Yi Jin Jing - I Chin Ching - "Muscle Tendon Change" Qigong

Yi Jin Jing - I Chin Ching - "Muscle Tendon Change" Qigong. Of all the fighting systems of Martial Arts that Chinese Kung Fu has, the Yi Jin Jing or I Chin Ching are my favorite. I practice Yi Jing Jing everyday! It is my #1 method of staying flexible, healthy, strong, and injury free! It's also an amazing form of relaxation and meditation. Long live Chinese hard Qigong!
In Chinese it is written: 易筋经
In Pinyin it is pronounced: Yì Jīn Jīng
The "Old School" of Kung Fu spells it: I Chin Ching
In English it is translated: Classical Muscle/Tendon Change
It is said that Tamo or Bodhidharma taught the original Yijin Jing Postures to the Shaolin Monks in the 6th Century!
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[@RealKungFu]

Yi Jin Jing - I Chin Ching - "Muscle Tendon Change" Qigong. Of all the fighting systems of Martial Arts that Chinese Kung Fu has, the Yi Jin Jing or I Chin Ching are my favorite. I practice Yi Jing Jing everyday! It is my #1 method of staying flexible, healthy, strong, and injury free! It's also an amazing form of relaxation and meditation. Long live Chinese hard Qigong! It is said that Tamo or Bodhidharma taught the original Yijin Jing Postures to the Shaolin Monks in the 6th Century!

[@debbiejacob5772]

I am an active 66-year-old who does some ta'i chi, swims and weightlifting. I am housebound for two weeks now with a bad viral rash and a dog that had an operation. I normally go crazy without exercises, and your exercises have made me feel calm and amazingly strong. Thank you.

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[@TFSMikeRath]

After your message to me I've been doing these exercises and it's helped my wrist pain as well as relax my body during a time where I wasn't sleeping well. Thank you for these and thank you for getting back to me.

[@janettefindlay8857]

I have fibromyalgia and intend doing these exercises daily, so helpful, thank you so much.

[@bbittinger100]

This was a wonderful thing to do on my lunch break today! Feel much better going in to the rest of my day! Thank you.

[@RealKungFu]

In Chinese it is written: 易筋经 In Pinyin it is pronounced: Yì Jīn Jīng The "Old School" of Kung Fu spells it: I Chin Ching In English it is translated: Classical Muscle/Tendon Change

[@zackmike2558]

i found out one thing is bodhidharma teach the monks these *exerises* to keep them fit *not martial arts or kalaripayattu* then they *invited the warriors of china to teach them how to defend themselves* by combining bodhidharma;s exerises with the chinese exerises such the dao yin(taoism yoga but did not came from india but develop by chinese taoist priest but also *before shaolin came*) and the five animals play(develop by a chinese doctor hua tuo during the three kingdoms *before shaolin came*) with the warrior's fighting art then a few years later the *chinese monks has finally fully develop chinese kung fu like the kung fu today but the moral story is the breathing exerises belong to bodhidharma and the martial arts belong to the chinese monks*

[@zackmike2558]

but i believe that bodhidharma develop these and meditated for 9 years he needs an example so he learn the five animals play from the chinese or study it which is said in national geographic

[@axiongoblininterests1280]

Can we Twist Ower Wrists with Each Breath for More Power & Range/Flexibility & Holy that's not easy Great Exercises

[@zackmike2558]

***** hmmm....i never knew about this but i think the exerises are like that

[@manuelaguirre849]

I chin ching has 49 sets, u showed us 7 of them r I going to show the rest sometime I will be glad to join ur class to revive the rest I hold 2nd. Degree in tai chi, I had a terrible accident years back, I couldn't practice anymore, but I'm feeling much better now, n I'm going back to my routine, thank you

[@tedwilliam7527]

Thank you, Jake for a great short form Yi Jin Ching. I have been doing the traditional long form, 22 postures for a long time right after my internal Nei Kung Chi practices, but this short form is a great substitute for anytime I need a quick pick up during the day, traveling or when life gets in the way and I only have a short amount of time.

[@birdsrcap]

+Ted Williams Hows the nei kung going for you? So you have a master?

[@ahmeddangor4490]

26 July 2022 tonight I started your program and hopefully will do it daily THANKS

[@jeffkifer4380]

Yay! Jake mace your awesome. I don't think you no but u have been my sensei since 2015. Thank you

[@brianjohns49]

A great routine with so many applications, yet very short and practical. Thank you, Sifu.

[@aiqman124]

energy movement circles in and around body is for me more fundamental than exercises outside it's like driving with car without knowing rules and no destination Even Modern quantum physics laws have idea that minds have to have clear coals. One tips if you don't know how have to be energy move in and around, visualize what benefit you wish and that you have already keep in mind Like secret words I Am that I Am. No have right or wrong just have choices and challenges and everything happen only NOW

[@JDBoelter]

My teacher showed me an "isometric tension" version (very similar to this one) of the Muscle Tendon Change 30 years ago, and I still have the written instructions...but it's really nice to have a live video demo of it for inspiration. Thanks for sharing this!

[@PrairieMonkey]

James Boelter, Is it possible to have a copy in PDF form of your instructions emailed to me? Or maybe would you consider scanning it & sharing it. Or do you have a clip of it up on youtube anywhere? I do many traditional exercises that are isometric or dynamic tension in nature (such as Stone Warrior & others) & I'm always interested in learning other forms.

[@JDBoelter]

Forgot to mention - you can find both the fist set and the palm set in Jwing-Ming Yang's Yang's book "QiGong: Health and Martial Arts". Good basic photography on both sets makes it pretty clear what you should be doing. Plus the actual instructions. Much better than anything I could scan. But if you like, I will see what I can do.

[@PrairieMonkey]

+James Boelter ....That should work. I had just gotten the digital version of the book. Will check it out, Thx

[@IDreamofChocolateDreams]

Love this! I've been doing Tai-So drills ever since I learned them.

[@VivienChaoTaichiQigong]

I enjoyed the 少林易筋經12 form, but your 42 form is amazing!!! I can't wait to do the whole set. I hope it's up soon!

[@rysiem1523]

thx for your exercise it helped me explain that having the will of intention and the wisdom of intention are two different things to my boys there 17--15 and there fanatical geniuses so i have to stand down a lot of the time to make way to be astounded by the exordary gifted way they have helped proved to have more knowledge then me

[@garycampbell6544]

We do this every morning - - thanks

[@RealKungFu]

Gary Campbell Awesome! ☯️👍🏼

[@zulfikar3440]

the same qigong that Shibumi used. enemy lord from the dragon tiger gate story... hehehe... thank you... this is really helpful

[@kylesheets5663]

Feels amazing! How many Yi Jin Jing postures left to teach us? Can't wait!

[@RealKungFu]

42 Postures left! Stay Tuned!!! Try to perform 20 Breaths per posture!

[@travisswanson1742]

Thanks for this Jake. I will be using Yi Jin Jing in my yoga classes working with vets here in San Antonio. This helps out quite a bit! Rock on warrior.

[@travisswanson1742]

I train at AC power yoga and have a home practice.

[@cosmokramer2711]

Travis Swanson I am in San Antonio, Tx as well. Are you still practicing?

[@rokovar123]

hey jake, thanks for sharing this part your preparation exercises... i am also a Yi Jin Jing practitioner & trainer living in austria. all the best Robert Kovar

[@narendranarendra5540]

thanku master ji l 'm like your all kungfu and martial arts videos.

[@stevenrivera6437]

Thank you brother! My new favorite channel. I'm curious what kind of meditation do you do?

[@rose020222]

I really enjoyed this. I've tried Yi Jin Jing before but found some moves too difficult and until now I didn't think I 'could' eliminate some moves. Perfect. I also like that you talked about doing them as isometric exercise, which oddly, this never translated before when trying this form.

[@nikolaiignatich5407]

Thanks I do this every day

[@dr.fernandosalvino]

Thanks Jake! I study your art here in Brazil, Florianopolis Island. Thanks very much!

[@maraglamatovic7015]

May chi help heal the world. People call me mario. May we cross paths one day.

[@RealKungFu]

Let's do it Mario!

[@jimmahan7091]

Wow, This old body tends to like this. Amazing!

[@lesturner6878]

Wow. Thank you for sharing such a powerful routine. I feel really invigorated.

[@johnmickel2330]

Thanks so much whereever you are. Escondido Ca

[@EvaldoNeto]

Hi, Jake. I always watch your videos. I just wonder if you contract all the muscles in your body, or a specific group of muscles. I found this exercise very good and I'd like to try it.

[@carlscarl263]

I just finished this and I feel amazing! Thanks Jake!

[@EAP7708]

He really did a beautiful job on his back yard. I may borrow some of your ideas Jake, when I do my back yard soon!

[@kelsey.wishik]

I love all of your videos. Now I am curious though---You're saying this was brought to China from India in the 6th C, kickstarting the growth of Chinese kung fu? Was kung fu not prevalent in China as early as 11 C BC? Are you saying 6 century BC? Just curious---I'm always learning. Thanks for sharing your techniques, been watching many years.

[@brynnlyman4499]

The version I was shown was slightly different? If this is from Dao Mao why would there be a difference.I was taught you preformed the postures continues To contain your chi, and that the physical muscle contractions weren't Necessary,as long as you mentally visualized the external process.

[@thesecretsoflongevity207]

I like your Yi Jin Jing version and your channel. I think that Taoist Qi Gong comprehend every movement from stillness to movement but for a beginner it is important start from the stillness to start to perceive the Qi movement in the body. I see many tutorial with movement but I think that if people start moving the body will never be able to feel the Qi and move it in the body... What you think about it? I really thank you for your work, it very important that people share this important knowledge, but it seems that the most are passing to the advanced level without the suffering of the first level. It is very difficult found people that want to train in stillness, but we all knows that we must to find the movement in the stillness. Thanks Jake, it is a pleasure 😉

[@skyjuke2006]

This seems more an isometric exercise than Yi jin Jing. However you have a good Chi. So, many wishes to you!

[@YasminJoyner]

This is awesome would this be something good for carpal tunnel and otehr wrist and hand related things as well? :D Thank You!!

[@systematicbarometer4853]

Shame it took until me now to find this, but glad I did!

[@hannahhong9487]

Amazing video! Thank you so much!! 💖

[@inthehistory]

I am the first commenter on this video because it is 244 am where i am and my phone just went off to tell me you uploaded this thank you bye

[@RealKungFu]

Haha! Nice! Get some sleep! :)

[@inthehistory]

Kung Fu & Tai Chi Center w/ Jake Mace wow i did not think that you would reply that is so cool you just made my day thank you

[@elaineperkins9249]

Very nice, thank you 😊

[@conleyfalk2012]

SIFU JAKE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION THANK YOU CONLEY

[@giannakampoli3808]

Is there a dvd or on line course with all the postures of these practice? Please answer me!!!

[@lukebonnici5627]

Thanks heaps for this!! Have a great day :)

[@muhammadyusron9447]

Every body likes your kungfu breaths technique

[@patmureithi]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@MartinFaulks]

A very good video.

[@jimmybutch6998]

Hey Jake are you going to cover the other 10? I think there is 18, Hence 18 monks Boxing, Please let us know!!

[@julieyu646]

Loved it!

[@decathlete2000]

this should be used as a warm-up or a 'pre-warmup' before the usual warmup?

[@wisdomsummary8129]

Yi Jin Jing supposed to have 12 different positions, where are the remaining?

[@tomastarazona]

Hi jake I found another routine would that be the same ? here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fae0hqeqjLGJjcU It doesnt have any tension or brute force at all, looks like tai chi.

[@perengholm3219]

This is not at all historical qi gong

[@icelismet]

hi Jake is this exercise enough for beginer ? how long should do this exercise ?

[@conradpaul5145]

Awesome!

[@rajeshbevakooph2168]

This is not yijin jing. I’ve seen so many versions of yijin jing and all of them were more than just squeezing really hard and trying to give yourself an aneurism. Just because you are flexible and in shape doesn’t mean you are a master of every martial art Jace Fake.

[@LenKirin]

Lmao I like how you say Jace Fake instead of Fake Mace 😂😂

[@adriari25]

great...

[@orihx3]

Is this a version different than those practiced by the Shaolin Temple and Chinese Health Qigong Association? The first couple of postures look more like dynamic tension training found in styles such as Hung Gar.

[@RealKungFu]

This is Martial Qigong. Developed by Yogi Masters, brought to China by Tamo, made famous by the Shaolin Monks of ancient days and General Yue Fei! The Shaolin Temple and Modern Shaolin Monks TODAY practice and perform Wushu and Wushu based Qigong. Wushu Qigong is more done for a performance and done for the audiences benefit! The kind of Qigong and Yi Jin Jing I practice is traditional and is done to improve the Self!

[@texmacgregor1]

Kung Fu & Tai Chi Center w/ Jake Mace I just got the Chinese National Health Qigong Association Yi Jin Jing book and DVD and I think it is too soft. I already do enough soft qigong. I'm going to learn your style of Yi Jin Jing. Thanks for the video and your explanation above!

[@cosmokramer2711]

Tex MacGregor What do you mean by soft?

[@texmacgregor1]

Hey cosmo, soft meaning, less muscle tension.

[@cosmokramer7396]

Tex MacGregor I have that one, as well as a DVD by Master Shao Zhao Ming. I was going to send them an email asking about the tension and breathing protocols.

[@roseagain2]

are you breathing out from your mouth/teeth? thanks!

[@narendranarendra5540]

I'm request you master ji ki aap english to hindi m bnaie please guruji

[@zenisgood3083]

More qi gong u are my hero.heard a cool motivational video on utube"six secrets of success"Arnold Swartznagger says dont count reps til it starts to burn!!!!!!;)

[@RealKungFu]

Nice Quote!!!!!

[@cleanness]

I have to say, I don't believe this is the yi jin jing as it is practiced at Shaolin temple. To me, the version that leaves out the isometrics gets its workout aspect from the yoga-like nature of the postures. You really have to search for a longer version of it to see how that works. It kind of fits together as an Indian-derived set of exercises that get the joints and tendons loosened up supplemented with some ideas about qi flow from the Chinese tradition. When practiced with mindfulness about the body's points of tension, it feels almost as if you are stretching inside a tight set of clothes-loosening up the muscles. My only difficulty with adding isometrics is that it may detract from the idea of energy flow: contracting muscles doesn't allow energy to flow. If it works as a workout that's great; but, I think its good to be aware of pluses and minuses.

[@cleanness]

+taijiguy That is a subject for debate. The Shaolin crowd believes that the exercises go back to Bodhidarma. The way the chi flows is by loosening up the tendons and doing exercises to tap the meridians.

[@cleanness]

+taijiguy What is Yangshi?

[@johnmaletic898]

This isn't yi jin jing at all. If you do your research, you'll find the relation Da Mo/Ji jin jing/Xi Sui Jing to be just a popular fiction. Ji jin jing is of a far later date and is heavily influenced by Daoyin practice. These exercises are older and are known as Shi Er Da Jin Fa. And unlike what the dude in the video is mumbling about, there is no muscle tension involved whatsoever. Much like Zhan Zhuang, the exercise is about Yi, intention. If you do it like in the video, you won't be able to reap the true benefits of the exercise at all. The exercise is best practised with knees slightly bent, straightening the back a little and the "tension" is done, not by muscle, but as a breath "bellows" push movement. During inhalation, focus is on the core ( dantian if you like) and the breath during exhalation moves up the spine towards the fists nurtering tendons and muscles along its path. Same principle goes for the open palm form. Slight tensing of the fists serves as the focus or end point of the breath. Most certainly not like what is shown here. Adding a few stretches and/or asanas and you're good to go. Don't tense. This type of tensing serves no purpose whatsoever in da jin fa. If you do it right, strength and flexibility will come naturally. Whereas tensing will simply block natural flow through the meredians. Unfortunately, there's little literature on this daoist exercise, but, for sure, it ain't Ji jin jing at all. It's shi er da jin fa and is also known as the pictures of a stationary exercise. Practised long before the first shaolin monastery.

[@LifeofRip]

@@johnmaletic898 good comment

[@johnmaletic898]

@@LifeofRip O well. Internet's loaded with crap like this. They're all the same you know, the types like this. Children in a candy store, drewling from one box to another claiming this and that. Bruce lee wannabees or the groupies from the yoga factory taking up bandwidth. In this case it's partially the chinese themselves you know. They like their heroes and if you were to believe them, dudes like general Yueh Fei invented a shitload of stuff like Hsing I, baduanjin and what not. Wang Xiang Zhai invented zhan zhuang and all that bollocks. Fact is it was around long before. It just wasn't pr'ed as good.Anywhooo..point is, pick something and practice well, in a proper manner. It doesn't matter if it's si duan gong or the five tibetans. Just practice correctly. And um..do research and be quiet about it. It's no use anyway. Tell any yoga groupie asjtanga is quite modern and they'll yell blasphemy. It's a fact though. No "I'm looking for a better me" idiot wants to hear that his precious mind altering and devine practice started ( and still is) out as a means for battlefield conditioning or wrestling. You get the point. The most important exercise is meditation. It's literally what asana means in sanskrit, to sit. The rest is like a desktop operating system in a way. It's all a frontend to a browser so to speak.

[@zenisgood3083]

Jake I showed my doctor your qi gong he gave me a free visit.karma points times two for u

[@RealKungFu]

Nice! :)

[@ANGELINAYOMAYO]

I'm sorry but I can not write pravilno.prosto I translate through perevodchik.skazhite here to choose Kung Fu Wing Chun or shaolin.ya simply poymu.ya just want to be able to meditate well and good fight

[@marlonmitchell355]

👍🏾🙏🏾✌🏾

[@houseofkungfu2543]

This DANGEROUS. This is NOT Yi Jin Jing

[@iono0000]

yup, allot of stress on heart, yi jin jing should not be hard practice

[@LenKirin]

Bruh this is completely wrong. You needa reread the damn 易筋經 scripture again.

[@jeronragoonanan8136]

May I be the one to ask you, do you know where I can find the most accurate classic video on KZbin?

[@Doccamtanphong]

definitely not original Yi Jin Jing, there is many versions available. some are easy , some are hard. i am learning from shaolin warrior monk, it does not like any thing you see on you tube, when you see Shaolin Monk perform on you tube, it is an easy version that they make up just for performance. the original is kept secret and practice at school only. i really like your bo staff training alots, that is the very best one i ever see, i am learning from your clip a lot, i wish i can do just 50% like you. keep it up Jake Mace

[@cosmokramer7396]

+F Le d You have no way of knowing either way which one was original.

[@indranibanerjee7156]

This is true. Exactly what I was looking for. Real knowledge about energies are always kept as a secret and only the initiated ones under a guru gets access to them.

[@Doccamtanphong]

@@cosmokramer7396 that's true , i don't know , but at least to learn it from Shaolin Monk from the temple, it think it close

[@personalitycat9842]

How can this and this Shaolin 12-part internal kung fu (yi jin jing) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYOTe6hvba-pY5I be (yi jin jing) ?

[@leopoldbloom4737]

This is completely incorrect in every single way. Like it’s really terrible man. You don’t know anything about internal martial arts.

[@noklarok]

wtf dude

[@martinzeysims1644]

The current chief abbot of shaolin has approved one shaolin temple outside of China . It is ran in New York by the Honorable Shi Goulin, the senior most brother and student of the venerable chief abbot of shoalin in China is Shi goulin and he is the world's foremost authority on chi gong per the shoalin temple. that is the lineage of my chi gong. this is not chi gong. not a single movement is out of the yi jin jing set. not a single breathing technique here is correct. people like Jake mace are dangerous only because u guys give him credence. It mutilates history and the practice of life altering chi gong when this type of made up crap is circulated.

[@mattharris2398]

Martinzey Sims "Qi" Gong

[@bursuk]

This is terrible advice. :(

[@cliffordpabilonia6091]

First

[@RealKungFu]

Nice work!

[@citlalliduran7882]

very bad practice

[@SCrimson]

Do you have any tips to increase flexibility in the hip area, so that side kicks in head height become possible. Right now my flexibility foward and backwards with my legs are quite good but i dont see a lot of improvement regarding the height in side kicks. Great video today as well! I will try this version of qi gong but so far i prefer tai chi like movements :).

[@RealKungFu]

Yes. Practice Yi Jin Jing Daily, Eat an ABUNDANCE of Fruit and Veg (Especially Dark Leafy Greens), and do NOT eat any dairy products! Practice your side kicks A LOT but also give rest time in between training sessions! Try doing this video with me THEN kick for 30 minutes afterward: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hajQknVrnbSSY9k Then, do this workout twice a week minimum: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6bdYYatipulhqs Practice these 4 Stretches as a cool down after every workout: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npPEmX9qq8d0hrs Good luck! :)

[@SCrimson]

Thank you so much for this detailed answer! I will be sure to follow it!

[@IronBodyMartialArts]

Kung Fu & Tai Chi Center w/ Jake Mace with regard to tendons and flexibility JAKE, You suggest not eating dairy products, do go on. Why is this. Thanks..