The Method of Chinese Wrestling

“Tim Cartmell has done a very good translation, and the forwards by other masters provide context… this book will compliment the library of any grappling enthusiast, I enjoyed it quite a bit.”—Dojo Rat

Tong Zhongyi (also known as Tong Liangchen), a Manchurian whose ancestral clan came from Shenyang in Liaoning Province, was born in 1878 in Zhili (Hebei), Cang County. His father, Tong Enrui, was a famous practitioner of the Da Liu He School in Cang County. Tong Zhongyi became an expert at Chinese Wrestling through his training with his father’s senior student, Cai Jintian, a Mongolian and expert at “Guan Jiao” (Mongolian Wrestling). After struggling to improve, Tong moved to Baoding to become head martial arts instructor at the military training school, where his skills improved rapidly through regular training with other Chinese Wrestlers.

Tim Cartmell began his martial arts training with the Chinese styles, including ten years of study in China. He is an Asian Full-Contact champion, a submissions grappling champion, and a two-time Pan American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion. Cartmell holds an eighth degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo, is a lineage holder in several Chinese Internal martial arts styles, and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has authored and translated several martial arts related books and currently teaches martial arts at the Shen Wu Academy in the Southern California area.