Learning taiji online is impossible, but not impractical. The key to getting the most benefit outside of the classroom involves understanding what can be achieved and what can not be achieved and through this understanding develop goals that are obtainable. Read more
Testimonials : Workshop Reviews
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.
This time a long time student of Master Chen James Chan from Philadelphia joined us. Lots of push hand on Sunday as four students from Seattle joined us. Topics covered:
- In yilu, finish the move and add one: don’t connect the moves together.
- Door jam principle in push hand.
- Complete your move in push hand, dont get distracted.
- To execute on 45 line it feels less friction than meeting opponent force head on, but students always choose to resist and fight instead.
I’ve been in Edmonton now for ten days to get instructions by Master Chen Zhonghua and the local teachers and to train at their school.
These days have been very beneficial for me. Special thanks to Allan Belsheim Read more
Allan has asked me to share my experience, so here are some of my impressions: Read more
This is the first time I have attended a local four days workshop, the extra time let me have a deeper impression on what I learnt. Bruce from Denver, Lee from Saskatoon, and Linlin from New Hampshire attended, along with regulars from Seattle and Victoria island. We are planning to have the next four days workshop in Spring 2012. Please contact Master Chen if you are interested in attending. Read more
Coming to this workshop I wanted to ask Master Chen about some lofty concepts I read recently of Ting 听 Wen 問 Na 拿 Fa 発, also about energy movement I felt in my yilu.
A week ago I did a workshop and little camp in Berlin. We did use a camping place with possibilities to get rooms as well. The athmosphere in the group was very nice, I did enjoy teaching a lot.
Below you can see some pictures and two videos of students who did finish already the Yilu.
I would like to thank the Ottawa group for organizing a great workshop. During the workshop, we practice Yilu and the foundation exercises. An important component of the workshop is understanding the theory and philosophy of Chen Taijiquan. Master Chen covered many concepts but I will only highlight the idea of “Connecting Pairs” and “Clear” Read more
Recently Master Chen was in Ottawa again to teach another three day seminar. On the last day I had the pleasure of attending. It began with some push hands, interspersed with Yilu practice and several exercises. During the course of his instruction Master Chen recounted many interesting stories and examples. Quite a number of concepts and principles were discussed, with the following notes summarizing elements of what I took away from this eventful day. Read more
Master Lai Fengjing is a Yiquan and Taiji master from the city of Linyi, Shandong, China. This interview is in Chinese language only.
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