2014年五月24-26日大青山国际太极拳大赛
May 24-26, 2014 Daqingshan International Taiji Competition
2014年五月24-26日大青山国际太极拳大赛 
May 24-26, 2014 Daqingshan International Taiji Competition
2014年五月24-26日大青山国际太极拳大赛
It’s the third year since we started the European Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Meet-Up Series. It continues this year in Toulouse, France in August 24/25th at the Main Garden Square or at the 3 rue du Gorp 31 400, depending on weather.
This years meetup is in Toulouse, France at the Weekend August, 24/25th
Everyone interested in Taijiquan is welcome. There will be enough instructors to lead beginners classes as well as more advanced training. Through practicing together, many questions we have can be answered.
In Hong Junshengs Book, Translated by Master Chen Zhonghua there is this poem:
…You also need
To have good friends
With friends
You can help each other
Hong Junsheng, from Learning
This is basically what this meetup is about.
So let’s practice together!
For more info and registration drop us an email at: practicalmethod.europe@gmail.com or contact us in the english WeChat group (Contact Pawel Müller there)
Rough Schedule
Friday evening:
Meetup in Toulouse for supper
Saturday:
Daqing Shan training schedule:
6:30am Early morning training: 10 Yilus; Foundation set; Partner exercises
7:30am Breakfast
9:00am Morning training: Yilus; specific exercises (kua opening)
12:00pm Lunch
3:00pm Afternoon training: Yilus; free training; possibility to push with each other
6:00pm Supper
7:30pm Evening training: Pushing hands
Sunday:
Early morning training like on saturday, breakfast and then free training, talking, trying, experimenting. Some might need to leave after lunch. For those who don’t we can do more Yilus and all that other stuff in the afternoon as well or go to the city and do touristic things.
We are pretty sure that such a get-together will boost our understanding by lightyears.
There is no fee for this event, but we will share the costs among all participants equally. If we are 30 people the costs per person will drop below EUR 10,-
Registration is done simply by emailing us to practicalmethod.europe@gmail.com.
If you are not from Europe you can join anyway, of course 
During a workshop earlier this year, Master Chen recommended that we utilize the “Yilu Record” tab to track our practice. As a result of starting this, I have found that it motivates me to basically do more, and to practice more consistently. Recording progress provides definitive feedback on effort and accomplishment. I have found it to be a very positive tool and extremely easy to use.
How to engage the waist
1) Move the waist first.
a. What it looks like: Have it move broadly right or left prior any movements with the arms or hands. This creates a ‘foundation’ for the move to base itself off of.
b. Result: Less movement of the arms. More solid arm movement. Starting to anchor upper body movement from the waist.
2) Make sure your move is represented on the bottom.
a. What it looks like: When your upper body moves, there is expansion in the bottom. Typically both knees expanding outwards.
b. Result: Body becomes more even, action is created from the waist (and lower) rather than entirely from the top.
3) Lock one kua, in order to turn the joint. Continuing to open through multiple movements. Creates an ‘S’ curve.
a. What it looks like: The kua acts exactly like the shoulder joint, it starts to turn then locks so the other can move.
b. Result: All movement starts from the waist, and is proportionally represented on the top and bottom.
For more than a year now, Sven Gusowski from Practical Method-Berlin visits us each monday at our office at Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) to do fifteen minutes of basic foundations exercises. We basically do variations of the positive circle and learn movements that can be easily repeated at home or anywhere.
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Taken in June 2019
Taken in June, 2019
Taken in June 2019
Push Hands was demonstrated at 2019 Canadian Cultural and Martial Arts Festival
I am 64 years old and have been on long-term disability for over 10 years due to a form of arthritis called Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). I previously studied and practiced several external martial arts and they all eventually made my AS symptoms worse. I have had the disease my whole life but only diagnosed in the ’80′s. It became so bad at one point I was bed ridden for almost 2 years. It causes difficult symptoms in multiple body systems. I have had to get steroids injected into my eyes a few times to bring down inflammation. The disease primarily fuses the spinal vertebrae together, which of course reduces, restricts and eventually collapses the vertebral separations so they cannot move normally, or at all. I have tried physio, multiple drug therapies, meditation and exercise all with no or next to no improvement in my symptoms.
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For this year’s Edmonton workshop we worked a lot on positive circle concepts and stretching.
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Yilu Performance at 2019 Canadian Cultural and Martial Arts Festival
Kelvin Ho performed Taiji sword at 2019 Canadian Cultural and Martial Arts Festival on June 8, 2019.
The 2019 London Practical Method Seminar is held from March 23 to 24.
伦敦讲座London Practical Method Workshop 20190323-Group
Hi everyone!
I have been practicing Yang style Tai chi and qi gong for the past 5 years and recently have very much interest in the practical method.
I practice the foundations and learn the yilu choreography.
My spine structure shows major lordosis and kyphosis with forward head posture. The years of practice improved it maybe a little, but it seems that my spine would be able to be improved up to a point.
A straight spine is crucial for Tai chi capability… and every once in a while I get discouraged. I practice everyday, and it is a major part in my life, so I´m sure I would never stop.
Please shed some light, about the importance of spine alignment.
Every comment would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Alon
