| You may have seen a martial arts demonstration | | | | attacker. With the proper training, this will enable |
| where a small man with little or no effort sends a | | | | you to be able to affect that structure easily. |
| larger and more intimidating attacker flying | | | | As these skills are developed, the practitioner |
| through the air or perhaps shooting straight up. | | | | requires less and less physical motion to pull off |
| More than likely, the technique being used here is | | | | the same effect. With study, an excellent martial |
| Fa Jing. Fa Jing is an ancient Chinese technique. | | | | artist can have a great effect on a stronger |
| You might see it spelled Fajin, but you should be | | | | opponent with little or no movement at all. |
| aware that Fajin and Fa Jing are the same thing. | | | | However, these skills can be used for more than |
| Fa Jing means "Explosive energy." The Fa Jing | | | | sending an opponent flying.The same energy can |
| skills that you may have seen practiced in these | | | | also be directed to damaging an opponent |
| kinds of demonstration are not easily acquired. | | | | internally. This kind of hit might look less dramatic, |
| They can take quite a bit of training in order to | | | | but the results can be devastating. Although you |
| be performed properly. However, they are not | | | | might not expect it, Fa Jing can be used not only |
| out of range of ordinary mortals. In fact, most | | | | to harm someone internally, but also to heal them. |
| internal martial arts train students in some kind of | | | | The harmful energy from a negative attack can |
| Fa Jing. | | | | also be removed by a skilled martial artist and Fa |
| In order to perform Fa Jing, you must have | | | | Jing can be used for other forms of healing as |
| proper physical and mechanical structure. You will | | | | well. |
| need to align your body in just the right way with | | | | Higher-level techniques like healing and doing |
| attention to posture and how your weight falls. In | | | | internal damage require great deal of skill and |
| addition to body alignment, you also need to have | | | | training. For both directing the energy of a strike |
| good energy flow through your body. In order to | | | | and removing the energy of a strike there are at |
| have a sense for the kind of energetic connection | | | | least several other energetics and jings that must |
| you will need to develop, study Wu Chi. (For more | | | | be studied. Some of the other techniques include |
| information on Wu Chi, see the link in the author | | | | Sung(Relaxation), Peng, Rooting, Ting Jing |
| section.) If there is a break in either your | | | | (listening), sensitivity, Jian Si Jing (Silk Reeling), |
| alignment or your energetic structure, it will be | | | | Condensing, Compressing, Coiling, and Springy |
| nearly impossible for you to perform these | | | | energies. Each one of these energetics will add |
| techniques. In addition to your own physical and | | | | more juice and pop to the Fa Jing for less and |
| energetic structure, you also need to be able to | | | | less physically visible effort on the part of the |
| understand what is going on physically with others. | | | | practitioner. Also, as these principles and |
| It is best if you can understand at a glance the | | | | energetics are truly understood, combined and |
| alignment, weight distribution and structure of an | | | | applied it will take less and less physical effort. |