Shuai jiao

Taijiquan skill
Shuai jiao is one of the 3 main taijiquan combat skills.

How long have you been training this art?
Our kung fu instructor started shuai jiao in 1985.

Take downs
It is a straightforward skill that can be acquired rapidly and employed pragmatically in a variety of situations.

Grappling
Shuai jiao is concerned with escapes, applications, combat throws, tripping, sweeping, grappling whilst standing and on the floor.

Increase your options
Although shuai jiao is essentially about taking the opponent to the floor, there are a multitude of options available.

Effort to reward ratio
There are no 'hip throws' or other strenuous methods in the syllabus.

Opportunistic
Everything must be easy, fast and flowing.

Functional skill
Shuai jiao is immensely effective and psychologically unsettling for the attacker.