Notes for Sydney Workshop Feb 12-16, 2020 by Brian Chung

1. Once something goes to its extreme, it has to go over.
2. Master demonstrated After Punch Covering Hand. The R elbow, R Kua and lower back cannot get smaller. It expands.
3. Establish a fight. Adding one with a single finger.

1. Partner pushes your forearm lightly.
2. Do not go sideways. Aim at the middle.
3. Move the bottom in.
4. Variation of this exercise with change in height. Master showed a version with rotation. My rotation did not have a squeeze. I lost the Zhuo from the top to the bottom of the forearm.

1. Sitting down at lunch, I pushed Master’s chest. (1) Separate chest and head. The chest went in, the head did not. (2) Split the action from chest to head to the front kua
2. The key concepts must be used as standards. Rotation. Extension. Not moving. This is how you answer questions.
3. Revolution has displacement. Rotation does not.
4. Master showed me the range of the shoulder. There is a curvature for the elbow that does not cause the shoulder to raise. I need to work on this.
5. True learning comes out of practice. Not learning, just do.

1. Taiji is switching from stick to rope without hesitation. Else it will crash. There is a demarcation on the elbow here.
2. Taiji is 50/50. Only 50/50 can reverse itself.
3. 51/49 is that difference that is so small it cannot be measured.
4. Hold a posture for 10 minutes. Until the middle is all stretched out and everything drops to the dantian.
5. When you match the two ends, you will feel it on the middle of your forehead. I experienced this. Chin backwards, chest down, stretch the head up.
6. Master pointed his rear finger to match the front finger. It was very sharp.
7. Guan is the physical gate (dot).
8. Qiao is that which you put in space (dot).

1. Get in with your leg behind your partner.
2. Elbows in.
3. Lock the top. Only move the leg. The rear shoulder and kua cannot move.
4. Seal the space straight down.

1. Life is a disaster. Positively. Negatively.
2. Story about getting out of China in time.
3. One With the Dao.
4. All the things I do right are when I am not doing things right.
5. Story about Taiji lecture with five Alberta officials.
6. I don’t see things. I always see connections.

1. Isolate the Kua Exercise
2. When you do the correct moves, you will feel totally different.
3. Taiji Dance #1
4. Chuyige. Something has to come out.
5. When something comes out, we say he has it.
6. To stretch. To fan out. To spread. To grind.
7. The foot is faster than the hand.
8. 1-2-3-4 Exercise. The rhythm is such that 4 must be completed in one go.

1. I held Masters wrist and gripped it strong. The power went over (and through) to the finger.

1. Tripping Training Exercise (1) Push the chest, heel in. (2) Use the inner side of the foot to hook. Use the hand to touch. (3) Action: Use the middle. It compresses like a piston. When you know how hard it is, you will train.
2. Not on not off. Example: a pair of scissors.
3. Push Hands Move – Two Separate Ways to Train (1) Give you the position and work on the action. (2) Get into the position and stop.

1. I asked Master if you measure push hands in number of hours trained. He said it is also number of people you push with.

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1. Master showered, brushed his teeth, got changed in 2 minutes.
2. Life is about just right.
3. Indicator of Scared and not Scared. You can see the chest expand or contract. Back off, or come in.
4. Procedure to make notes. (1) Make notes. (2) Summarise the general theme (3) Therefore, I think Master Chen is trying to teach X. Once you can guess correctly, then you are learning.

1. 18 Set of Basic Foundations
2. Master held my shoulder blade and chest in negative circle. I have to flatten out my angel wings.
3. What’s done cannot be undone.
4. I held Masters front and rear kua while Rory blocked it. He turned over and switched to the rear.
5. Inside and Outside
6. Five Points Outside Struggle – Wu Dian Wai Zheng
7. Five dots exercise. Each additional dot must be in a different dimension.
8. Moving Step Positive Circle.
9. Our questions must come from Master’s Content. It cannot from from ourselves.
10. Concave Circle. Only one dot touches.
11. Real Taiji fighting is to bounce off. Two balls.
12. Elbow In Exercise. Dot on elbow. Dot on torso. These two must touch.
13. Master said the aim of the front hand must be in the range between the opponents eyes and sternum.
14. Two round glasses. Too late it will break. Too early nothing.
15. Jade Girl Jump. (1) R elbow in. (2) L punch. (3) Jump and tear it. (4) Adjust elbows. Turn from the kua. The elbow must be proportional.

1. Master had a tuna sandwich and a iced cappuccino.
2. Look at the environment. Look at the people. If the conditions are met, do it. Ignore anything else.
3. Three conditions must be met for something to happen. Example of being messaged to invited to teach (1) Douyin 10m video (2) Workshop Fight (3) Something else.
4. The reason why your schools are not expanding is that there are no stories.
5. Story about The Fight. If I solved the problem peacefully, the 29 workshop people here would leave.

1. Top is top. Bottom is bottom. Front is front. Back is back. Outside is outside. Inside is inside. The centre/middle does not move.
2. You would rather move forward one millimetre than retreat one foot.
3. Never switch positions while you are fighting.
4. Secret of the punch being one inch longer. Story about Nicholas Fung’s landlord.
5. Only your feet are on the floor. To generate power, you must go down.
6. Earth is heavier than air.
7. The path of living is towards death. This is getting up.
8. 3 levels of floor. Feet. Chest. Anywhere.
9. Chopping board. Elbow in, the chest is a board. The crash has to injure him.
10. I had Tom in a hold. The shoulders cannot raise. Wrap around. Turn the waist. Squeeze down. The left leg had to close in. This is a grinder.
11. Foot crawling exercise. The waist must be in control.