“Berlin 2012 Mini Lessons” Online Video Trailer

This video teaches a key element in mastering the skills involved in push hands training. The importance of yin-yang separation manifested in the practical action of separating movement from non-movement is elaborated. From the “simple” (unmoving wall or solid back) to the complex (arbitrarily chosen unmoving dot on the body), Master Chen Zhonghua himself demonstrates different situations and a number of ways on how the separation can be executed effectively in push hands. In the video we can also benefit from watching Master Chen’s corrections of student’s faults. Near the end, the master emphasizes the need to focus on practicing what is being taught at any given time, and not to be distracted by peripheral questions, such as “other” setups and restrictions imposed under previous lessons.

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