Recent Comments

This is great. My fingers are crossed…

Hello Gouming Shou,

The Damascus Broadsword will be available when Master Chen returns to Edmonton June 11 so shipping will not resume before that time. It is worth the wait, as another sword shop is selling a similar stock sword from Longquan for more than three times what we charge for our custom blade.

Hi-
Has the Damascus sword resumed shipping? I ordered one. Please let me know when to expect its arrival.

Guoming

Hello David,
The class rate for our regular program as listed above is $70 monthly for one 2 hour class per week. Two classes per week is $90 monthly and three per week only $105. We also have annual rates that save you 2 months of fees (multiply the monthly fee times 10 – you pay for 10 months and attend 12 months.

We give all the information and training you need to totally understand and actually correctly learn Taiji.

The Full Time training will be starting around the middle of September until the middle of December (actual times to be set soon), and you can come for as little as a week up to the full 3 months. Cost is $455 for a week, $770 for 2 weeks, $2400 for two months and this year, $3150 for the three months.

Thank you for your interest and hope to hear from you again,

Master Allan Belsheim

Hello!
I have been practicing Yang style Tai Chi for 2 years, and I am interested in learning Chen style. The school that I am studying at now focuses only on the health side of the art and I would love to be able to study Tai Chi as a comprehensive whole. My brother told me that ‘Joseph Chen’ is extremely talented and there is a school in Edmonton. And so, my search has brought me to this web site.

I am curious what the standard class rates are and I am also curious about full time training– how much that costs and if you can do a week at a time, months at a time or year round?

Thank you, I look forward to talking more.

-David

Amazing detail about 6 sealing 4 closing. Wish I could do that with Master Chen. Thank you Master Chen and Daniel for sharing this.

Dear Master Zhong,

I am sharing this moment with all.
I thank the beautiful text above.

I am a practitioner resident in Brazil-Sao Paulo and soon wish you enivar my formal submission.

thanks

Caro Mestre Zhong,

Escrevo compartilhando este momento de despedida corporal do grão-metre Feng Zhi Qiang. Com muita consideração agradeço o belo texto acima.

Sou praticante residente no Brasil – São Paulo e em breve desejo enivar-lhe minha apresentação formal.

atenciosamente

Thanks, Carla. No, we won’t have class today. Hopefully it will be nice again next week!

Hi Jean-Philippe!

Thanks for your welcome words. Due to the rain (with no alternate location set) I am assuming there is no class this afternoon.

Thanks for letting me know.
Carla

Sweet!

Nice to see so many familiar faces! Thinking of you all… Daniel

Welcome Donna, Carla and Rita! I’m glad you are joining us. And welcome back also to Shaun and Alex.

Very helpful and precise movements to learn and exploit.

In the end i choose Zhanzhuang posture as basis, i had forgotten how amazing that posture can be.
Thanks again master Chen.

Yes it bears very close resemblance to Wu (Hao) style because the creator of Sun style (Sun Lu Tang), who’s daughter is in the video, learned his taiji from Hao Wei Zhen who learned of course from the creator of Wu style (Wu Yu Xiang)….interestingly, the story as I was told anyway, is that Wu Yu Xiang was a student of Yang Lu Chan (who learned Chen style Yilu from Chen Chang Xing)…at a certain point in Wu’s training Yang sent Wu to Chen village to train with Chen Chang Xing himself but he ended up learning a smaller frame Chen style from Chen Qingping…he later returned to train further with Yang and eventually founded his own style Wu style (sometimes referred to as Wu Hao style for his famous student Hao Wei Zhen who passed it to Sun Lu Tang)..not to be mistaken with the much more well known Wu style of Wu Jian Quan, which was created by his father Quan Yu. Simply put all the other styles are derivitives of Yang Lu Chan’s teachings. Even the modern yang style is derived from Yangs (old frame) called guang ping which looks even closer to Yilu (surprise surprise) :-0 ….in terms of shapes anyway….but the important thing to realize is that Yilu is really the foundation for all the other taiji that’s been created……

Interesting clip…the movements seems to be closer to Wu style although the form sequence is similar to Chen yilu.

GREAT VIDEO!!!

is there supposed to be a video attached?

This video really helped me to see and understand the gears more clearly. The section from 18:30-20:00 was particularly clear for me, in that the incremental seperation of the two actions of sink,rotate,sink,rotate….is like two gears meshing together…seperate actions but producing a unified effect. After listening to the lecture that follows, it made me think that smoothness in Taiji has not to do with appearance but more precision and quantity of seperation. where when we start we might have a clunky machine with only 5 teeth in our gears with a lot of space between gears so they bang together…at least we have real seperation. Over time we can work to have a thousand teeth in our gears that are machined tightly causing that incremental separated smoothness. It reminds me of a worm drive type of gear….as always thank you so much and makes my heart warm to think of you today and to see the eighteen balls living on in this video!

Thank you all for such an out pour of support. I am on my way to Beijing to bid last farewell to my master and to a great taiji master. I will pray to him and convey your messages to his family on your behalf.

Thanks for this reminder Shifu. I copied those rules from your video years ago and have them posted on my dojo wall for reminder.

Question:
The hands must at all times spin outwards from the center of the body, while the elbow must at all times spin inward towards the center of the body.

While on the positive circle in-stroke this is clear, how does the elbow spin inwards on the out-stroke?

Excellent topic on how to connect and link to issue jing effectively. Different scenarios, from single to multiple connections, are clearly explained AND demonstrated in this valuable 12-minute lesson. Provides clear and identifiable goals for advancement in the practice of taijiquan, irrespective of style.

The explanation of the eight energies expands on what I have read in the past. The energies are clear to me now. I especially like that I am no longer stuck on “elbow strike” and “shoulder strike” as definitions of two of the energies. I can more easily understand they are just examples.

The Taiji applications provide clear examples of the great multitude of possibilities. Each movement does not have just one application. The fact that the foundations are found in Yilu, and Yilu is found in Cannon Fist is particularly enlightening. There is a clear path from simple to complex, from practice to application.

Dear Master Chen:
Our group in Puerto Rico was sadden-
ed to learn from our teacher Raul of
the passing of Grandmaster Feng. We
We dedicated a time of silence in so-
lidarity with his students around the
world, to express our respect for his
memory, our deepest sympathy for
his family and our appreciation for
the wonderful skills that he shared
with us. We feel honored that his
first student Chenzhonghua will
continue to share his teaching with
us. Master Feng will be greatly missed
But his memory will remain in our hearts

That is a very sad. My sincere condolences.

Very sad to hear this. He is an excellent master who I truely love. I had real good experience with him and learn from him. I treated him in my hotel room when I saw he had some medical issues; I gave him some recomendations. He treated me like a daughter, a good friend, I feel he treated all his student like family. At time I asked him if he want to stay with me for a year so that I can help his medical issue. But he really did not want to travel anymore.
I I learn so much from him, both martial art and life. I miss him and will miss him forever.
Dr. Aihan Kuhn
Chinese Medicine for Health, Holliston, MA
http://www.ChineseMedicineforHealth.com
http://www.DrAihanKuhn.com

Dear Master Chen,

Sad to hear of his departure. I wish I could have met him.
I can’t imagine what you are feeling, but I want to express my condolences to you.
He will remain very alive in our memories and admiration.
I published in his honor an in memoriam on my website.

My condolences, shifu. I regret I did not have the chance to meet this great master.

My sincere condolences on the death of grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang to his family, to Master Chen and to all those that feel this deep loss. He will be sadly missed by the taiji community. GM Feng Zhiqiang , eighteenth generation GM of Chen Style Taijiquan gave the world an extraordinary gift by creating the exceptional system Chen Shi Xinyi Hunyuan Taijiquan practiced and valued around the world. Indeed he lived his dream to make mankind better through the Chinese taiji .
I am very moved by this news, however I am glad that GM Feng Zhiqiang lived to see his disciple Master Chen bringing his skills, experience, Chen Style Taijiquan and the Hunyuan system to a new dimension by imparting it actively, intensively, with the whole world using best teaching style and new technologies. He always will be present in our hearts through his legacy.

Respectfully,
Nona

my condolences to Master Chen especially, but also the taiji community.

I have only read and heard stories and seen youtube videos, but those indeed were enough to reveal his amazing skill and also down to earth nature. His passion for taiji and leadership was inspiring. A true exemplar in the taiji community.

The passing of Grandmaster Feng is truly a loss to the Taiji world. My deepest condolences to Grandmaster Feng’s family, disciples and students on their great loss.

Very sad. My deepest sympathy to you, Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang’s family, freinds and students.
Alexandra Meinhold

My condolences. One of the greatest taichi grandmaster.

Dear Master Chen,

we are deeply saddened to hear of GrandMaster Feng’s loss.
Our deepest condolences to you and the immediate family of the GrandMaster.
Giuseppe Bon, Valentina Faccin and the Italia Poon-zè Team

Dear Chen, Laoshi.
I am very sorry to hear about the passing of Feng Zhiqiang. He was a great light in the world of taijiquan. We were all blessed by his life. Although I regret never having the opportunity to study with him, he always impressed me. And I feel blessed to be able to benefit, through you, from his teachings. We are all much better off because of him.
I am glad that your work and teaching will continue, doing credit to his memory, and spreading his good work around the world.

My sincere condolences to Sifu and Grandmaster Feng’s family. The Taiji community is mourning a great loss.

Rick Kare

Although I never met Grandmaster Feng and did not practise his style his passing away for me also is moving. My compassion to all who were close to him.
RIP Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang.

Master Chen,
The loss of Grandmaster Feng and his positive impact on thousands of students across the globe highlights the special nature of his Taijii. Thousands more will enjoy Taiji in the future when his legacy is carried on by his disciples and students. He will never be forgotten.
My thoughts are with his family.
Sincerely,
Paul Janssens
Canberra -Ausralia

Dear Master Chen,
My condolences on such a great loss. He was truly a gem in the MA circles and impacted thousands of people. His taiji and legacy will live on forever. He will be surely missed by all.
Yours Sincerely
Jonathan Kwan

The martial arts community share your lost. It is vital that we learn all we can from the Grandmasters that are still alive today, but most importantly continue to teach and share the knowledge they left behind. It is good to know we have Chen Zhonghua; a living branch of a truly great master.

Dear Master Chen,
My sincere condolences to you and GMFeng’s family. He will be missed dearly by all. Trully, A Great Master.

Very sad news. I had the great honour of meeting Grandmaster Feng while studying at the main school in Beijing. Even though he was retired, he would come in on Saturday mornings to watch some of the lessions. His great love for what he did was clear for all to see, with him often demonstrating different aspects of the art to those lucky enough to be present.

My lasting memory though will not just be of meeting a legend of the martial arts world. It will be of meeting a true human being, a man who had time for everyone, a great sense of consideration for others and simply a love of life.

My deepest condolences to all family, friends, disciples and students.

The martial arts community share your lost. It is vital that we learn all we can from the Grandmasters that are still alive today, but most importantly continue to teach and share the knowledge they left behind. It is good to know we have Chen Zhonghua; a living branch of a truly great master.

Dear sifu,my sincere condolences to you and Grandmaster Fengs family for there lost.For many generations he will inspire us and his spirit will encourage many taichi players to continue his legacy.RIP.

My condolences to you, Shifu, and to his family. May his memory live with us and inspire us

Grandmaster Feng’s Hunyuan Taiji was the first system in which I learned Taiji, and through which I found Master Chen. Thank you Grandmaster Feng, and RIP. My condolences to Master Chen, and Grandmaster Feng’s family.

My condolences to Master Feng and family.

[...] WAY OF HUNYUAN (QIGONG) : CHEN ZHONGHUA [...]

Rest in peace and my condolences.