Yang Family Yi Jin Jing: The Muscle Tendon Change Qigong Paperback – April 4, 2025

This book is based on the teachings of Chinese internal arts instructor Larry C. Eshelman.It presents the principles and methods of the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle Tendon Change Qigong)of the Taijiquan style that he learned from 1968 to 1970 while living and training withChinese Master Wong Haibin in Yokohama, Japan. The root system of Wong Haibin'smartial arts is Yang Jianhou's Medium Frame Taijiquan. Yang Jianhou developed thisMedium Frame under direction of his father, Yang Luchan, modifying the Yang family styleto allow anyone to learn basic martial arts skills and achieve health benefits within atwo- to five-year period.The Yi Jin Jing are a set of resistance exercises used to strengthen the tendons and muscletendon transition. This work will allow for, and support the development of the generationof maximum speed and force from the muscles. They will also strengthen the joint areas,hence protecting them while issuing power."You will not be able to effectively apply any of our system's shock hits [Ji/squeeze energy]without injury to yourself. Please do not attempt to apply any shock hit tactical kineticswithout initially training in the conditioning methods thoroughly." Larry C. EshelmanMr. Parides was a private student of Mr. Eshelman's for approximately 20 years. Duringthat time, he also sought instruction with many other internal arts instructors.Mr. Eshelman strongly believed that a student should learn from many teachers and beexposed to various methods of teaching — as Wong Haibin himself did during his manyyears of training in the internal martial arts. Read more