- Today we worked on Pole Shaking (Positive and Negative Circle).
Brian Chung
- Elbow/kua relationship. The elbow must touch the kua. Eventually the elbow always aims towards the kua.
- Integrity of the body. Keep the integrity by pulling the shoulders down and the kua up. The two must compress. Master showed this in relation to turning flowers out of the bottom of the sea on the R shoulder and R kua.
- Wavy Spoon/Pencil Illusion. Hold a pencil horizontally and shake it up and down. The pencil is totally firm, but the movement creates an illusion causing us to believe it is soft and wavy. Our body must be totally firm. When you hit it, it is like steel. The movements of the joints cause the illusion of being soft. Read more
- Train the elbow – lock the hand and shoulder, only stretch the elbow. This is a small movement. No move on the hand and shoulder.
- Jade Girl Works at Shuttles – the jump is for length, not height.
- Step Back to Double Shake the Feet – the feet are switching. They cannot jump and land together.
- Iron Shirt ( 铁布衫) – physical structural act.
- Golden Bell (金钟罩) – same exercise but devoted to the training of timing.
- Buddha’s finger – to poke.
- Eagle claw (鷹爪) – to grasp.
- Vermilion palm – timing based.
In today’s class, the following students received partial form corrections. Form corrections are always foundational.
In today’s class we focused on Six Sealing Four Closing.
In today’s lesson there were 47 class participants.
Recorded at around 13,500 Yilus.
In today’s class, the following students received Foundation corrections while the class had the benefit of watching.
- Sven Gusowski – Fetch Water
- Raymond Dickey – Six Sealing Four Closing
- Tomasz Raganowicz – Six Sealing Four Closing
- Fung Chern Hwei – Positive Circle
Today’s class on Foundations was held on Canadian Thanksgiving.
Bevel gears are gears where the rod or the rotating shafts intersect.
The shafts are often mounted 90 degrees apart, but can be designed to work at other angles as well.
They are used for power transmission between intersecting shafts.
This allows a vertical rotation to be converted to a horizontal rotation.
Today we completed a set of Foundations led by Kelvin Ho. Master Chen provided instructions on Double Negative Circle (symmetric, and alternating) as well as Turning Flowers and Playing with Sleeves from Erlu.
- We have to ignore the details and do the Taiji we want to do. To copy without any technical things. Then add the details.
- When we add the details, we tend to forget the overall thing.
- This is the same as forgetting where we are in the form when instructing. We need to be more fluent with the whole thing.
Today Master Chen covered the Double Positive Circle and 29. Upper Cloud Hands in Yilu.
Double Positive Circle Read more
In learning Taiji, Master Chen would often say that we create power with size and restriction. He would also say that we must develop the ability to separate every single part of our body. This includes left and right, top and bottom, front and back, and inside and outside. Read more
Today Master Chen covered the Double Positive Circle.
Today, Master Chen covered Foundations and provided corrections on Twisting the Towel.
Master Chen demonstrated the Positive Circle today.
Six Sealing Four Closing Notes – Master Chen Zhonghua Online Zoom Lesson – 27 Aug 2020 – Brian Chung i
Master and Kelvin Ho provided instructions and corrections on Six Sealing Four Closing today.
Six Sealing Four Closing – Kelvin Ho
- Hand does not move. Dantian initiates the action. Kua lines up with elbow. Rotate the dantian to push the kua out.
- To connect the rear leg through the kua to the front arm. We don’t want the upper body there.
- Create a line from the front arm to the rear foot.
倒手 Dao Shou
Master and Kelvin Ho explained, demonstrated and gave examples of Dao Shou.
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Double Negative Circle Notes – Master Chen Zhonghua Online Zoom Lesson – 21 Aug 2020 – Brian Chung i
Master and Kelvin Ho provided instructions and corrections on the double negative circle. (1) Fist draping over body (2) Double push down.
Master gave a physical example: hold a stick to cross a door that is 3 feet wide and 6 feet tall.
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Negative Circle Procedure Notes – Master Chen Zhonghua Online Zoom Lesson – 18 Aug 2020 – Brian Chung 1
Master Chen and Kelvin Ho provided instructions and corrections on the following Negative Circle procedure.
Basic Knowledge for learning
(1) Jiaodui: Re-calibration
(2) Dixian: Bottom line
(3)Can Zhaowu: Reference Points Read more
2020.02.12 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)
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Sydney Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 澳洲悉尼陈中华太极馆Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method 陈式太极拳实用拳法 |
Master Chen Zhonghua has been coming to Sydney, Australia to conduct annual workshops since 2012. First established by disciples Paul Janssens and James Strider, the Sydney group has now grown to over ten disciples.
Brian Chung & Paul Janssens, Master Chen Zhonghua’s disciples, are the instructors for the Sydney Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy.
Classes and Practice Sessions:
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