
There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 69 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany

There is nothing better than a real personal, hands-on experience with Master Chen Zhonghua but this comes very close to it. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 69 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
This will be my third full time course. Why am I going again after 2010 and 2011? Let me list the reasons:
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You are on the right learning path. The path is very long and at different stages you have to do different things. Usually a person goes through three stages/plateaus. Each one is longer than the previous one. Read more
有道是“学拳容易改拳难”,与其学错了再改,不如一上手就学对的。练太极,尤其是在初期,要把自己的非太极动作改掉,改就是提高。 Read more
Using the technique of Six Sealing and Four Closing to find the connection point between the front hand and the rear elbow. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
When the body becomes accustomed to moving through the forms in a connected way, the structure of the body will naturally begin to tighten up. As a result, the over exaggerated stretching movements previously used to open up and recondition the body should be adjusted and made smaller and tighter. Read more
Twisting the towel is one of the foundational exercises of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. it is also called the four-cardinal yin yang split.
Sometimes you move, sometimes you don’t. Some parts of the body should move while other parts must be tranquil. The correct application of these is taiji. Read more
This December I had the honour of being invited to teach an introductory workshop on the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. I’d been to Brittany twice before to work with the theatre company Teatr Piba and this time my friend and colleague Erwan Cloarec asked me to also teach Taijiquan.
Body movement principle is that the upper and lower parts of the body must not be synchronized. When the upper body moves, the lower body must not move. When the left side of the body moves, the right side of the body cannot move. When the hands move, the waist cannot move.