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Year: 2024  Location: Daqingshan Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy  

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Single Whip
The right hand beak must be strong.
Line up the beak with the left shoulder.
As the left shoulder goes backward, it drives into the right peak.
Once it is connected, we can further use the left elbow to drive into the right beak.
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It’s been seven years since I started the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method in 2016, but it was only over the past two years of practice that I’ve really gained better understanding and appreciation of the system. Part of the reason why I was so interested in Practical Method is its practical aspects aka push hands, which seemed very unconventional compared to other martial arts.

My first push hands experience was in Dec 2017, when I participated in Singapore’s K Shanmugam Cup Push Hands Competition. I was able to clenched 3rd place for my weight category, but I knew what I did was not Taiji. Back then, I was still active in the military and was at the peak of my physical fitness. I was able to power my way through using brute force and stamina, beating opponents who were lighter and weaker than me. However, this was not what I was looking for, otherwise I wouldn’t have picked up Practical Method.

Observing the way shifu Chen Zhonghua and Chen Xu pushed with others as well as experiencing it myself, I knew I was still lacking in many ways. If I have to use a word to describe their moves, it was “precise”. A precision that could only be acquired through countless hours of practicing and honing their skills. They are able to end the fight the moment you touch hands, instead of the typical drawn out struggle we usually see between two competitors.

In the past two years, I’ve attended the weekly push hands zoom classes of both shifu and Chen Xu to continue working on my fundamentals and identify my weaker areas. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical of its effectiveness at first since the lessons were conducted online through zoom, but it turned out to be the best decision I made. From the lessons, I’ve practiced many useful and interesting exercises which I would have never known. Through observing all the zoom participants including myself perform the moves and listening to the feedback from shifu and Chen Xu, I’m better able to recognize whether a move is done correctly according to our principles.

In end Nov 2023, I went to Bogor, Indonesia and took part in the South East Asia Elimination DaQingShan Push Hand Competition. It’s been a long time since I last participated in a push hands competition, and I was pretty nervous and excited about it knowing that Indonesia is much more competitive in push hands as compared to Singapore. Most importantly, I wanted to know what my current Taiji ability is. In summary, I was delightfully surprised at the results. It was not about getting 2nd place, but rather the changes I felt compared to before. These past few years of consistent practice have finally sprouted a Taiji seedling in my body that changed the way my body moves!

You are Your Biggest Enemy
As cliché as it may sound, I have always been my biggest obstacle. Whenever I come into contact with an opponent, my first instinct is always to fight back. The bigger the opponent, the harder I push. Otherwise, I’ll definitely lose if I can’t resist him, right? That was my mentality when I was younger. Of course, the result is I ended up exhausted and was still unable to do anything against my opponent. During the Bogor competition, the biggest change I felt this time was a shift in my mindset: I’m not going to resist and simply accept whatever the opponent is going to do to me, what matters is whether I can get in close to him and execute my move. What a world of difference it made!

Trust in the Process

Strangely, everything changed once I stopped resisting. The opponent who was aggressively attacking suddenly started to back away from me. And in turn, that made me feel more confident to get close. I could feel the moves the opponent made were not as effective and he was getting more and more tired as the match continues. And finally I was able to take advantage of a moment when he was trying to execute a move to execute mine and scored a point. Shifu has demonstrated this many times, that he is able to get in close to his opponent effortlessly. He has always reminded not to power up, but somehow it has always felt very counterintuitive for me before. I had tried not to power up but there was always some hesitation within me in the past. It is at this stage of training where I fully trust in the system that I appreciate his words. What appeared to look weak turned out to be really strong!

Just Keep Practicing

I realized the only way to truly trust in the process and remove all doubt and hesitation is through consistent practice. Even if you do not feel it now, all the practice will slowly accumulate over time and bear fruit eventually. In the past, I was not able to feel the effectiveness of the system and thus was not confident enough to rely on it, so I always end up falling back to my physical strength. But through all the practice, I began to become more aware of the various connections within my body and am now able to execute moves that my body was not capable of in the past. This year, I’m finally able to feel my lower body’s connection to the ground, which in turn strengthen my mindset that no matter how hard the opponent pushes, I’m confident that I will not fall so easily. So at the end of the day, it was the practice that brought about the change in mindset. So practice, practice, practice!

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Workshop: The 1st Brisbane Workshop
Teacher: Master Chen Zhonghua
Date:
  1.  Saturday 24th Feb 2024 – 9am to 12pm, 2pm to 5pm.
  2. Sunday 25th Feb 2024 – 9am to 12pm, 2pm to 5pm.
Location: Goodlife Gym, Springwood Hometown, Lexington Road, Underwood QLD 4119
Topics: Theory, Foundations, form (Yilu), applications and push hands
Fee:
$200 per day. Early bird discount $150 per day.
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Suggested preparation for first-timers, get yourself familiar with the following:

  1. Positive and Negative Circles: Two Circles of Taiji
  2. Yilu First 13 Moves: Chen Style Yilu 13 Moves

 

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The Toronto Practical Method workshop will be back on Jan 11 to 14, 2024. If you have not yet attended one, you will be amazed by the magical taiji skills of Master Chen Zhonghua, and his insightful guidance in your taiji journey. He has the missing piece that many people are looking for. If you have been here before, we are looking forward to training with you again.
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2024 Daqingshan Scenic Photos.
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The Sydney Practical Method workshop will be back on Feb 17th to 18th, 2024. Discover Master Chen’s incredible Taiji skills and gain insightful guidance in your taiji journey. He has the missing piece that many people are looking for. New to the workshop? Prepare to be amazed. Returning participant? We look forward to training with you again.

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Workshop: The 10th Sydney Workshop
Teacher: Master Chen Zhonghua
Date:
  1.  Saturday 17th Feb 2024 – 9am to 12pm, 2pm to 5pm.
  2. Sunday 18th Feb 2024 – 9am to 12pm, 2pm to 5pm.
Location:
  1. Day 1: Fuller Hall, Crows Nest Centre. 2 Ernest Pl, Crows Nest NSW 2065
  2. Day 2: Studio 2, Evolution Performance Centre. Level 1, 11-15 Falcon Street, Crows Nest NSW 2065
Topics: Theory, Foundations, form (Yilu), applications and push hands
Fee: $380 for 2 days, $220 for 1 day.

$20 Early bird discount before 25th January 2024.
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Private Sessions: By Interest: Friday 16th Feb
By Interest: Monday 19th Feb
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Public Transport: 15 minute walk from St Leonards train station.
Accommodation: Quest St LeonardsQuest Chatswood
Organiser: Sydney Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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  2. Yilu First 13 Moves: Chen Style Yilu 13 Moves

 

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Today after practicing 5 yilus with John Upshaw, we trained throwing the rubber band around the waist. Then John mentioned that he was looking for the back of the knee going into the line between the kua and the heel. This reminded me to do the same, and use that to drive the waist. Stepping on the right heel was supposed to cause the waist to turn left, and vice versa. I used this method instead of the previous method of throwing the waist around to cause the rubber band to fly. This allowed my vertical central rod to be more stable. I looked like I was just walking when throwing the rubber band around. Later, we tried putting the rubber band on the side to throw it forward. I was able to throw it forward and upward. Then I realized how I could throw my waist by digging downwards and then upwards, and at the end stretch the knee backwards and stepping the heel down to find the stick to support the kua.

A Hike on Daqingshan on October 21, 2023. 大青山涉足20231021-1

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Daqingshan Mountain Taiji Resort Photos October 2023.

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Daqingshan Mountain Taiji Resort Photos September 2023.

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This article is to summarize my technique takeaways.   So many!

In twisting the towel (day 1 or 2)
  • The body is like a Mercedes Benz symbol (legs and torso/head).  Practice with your head fixed in the ceiling in a spot, so the torso can’t move off a central line or move up & down.  I tried it with 2 folks holding a staff and it definitely made it a very different experience
  • The elbow rubs against the side of the body.  He had us practice that and pay attention to it.  I don’t yet know why it is important, but I will work to remember to do it this way
  • the foot of the side going forward drives the movement (without moving much).

Some principals ..
  • The body or parts of the body are often very fixed and you don’t move in space at all, and by using that constraint, then create pressure and the pressure goes through your body more.  When you let the body part move, then the power leaks out.  I need to not let my body move so that when I apply power, it goes through my body in the desired path, rather than leaking out near the parts that move.   He did a vastly more subtle version where it was almost more energetic, and as if he had 2 layers in his body, an outside and an inside.  I don’t understand it at all and I don’t think it is where I am yet.  He also showed what it was to be equally full everywhere, and to keep that even as moving.  These were super cool, very enlightened things.  Maybe after many years of hard work I can start to work on these.
  • Often there is a body part that doesn’t move at all (and more, keeps the same pressure and direction of pressure, if I am in contact with someone), and then other parts move.   I saw this illustrated in a place where we stepped forward with our qua hinging down below someone as our hand stayed fixed against them.  Another example in a moving step positive circle … I come in on them in the part where the arm comes in, and then extend the arm after I step.  
  • Direction – I still need to work on better aim (a lot).  However, sometimes I get it pretty well (I think).  Easier for me when the person is directly in front of me (but I still vary up/down, even then).   But the idea of aiming through a spot was helpful for me.  This was similar to a pole exercise Kelvin did, where you both pushed on the pull in a push-a-war (instead of tug a war).  By aiming through their hand, the power transmitted beautifully.  There was also spiraling the power in, which I can do a little bit of, but I don’t understand why it works at all, only that it does 🙂
  • Pung.  The sense of stretching in all directions.   You can also stretch inwards, and I believe (not sure) that there is often a sense of compression and expansion which sometimes alternate.  I should pay more attention to see when it is one or the other so that I am clear.  Another example is The arch of the legs & the exercise to pull the Qua away from each other … actively pull the qua away from each other or from one or the other if it is a fixed point.   I think stretching is something I need to pay more attention to … he’s mentioned it to me twice in the zoom class, and also has mentioned that my body is too loose.  This is probably one of the bigger takeaways for me.  (Although there are so many!)
  • In my own body and when watching him …. do I know what the fixed point is?   He made the comment in six sealing four closing that the fixed point could be the back qua (or the front, but he showed mostly with the back qua fixed).  I believe the qua is fixed and the muscles move around it, enabling extra motion.  
  • in opening the qua … I need to be more strict in my standards.  Don’t let my centerline give at all, and my qua doesn’t move much.  Then stretch more to get a little extra movement.  And look at my shoulders … have they moved forward relative to my qua at all? If so, then I was not strong enough.  This also makes me more aware of the facing of the hips .. because then that is also the facing of the torso … I let my waist turn a small amount many times … I need to use my qua, and also sometimes my foot placement.  For example, before I would step straight forward more often, and I see now that the feet are typically not straight forward on a line, with the hips completely facing that line.
  • 1 cannot see 3. The upper body relates to the qua/dantien and they relate to the feet. But if the upper body relates to the feet, you lose power. Similarly the shoulder relates to the elbow to the hand.

My lesson with him – Foundations – Twist the towel
  • Feet facing mostly forward ( I was too turned out)
  • Pung, be more actively full. I need to work on this more and actively. It is not my instinct.
  • the push is not in the arms (we always say this!)
  • My line / Point … wants to veer left.  Then right.  Then up.   Then gets stuck in the wrist … go through the fingers. I think I need to practice with a stick.
  • Things must be so tight that there are no other possibilities. This was very interesting and I did feel it.
  • He pushes me and my qua is a gear, but my elbow must move in and screwdriver ever so slightly.  
  • He slaps arm and qua redirects (note, shoulder also goes down as a consequence of the qua)
  • Push from the qua … but there is no push!! It is the rotation of the gear, in response to a different imaginary gear. This is the tai chi symbol.   It feels like this is the beginning of a big idea.
  • Then there is a lock of the qua to the elbow.  A spiral drilling from shoulder, elbow, wrist into the line
  • In passing – Curve spine … huge curve, Head down like curve, then pull hea duplicate and find vertical.  Everything is always extreme. I don’t think this was as important for me as some of the others, but something to remember.
  • He was pushing me.  You get stuck … then push with the rear qua more … then split more (right/left) … then spiral in more
  • The Rotation / Spiral in the elbow was the same in other places … there was a place where we were pushing our opponent away, and the elbow spiraled in, in a similar way

While practicing twisting the towel
  • Do not let the shoulder move. It wants to cause my spine to bend sideways. And also to rotate
  • My qua doesn’t have that much mobility. Don’t let myself over-rotate in either my qua or my shoulders (but do work on getting a bit more through stretch)
  • keep my hand on the line
  • many other things above (the bridge/arch of my qua/thighs / pung, etc.)

Push Hands – some things I got from various disciples (Brennon, Kelvin, Levi, etc. Thank you)
  • Method 1
  • in a position where I have a leg behind them and the same arm in front
  • push with arm to lock them
  • then just go down in to the pit
  • Method 2
    • lock their body with underhooks, hips facing them (probably any lock will do)
    • reach back with a leg
    • bring my opposite shoulder to that leg
    • somehow this squeezes them out
  • Method 3
    • lock a part of the person’s body
    • imagine the opponent has a fixed line going through them vertically
    • work around that fixed line (for example, left hand locking their body and pushing up and over their back, while right hand locks torso and pulls down and to my back)
  • Method 4
    • aim narrowly through them with my elbows and hands
    • make this line increasingly narrow
    • pretty soon their line is too small and they are squeezed out
  • Other random push hands comments (from Brennon)
    • you can change the battle by keeping the pressure but changing the spot that has the pressure (their left hand to your right, for example)
    • you can change your body, while keeping the direction, place & line of pressure the same
    • if they are pushing you, you can dissipate things by keeping them on the same line and moving ever so slightly back on that line

    He taught Armwrestling in a Tai-Chi Style
    • push hard into the table, and power will shoot up against that push
    • Stretch through your body, past the opponent’s body (perhaps with some curl in your spine & reach through your arm / forearm / hand).  Pointing past him in the line helps.
    • You can then pick up your opponent / go around behind them.  I think this helped cause them to lose power
    • Then crank, but not from your shoulder – keep your hand / front shoulder / back shoulder locked as one unit, and crank from below.  I think also keep your shoulder connected to your qua
    • He also mentioned that he would make the lever even longer by orienting it behind him … I saw him do it and my eyes saw it, but I don’t understand at all how to do it.

    Yilu corrections for me from Master Chen
    • Walk Diagonally and Twist Step:  
    • the first step
    • aimed forward very directly, and the aim is also my body curled so that the curve of my spine also aims forward
    • elbows behind fists
    • body turned a little sideways, so my right shoulder is somewhat behind my left
  • when my right arm comes around to meet my left, my left doesn’t move in space, and my right comes forward to meet it
  • then my arms stay fixed in space, and I pull my lower body forward.  This was difficult, because it feels like you will fall backwards, but you need to pull with your forward foot and shift the lower body and believe it is possible.
  • when expanding my arms
    • stretch more, just a little bit in front of the horizontal line, and often roughly shoulder level.  This happened a few times
  • in fetch water
    • I was rising up … I didn’t understand one of his earlier instructions.  It should be “as if” I was rising up, without rising up
  • in the step to go low, keep the long pull I created in fetch water, and move it as if holding a staff
  • Then I mimicked him through the end of the 1st 13.  The only correction was to stretch more in a few places, but being able to be behind him mimicking him was helpful.  I tried to feel like I was wearing his body 
  • Yilu corrections (mostly Master Chen, but also some classes others gave)
    • Buddah’s Warrior Pounds Mortar 
    • keep my front hand fixed in space as I rotate.   Rotation happens around the central line.  The back arm hits backwards, but doesn’t move .. it is from the rotation along the central line.   
    • Extend the leg by digging down and then having it pull me forward while the back also resists (from Spencer’s class)
  • Block touching Coat
    • wrist is strong, and as hands go up, the body goes down & upper back curls a little.   I was curling my wrist to get up and that isn’t it.  It is about the down of the body changing things
  • six sealing four closing
    • back qua is fixed
    • left hand doesn’t move at all … usually it moves, causing the cut to be dramatically reduced
  • single whip
    • there was a correction for spencer where the 2 sides where long and the impact on the beak hand caused the other hand to shoot out energy.  Then even more amazing, the open hand shot energy to the beak.  It was amazing and I bet this is just another example of “it’s always like that”.  Probably every correction is just an example of “it’s always like that’.
  • turn left to pound mortar
    • the same shock of single whip above carried through to the following movements.  I am not at this level yet, but still amazing.  
  • White Crane spreads it’s wings
    • My right hand was too high – eye level
    • he corrected someone that energy is in the back as well as the front – very interesting
  • Initial Closing
    • the right elbow comes in (not the hand – almost everyone was doing this wrong, certainly including me!)
    • then there is a small circle (from the dantien/qua) so that the right hand encircles the opponent’s hand
  • Walk diagonally & twist step (my corrections above)
  • second closing (my corrections above)
  • lean with back
    • lock left leg more where it was when I grab my opponent 
  • Flashing the back
    • the punches are elastic

    PS – obviously too much for me to do well.  Nonetheless, I will try to remember as much as I can and follow instructions as best I can in my practice.  This has been a wonderful re-beginning.  

    My background & early exposure

    I saw videos of Master Chen on youtube and I was Very impressed.  I watched them periodically until one day, 4 years later, I registered for a workshop with him in Toronto (after I was laid off, and had a bit of both time and money).   It was clear that he had an amazing understanding of movement (and obviously, Practical Method Tai Chi Chuan).

    One event that happened in that 1st workshop / exposure to him, which was an enlightenment, was that I touched his foot as he was doing “in with elbow”.   And I understood that all movement was driven by his foot / qua / center system.  And that after studying dance actively for 20 years, I didn’t know anything about how to use my legs or hips.

    I started taking his online classes, and they were full of great exercises and insightful corrections.  I hope I am improving there, but I think it is slow.  But regardless, even if the body is improving slowly, there is no doubt that my eye / ability to understand is evolving, and that this is very valuable.  I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to study in these classes with him online.

    I went to the Iowa workshop after taking that 1st workshop in Toronto, and then studying videos and online for about 7 months

    A week in Iowa

    After the first few days, I began to understand what “stretch” means.   He had given me this correction a couple of times in the online classes, and I wanted to work on it – I thought it was an important thing for me to focus on, but I didn’t really know what to do.  Now I begin to know what to do.  This was very satisfying. My current understanding is that it is neither tensing the muscles in place, nor is it “limply” stretching, but rather an extreme extension which creates space in joints and charges up the facia/tendons/etc, in the desired direction.

    There were also many pieces of instruction on different details that start to educate my eye … many more details later.

    A private lesson with Master Chen

    I am so lucky that I have access to a master who is a great practitioner, a great teacher, very open with information & willingness to let you feel him do things, and who speaks English and is in North America.
    I registered for a private lesson with him.   You go to a workshop and having a little bit of hands on, on the topic that he feels is most important for you, really helps you be on a right path.   I felt I had my first taste of what it is to feel what it is to do practical method.   I remind myself to follow instructions, however, and not just go back to the feeling.

    I think my capacity went up a notch in the first few days of the workshop, and another notch after my lesson with Master Chen.  I started to better understand “gears” in the body, and the way you use a gear to indirectly create power … the movement is perpendicular or at a 45% angle, and I genuinely need to not let my body try to drive the wanted result, but just do the technique.  Not “end game”.   So hard.  

    People

    Many wonderful people – helpful & generous, but also very interesting, and with their own unique insights into life in general. Lou mentioned to me in the Toronto workshop that it was a great group of people, but I didn’t understand. Let me say in writing, Lou – you were right, so many great people 🙂

    I would come without the community, because Master Chen and his teachings are so profound, but the community definitely makes it more fun 🙂

    Psychology & Science. Thinking

    Master Chen also shares many stories which are educational.   He’ll talk about science and make analogies with Tai Chi.  I majored in physics in college, and most people who talk about physics but don’t know it are spouting garbage.  Master Chen is not – what he says is profound, relevant, and such a completely different perspective.   It is very interesting.

    And there are periodic stories about how we should think as students to progress, to not be in our own way.   He said, and I am sure he is right, that each of these funny stories about other people is also a story about us.  That the story he was telling about someone else where the other person was being so wrong-headed, is actually a story about me / each of us (just more subtle).  I need to be careful of being too wrongheaded, of not listening enough.  Of not believing enough.  Of interpreting too much through a personal lens.  

    One example is often when people ask questions that are not on the topic he is teaching, he’ll make it clear that it isn’t a good question.  This really isn’t the typical American way, but it is clear he is correct … better to focus 100% on what he is saying and talking about, so you have more hope of learning it.   Having a distracted mind can only make something that is already difficult even harder!  

    There are many ways that my thinking is too opinionated, I think.  But at the same time, I do know he is such a master of this, and I need to not just listen, but hopefully learn to think more like he thinks.  I appreciate that he doesn’t just work to teach us Tai Chi, but also works to teach us how to think and learn.  Kelvin & Winston also had a great conversation on this same topic with a couple of folks late one night – thank you both for your help in this workshop!

    I think I also am getting a better appreciation for the use of physical props, and to practice in the right way.  Every time I used a prop I realized how I wasn’t as accurate as I thought.  

    Realizing there is hope

    I had a large part of me that believed I would never “get” it.  That there was too much to the practical method.   The more I learn, the  more nuanced, subtle & difficult it gets.  

    I studied for the 8 months after my 1st workshop online, and honestly, I didn’t think I would develop any skill.  If studying Practical Method was climbing Mt Everest, I thought I would start hiking, and not even be able to make it to base camp.   With such a bleak view of my future progress, why did I stick to it?   The answer is that I thought I would learn amazing amounts along my journey, even if I didn’t get very far.   It had already had dramatic changes in my dancing and movement.   With rewards so high, and the luck of such an opportunity to study with him, how could I not?

    However … in this workshop, I realized that with hard work and time … I could learn!  I could start to climb Everest.   Realistically, I’ll never reach the summit.  I will never be even close to as good as Master Chen.  But there is hope now … I see that I can make real progress, and begin the ascent.   Somehow knowing that I can make real progress is very encouraging.  The impossible has now become possible.

    You can also see a few pictures here.

    Tai Chi Gdynia

    Detailed information and registration here.

    Welcome to Gdynia!

    See also impressions of 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 workshops in Poland.

    Last Snowfall on Daqingshan 20230213. In this area in China, snow like this is rare.

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    Push hands is an exercise that examines your understanding of the Taiji principle: Separation of Yin and Yang. While form training transforms your body, push hands provides an opportunity for you to apply your Taiji knowledge and skill. It has also become a popular sporting event both in China and abroad. This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as people at different levels of their training. If you have never tried it before, this is a great opportunity for you to do it in a friendly and safe environment.

    推手是一种让人检查对太极原理(分阴阳)理解的练习。 套路训练可以改变人的身体结构,而推手则提供了运用太极拳知识和技能的机会。 它已成为国内外流行的体育赛事。 这训练班适合推手初学者及不同程度培训的太极爱好者。 如果您以前从未尝试过推手,那么这是个让你在友好与安全的环境中初次尝试的绝佳机会。

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    On 12/13 November, Carlotta Viviani and me met Vincent Den Hengst and some of his students and friends in the picturesque, centuries-old university town of Utrecht. All three of us signed up to participate in the Championships of the STN Taijiquan Nederland.

    The STN (Stichting Taijiquan Nederland) takes place every November. It was founded in 1982, and this year it’s been the 40-years anniversary. We were happy to score in these categories:

    – Fixed Step Push Hands – Carlotta: 3rd place
    – Fixed Step POush Hands – Vincent: 3rd place
    – Individual Form, Chen Style – Carlotta: 2nd place
    – Group Form: Carlotta, Vincent, Sven: 3rd place

    Thanks to the STN Taijiquan Nederland for inviting us, and to Vincent and his friends, especially Lucas, for the wonderful hospitality!


    Kelvin Ho will be running a yilu correction online class starting on Nov. 1, 2022. He has practiced yilu over 38000 times and counting, and has set a record of completing 200 yilus on a single day. He has been awarded by Master Chen Zhonghua the title of Qingshan Instructor since 2019. In this class, he will correct the students’ form in detail by integrating the principle into the form, and providing focused drills to hone the required skill. This class will be meeting twice a week, and is included as part of the yearly program. This class is suitable for people who are able to perform yilu by oneself, and are looking for ways to breakthrough the current plateau and/or to improve his/her yilu overall.

    Schedule:
    Monday: 2 pm Edmonton Time
    Tuesday: 7 am Edmonton Time

    To purchase this class, please go to: https://en.zhenbudong.cn/product/202211-kelvin-ho-yilu-correction-online-classes-and-videos-mon-and-tues-only/.

    For more information about this class, please see:
    https://practicalmethod.com/2020/01/practical-method-yilu-class/

    Ben Phillips of Toronto became Chen Zhonghua’s 379th disciple in a brief ceremony at the Annual Toronto Practical Method Seminar

    This is the first Toronto Practical Method workshop by Master Chen Zhonghua since covid-19 started.  We had a very good turnout, 25 people attended over the 4 days of the workshop.  Participants came from Toronto, Markham, Aurora, Newmarket, Oakville, Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan, Iowa, Arizona, California.  One of the participants commented:

    “Everyone here expressed and interacted freely and deeply, just like a big family.”

    In this workshop, we focussed on training with drills, solo and partnered. The drills allowed us to develop gong, and techniques that would be useful in push hands. Many of the drills were video-recorded and will be available for purchase.  We also included one lesson of Hunyuan Qi Gong, and Master Chen said he would begin to integrate more energy work into Practical Method through some Hunyuan Qi Gong training.

    The following were intended to remind myself of what happened at the workshop, and they were not to be instructional. However, if you have any questions and need clarification for any part, please feel free to make a comment below.

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    Daqingshan Clouds 20220929.

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    My journey into the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method started in 2016. In May 2016, I went to DaQingShan to experience first-hand what it feels like against someone who practices this system. At that time, shifu Chen Zhonghua was there and he told me to just try anything on him. Before I knew what happened, I was already on my hands and knees on the floor. I thought I was probably not ready that first time, so I tried again. The same thing happened. I tried a third. I just couldn’t understand how he made me fell to the ground so easily without me putting up a fight or any resistance. It felt so magical to me at that time, a feeling which I simply couldn’t explain.

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    2022.09.01 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)

    Airport Drive
    1. We will be entering into a new era.
    2. We are retro fitting new technology into our old systems. A change requires something totally new.
    3. Do you understand money?
    Breakfast at Laneway Cafe
    1. Master noticed the foot of a bird was damaged.
    2. Students are making vast progress with online classes. Consistency.
    3. What was your enlightenment?
    4. Write it down and publish it. Other people will read it and may learn.
    5. Did you try it? Your next step is the physically try it.
    At home
    1. Master’s elbow is open. I held onto his bicep. It did not move.
    2. Fix the front, move backwards.
    3. Size of the stance for training vs fighting. In training we go from a perfect position and stretch out. In fighting we adopt a smaller position to go into the perfect position.
    4. Hand to elbow.
    5. Foot on the wall.
    6. Rear kua down, rear knee up.
    7. Pivot on middle of the thigh. Rear kua goes lower.
    8. Actualise a dot in space.
    9. Pulling two ends of Marcus’s fluffy vest.
    Apartment
    1. There are no moves. Only rotation.
    2. No space.
    3. Hong. Rotation and a stretch.
    4. Back on wall. I could not push. No direction.
    5. Master showed how to go through. Chest sound. Finger of steel.
    6. Empty space.
    7. Forearm lever. Positive and negative. Entice into emptiness.
    8. One piece to pull and push.
    9. Sinto repeats one move.
    10. The reality is, I am stronger than you. Structure (distance), angles, timing. I use my efforts to make myself strong, not fight with you.
    Dinner
    1. Procedure of learning. Do not use your own body.
    2. Hand attach to phone. Elbow. Kua.
    Evening Online Class
    1. Forearm on chair, no move. Move the rest of the body. Worry about the relationship later.
    2. Master demonstrated turn with waist in Six Sealing Four Closing. I was touching his elbow and wrist. There was no movement.
    3. Master used his fingers to go through a dot on on my left chest. I took two photos of the position.

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    2022.09.02 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)

    Morning Session
    1. Whatever you I do to my body, you will feel.
    2. Push hands exercise. Stretch out front hand, rear elbow. Rotate shoulder. Turn Waist. Legs.
    3. Peng is to stretch out your opponent. Five points stick figure. Five points struggle out. This is full. Wu Dian Wai Zheng.
    4. Three ring spiral. Shoulder (small) kua (mid) foot (large).
    5. Peng exercise. The waist reverses the mid.
    6. Bie is a pair of scissors. Gap, paper will fold. On is stuck.
    7. The flip. Cannot engage muscles. Emptiness.
    8. Bie with a gap on my elbow and wrist. Two actions locked onto the middle.
    9. Master showed multiple variations of bie locking onto a dot on my forearm, elbow, bicep, rear shoulder, rear foot.
    10. I held Master’s rear kua and knee while he pushed Rory. There was a stretch from the knee going out and around. The toe was lifted.
    11. When two two ends are equal, the result is balanced.
    12. Balanced is not moving. Not moving is the physical property.
    13. In learning, the original cannot be lost. We have to go deeper without changing.
    14. Song is everything in its original state.
    15. Han xiong ba bei. This is lock the two ends and move the middle.
    16. Example of lock middle move two ends (A) is a lever. Example of lock two ends move the middle (B) is a bow and arrow.
    17. Both are bie.
    18. We must fit everything into our logic. Is this example that worked (A) or (B)? It must be one or the other, you just can’t see it. Do not allow others to change your logic.
    19. To be precise is clear. The opposite is muddy.
    20. Cai is plucking. To yank grass.
    21. Lie is to break the middle.
    22. Zhou is to twist. Twist to break the structure.
    23. Template for training the front hand on a dot. (1) Hold onto something. (2) Star on the mirror. (3) Laser pointer.
    24. Hong’s Taiji is the original Taiji. Something that is right cannot be improved.
    Lunch
    1. Elbow on the table. Match the elbow with grip. Match with muscles in forearm.
    2. Exercise to bend the wrist. Use the elbow to shoot power to the finger. This is stretching the two ends of a rubber cord to make the middle strong.
    Afternoon
    1. When you are stuck in a problem, the solution must come from someone else (outside).
    2. To know something, continue without, advancing, without changing. No deviation from the original design. E.g. Rotation is a continuous lever.
    3. Hong said distance is fake. When two dots line up there is no distance. How to line up? Small.
    4. Story about Hong speaking French.
    5. Three dimensions. Front and back (elbow), left and right (waist), up and down (knee).
    Evening
    1. No confrontation. Reverse and go over. We went through different variations on this. Master was holding my right forearm. My rear shoulder had to go back towards the fridge.
    2. Master showed the connection to his elbow, front shoulder, rear shoulder and rear elbow. Used my push to follow and reconnect.
    Evening Online Class
    1. Waist and knee separation. I held onto the knees and the waist turned. I held onto the waist and the knees turned.
    2. Knee pump.
    3. Knee can only move backwards. Forwards will cause injury. Master showed this is still the case in stepping.
    4. I held Master’s front ankle and front knee. It inflated like a strong rubber tube.

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    2022.09.03 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)

    Workshop Day 1 Morning Session
    1. (1) Kai kua (open kua). (2) xuan zhuan (rotate). (3) budong (not moving).
    2. One fixed dot controlling everything.
    3. Quan. Hong said Authority is the counterweight on a scale.
    4. We must touch something solid. Facts are solid.
    5. Fix Hand Exercise. (1) Fix one hand hold onto a non moving pole. (2) Let the rest of the body go. (3) Whatever you let partner does to push and pull, do not respond.
    6. Activity on the rear shoulder vs front hand.
    7. Active vs passive usage of the dot.
    8. Back on Wall Exercise.  (1) Place the back of your front shoulder on the wall with one dot touching. (2) Partner pushes into front hand. (3) Compress the two ends. (4) Switch the dot on the rear end that is touching the wall to a dot closer to the middle of your back. (4) Continue this nine times until the dot on the rear end is on your rear shoulder.
    9. Yao dang zhuan huan (switch). There is a Lid on the waist. Master showed the transfer of energy.
    10. Xia ta wai nian (lever). The original is a mudslide.
    11. Master showed an exercise to hit the back on the wall.
    12. Everything comes out of nothing.
    Workshop Day 1 Afternoon Session
    1. I had my finger on the bar. Master said to isolate one dot on the rear knee against the middle finger. Eventually the foot. Only one, let the rest go. He demonstrated this with a pull while I held his wrist – isolating one at at time the elbow, shoulder, kua, knee.
    2. Exercise. (1) Place a elbow against the wall. (2) Partner pushes into it. Pretend to fight. (3) Align elbow against push. Forearm solid.  (4) Use your finger to cross over their centre.
    3. Finger Reverses Push Exercise. (1) Partner pushes your arms. (2) Do not respond with upper body. (3) Align the rear foot. (4) Use fingers to aim back at their centre.
    4. Switching Exercise.
    5. There are three directions. (1) Forward backward. (2) Left right. (3) Up down.
    6. Space and no space. Both are the same. Master made a huge ball. There was no space for me.
    7. Ba Chang. Telescopic rod of a tripod. To attach yourself. To pull yourself open.
    8. Yilu with Power. Kenny corrections. My corrections.
    Post Workshop
    1. I was working on the move after initial closing. Fix the left kua and thigh. Turn the waist to the left. Stretch the rear heel out. This causes the tension to be not lost.
    Evening Session
    1. Master adjusted a student’s feet.
    2. Master corrected my stance smaller.
    3. Zhuo. We do not know how to contact.
    4. To line up without deviation, use two perpendicular straight lines at each end. Master used a book as an example. A secondary example was a cup.
    5. Fix the contact, move the feet. Master said this is winding a clock. There is a delayed build up of tension. I felt there was no push.
    6. Lid on the kua, use the knee to open backward. I must practice this. Secondary example was Master pushing my back down from a bent over position. This is the same thing.
    7. Rick Pietila story of hummer gun. The machine gunner is locked into one piece.
    8. Open into an arch. Back must open up, buttocks must go down.
    9. Push chest exercise into foot.

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    2022.09.04 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)

    Breakfast
    1. Boiling point. At 98 degrees, the water is still water. We have to go past the threshold.
    2. Learning is breaking the pattern. This is very rare.
    3. Look for the pattern in human behaviour and make notes.
    4. In promotion, the order is photos, videos, writing.
    Workshop Day 2 Morning Session
    1. We never lose power. We only change structure.
    2. The curvature never existed (Six Sealing Four Closing).
    3. Two sticks on a rail. Everything is stiff. The setup makes it look smooth.
    4. Master held my forearm and touched a dot on my chest in Six Sealing Four Closing. Stretch back against the front hand.
    5. Six Sealing Four Closing with power. Master said power was on my chest. He pointed to use the dantian.
    6. I held Master’s thigh. It did not move.
    7. Hong’s number one characteristic is a half pipe with the back on the wall.
    8. Pushing Exercise. (1) Touch the chest. (2) Fix the elbows. Stretch the fingers. Forearm is 45 degrees forward. (3) Rear foot in. Opponent is on the edge. (4) Then move the feet. This is a snow plow (blade 45 degrees, vehicle is straight). The trajectory of the contact is an arch. Continue the track the opponent with your hands (Example is of a tiger tracking prey jumping up and landing down on it).
    9. Snow plow. Master asked me to explain the main points. Do not change the structure. Do not deviate. Our human nature is to deviate on what we see.
    10. We must find a method to motivate us.
    11. Step up exercise. Action of the front foot. The front pulls the rear. Every push is a pull.
    12. Intention is fine tuning the angles to adjust longer.
    13. Exercise. Pinch forearm. Master showed how to catch the entire body, allowing him to walk in.
    Lunch
    1. Master showed his forearm while I held onto his wrist. He said he is actually pulling the ligaments inside.
    2. Inside of the glass cup. Hong told Master Chen he was wrong as he was touching the outside. The inside eventually relates to the core. The outside is unrelated. The inside is about the restriction.
    Workshop Day 2 Afternoon Session
    1. Exercise. Line up front hand and rear elbow touching the the wall.
    2. Exercise. Rear foot line up with dantian. Hold the compression. Step forwards.
    3. Block Touching Coat application. (1) Intercept punch (2) Pull to your left side (3) Seven inch knife on throat (4) Catch neck (5) Stay on neck and push out.
    4. Four Corners Exercise. Get stuck. Turn the waist.
    5. Hand elbow exercise. Touch the wrist and elbow. Hand must always touch the elbow. We have to reverse our normal habit. Line up and pull the elbows in.
    6. Horizontal Rod exercise with James Strider pushing us. The rod is the point of reference. This allows the body to be very calm. Without it we always stumble.
    7. Five flowers. Four circles intersecting one middle. Watch the video again on Hunyuan.
    8. Bu liu shui. Not moving water. Master demonstrated this. The fist stopped on my chest. Power went through. I tried it, Master said I am too stiff.
    9. Talk about Jing Qi Shen.
    Dinner
    1. Story of Liu Yang challenge.
    2. Story of Sun Yang challenge.
    3. Normal power is based on movement. We create power without moving. To fight someone strong, do not allow them to move.
    4. Pieces of information can be taught. Do not try to combine them. It will happen automatically.
    5. We need new ideas to conduct real Taiji research. Example, photo analysis from western science practitioners.
    6. Story of Hong’s photos.

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    2022.09.05 悉尼笔记锺百豪 (英文) Sydney Notes by Brian Chung (English)

    Privates Morning Session
    1. Bicycle chain. We all have one extra piece.
    2. Normally our shoulder is out. We have to totally change the body until it all fits.
    3. There is only one move. It is so tight, it only moves as a conveyor belt.
    4. Bie. Knee, calf, toes. Toes grip, knee back. Calf erect. I need to work on this.
    5. Exercise. Touch the wall.
    6. My rear foot was moving. Master put his foot against mine. Only hand on the wall and rear foot are solid. Middle is empty.
    7. Touching the wall timing exercise. Horizontal and vertical.
    8. I was pushing the wall with my left palm and rear foot. Shifu touched my left ribs and left thigh and stretched them out.
    9. The unbendable arm. This is Peng. Exercise. Partner pulls down on your elbow. Stretch the two ends (front hand and shoulder).
    10. Going over exercise. Long stick on the two arms. Lock the body as one piece. Stretch the two ends. Fix a dot on your chest in the middle. Go over it.
    11. Master let me feel what stretching the rear is. This is a rotation. Not a push.
    Lunch
    1. Vertical is length. Horizontal is width.
    2. Power is on the vertical.
    3. Story about Zhang Lian En.
    4. I asked Master how to bie the knife, I need three dots. If I draw a diagram, there are only two. Where is the third? He said write an article about this.
    5. The third is created. It is very elusive. The action is two separate trajectories meeting at the middle.
    Privates Afternoon Session
    1. Master was holding my wrist. Pull the elbow in. Crunch dantian. Connect elbow to dantian. Connect both to front heel. Get this feeling. Only work on the three dots.
    2. Pulling exercise after fist draping over body. Engage. Squeeze down to waist. Connect R arm to L kua. Here must be there. Lift L heel. Open L knee straight to L foot and L kua. L kua has a total vertical restriction. This causes a rotation and the L heel to grind out.
    Privates Corrections
    1. There is a switch of side on the fingers in closing the first move.
    2. No Chou. No pulling (to pull the shoulder up).
    3. Six Sealing Four Closing. Front elbow and front kua can open or close. It must be one or the other.
    4. Turn Left to Pound Mortar. Kick from the right heel to cause the waist to turn. It must spin like a top.
    5. Brush the Knee. Turn over a dot in the middle of the chest. We must continue to expand.
    6. Master showed the rotation on brush the knee. Slide. As you rotate, the chest goes down. The correct feeling is nothing to hold onto.
    7. When I rotate, there is no surface.
    Evening Online Session
    1. We repeated the learnings at the Chinese online class.
    2. Use a stick to go over. Forward backward, left right, up down.
    3. Unbendable arm.
    4. Pie Shen Chui.
    5. Discussion with Kelvin. He is very clear.

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    The Toronto Practical Method workshop will be back on Oct 8 to 11, 2022. If you have not yet attended one, you will be amazed by the magical taiji skills of Master Chen Zhonghua, and his insightful guidance in your taiji journey. He has the missing piece that many people are looking for. If you have been here before, we are looking forward to training with you again.
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    Kelvin Ho is organizing a free Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method online (zoom) introductory class (1 session/week for 4 weeks) in July 2022. If you are interested in finding out what Practical Method is about and would like to give this a try. To register, please send an email to kelvin.ho@practicalmethod.ca or wechat to kelvinkwho with your practicalmethod.com account.

    Dates:

    1. Saturday, July 2, 2022 Toronto Time 9 am – 10 am Done
    2. Saturday, July 9, 2022 Toronto Time 9 am – 10 am Done
    3. Saturday, July 23, 2022 Toronto Time 9 am – 10 am Done
    4. Saturday, July 30, 2022 Toronto Time 9 am – 10 am Done

    To join the zoom class, click the following link:
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87304810317?pwd=CNcC1IsbFges4zthZtT0z3b8eTA1gO.1

    The following video is a sample of how a Practical Method online class is like.

    Bevel Gear 2

    by Kelvin Ho on 2022/06/04

    Today we did an exercise to rotate the torso horizontally from left to right (first gear), while the arm with the elbow straight as a stick rotated in Ni Chan (second gear).  The second gear’s rotation was driven by the first gear. The result was like how the train wheel turned, and the rod attached to the wheels moved along the rotation without changing direction.
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    If you are interested in joining this class, please purchase the June package at:

    Push hands is an exercise that examines your understanding of the Taiji principle: Separation of Yin and Yang. While form training transforms your body, push hands provides an opportunity for you to apply your Taiji knowledge and skill. It has also become a popular sporting event both in China and abroad. This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as people at different levels of their training. If you have never tried it before, this is a great opportunity for you to do it in a friendly and safe environment.

    推手是一种让人检查对太极原理(分阴阳)理解的练习。 套路训练可以改变人的身体结构,而推手则提供了运用太极拳知识和技能的机会。 它已成为国内外流行的体育赛事。 这训练班适合推手初学者及不同程度培训的太极爱好者。 如果您以前从未尝试过推手,那么这是个让你在友好与安全的环境中初次尝试的绝佳机会。

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    Locust Flowers on Daqingshan 20220507.

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    This video package contains videos from Toronto Push Hands Workshop on April 24, 2022.
    In this workshop, we trained foundations, line drills, 2-person drils, and free push hands. Detailed videos on the 2-person drills are included in this video package as listed below.



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    Daqingshan in the Clouds April 27, 2022. Read more

    Photos of Daqingshan on April 26, 2022.

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