Qinna (擒拿) is the famous “seize hold and control” Martial Art of the Chinese Culture. Shaolin Qinna (少林擒拿) is the rare “hold and protect” Martial Art of the Shaolin Culture.
Qinna is the Chinese martial art of seizing and controlling an attacker. It is the root of the Japanese arts of jujitsu (chin.: róushù 柔术) and Aikido (chin.: héqìdào 合気道). Generally, Qinna techniques attack pressure points (chin.: yālìdian 压力点) and lock joints (chin.: suojīnjié 锁筋节) to render an attacker helpless.
Although Qinna techniques are believed to have existed for several thousand years, it was not until 527 C.E. that these techniques were systematically researched and categorized by the Shaolin Temple’s Masters, leading to the creation of many non-lethal techniques, based on Buddhist Non Violence Teaching (chin.: fófēibàolìzhuyì 佛非暴力主义).
Buddhism (chin.: Fójiào 佛教)is built around a general Dharma toward compassion and extreme non-violence. The Shaolin sect of Buddhism differed…
