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Glossary
- Da Cheng Chuan
- Another name for I Chuan.
- Da lu
- A style of moving Push Hands.
- Dai
- An energetic technique in ba gua chang for leading a person’s energy. One’s energy and that of the opponent blend into one nonseparate stream. Then one can gain control of the opponent’s power and direct it to one’s advantage.
- Daito Ryu
- The style of Japanese jujitsu from which aikido originated.
- Di pan gung fu (di pan gong fu)
- The skill of the lower body. The chi cultivation skill wherein the chi from the lower tantien to the feet fully and completely opens. In martial arts and chi gung, this is considered the highest level of skill, for if the lower-body chi opens fully, the chi automatically reaches the upper body. This is summed up in the classical chi cultivation phrase, "The deeper the root, the higher the tree and the more abundant its branches."
- Dian xue (dien hsueh)
- Mandarin for dim mak.
- Die da
- The traditional Chinese medical practice for dealing with the immediate bruises, swellings, and broken bones of physical accidents and trauma.
- Dim mak
- (Cantonese) The art of hitting acupuncture points to cause harm or death.
- Dissolving process
- A nei gung technique for releasing bound energy both from within the human body and the etheric body.
- Dojo
- Japanese term for a martial arts training hall.
- Dou jin (dou jing)
- The internal martial art technique of vibrating or shaking the body suddenly and with great force. Dou jin is used to issue power at a short distance, deliver powerful strikes when one is smothered with little or no distance to hit or do fa jin, or to change direction mid-motion and hit opponents who bob and weave like Western boxers.
- Double Palm Change
- A movement that is the basis of all the yin, soft, or amorphous techniques of ba gua chang.
