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Notes and Highlights: 2023 Singapore Practical Method Seminar by Chen Zhonghua 20231202-03.
Once again I am accompanied by Chen Xu. This time Duan Chonghu of Laiwu, Shandong, Li Hong of Nanchang, Jiangxi, and Guo Huichun of Weibei, Anhui also came along. Read more
A BIG thank you to Brennan Toh and John Dahms for organizing the Ottawa-Gatineau Workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method that just ended yesterday (2023.10.21-22). This is especially BIG, because both are very busy people and we are all very thankful for their willingness to take time out to help us in our training. (Master Chen Zhonghua was unable to make it to Ottawa this year.)
All participants enjoyed and benefitted a lot from the teachings of Brennan Toh, John Dahms, Hugo Cascoduro, and Rick Pietila. The training, instructions, and demonstrations were outstanding — clear, thorough, practical and effective. Words alone cannot express the degree and extent of change such a workshop can impress upon an individual’s progress in learning Taijiquan/Tai Chi Chuan. I learned a lot and was very impressed and motivated in seeing how the instructors have excelled in their training and development, as proved by the depth and details of their teachings and demonstrations. Their generosity and willingness to share their knowledge are commendable. Special thanks to Hugo Cascoduro for driving all the way from Toronto, together with Suzanna Chwang and Jen, to help out with the workshop. As well, thanks to Rick Pietila (who is currently on work assignment in Ottawa), for also teaching and taking care of the photography/videography at the workshop.
At this workshop, one of the many key things that I learned was the meaning of “potential”. We need to increase our “potential” through stretching. Only through stretching do we find our limits; it is not till then can we make a breakthrough, with the unleashing of our full potential — a switchover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4zJMIsT3xs (Illustration of stored elastic energy unleashed from one state to another)
Chen Zhonghua Taijiquan is authorised in Quanzhou, China 20231013.
泉州20231013 – 授牌仪式合影 Chen Zhonghua Taiji authorisation ceremony in Quanzhou, Fujian province on Oct. 13, 2023
Today I said goodbye to my Shifu Chen Zhonghua in Gdynia. I just arrived in Vienna, Austria after one month traveling with Shifu, Gerry Gebhart, Chen Ronghua (Curry) and Song Zhenhua (Leo) through 7 European countries.
I met lots of old and new friends. It was great and it’s sad, it has to end. But even the best things in live end…. only to make place for new things.
In the picture below you see Shifu, Chen Xu, Ling Zili and me on my very first Workshop with Shifu in Wuxi, China. And below a picture taken exactly 9 years later in Vicenza Italy with Shifu, Leo, Gerry, Curry and me. With lots of Workshops in between.
There were many highlights along the tour of various nature, like cultural, touristic, culinary, personal and of course Taijiquan Practical Method-ic.
I hope I’ll find the time to render my notes into some articles about those highlights.
To answer one special request by Kevin Chen from Nantes, France briefly: I ate the worst but also the best Hamburger in Italy 😉
By the way:
If you want to practice Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method in Austria, contact me. I’m living close to Vienna and we have a group here. As a disciple it’s my duty and an honor to propagate this rare art. I can show you the special characteristics of Practical Method. It must be experienced, so I invite you to have a look.
I’m also the coordinator for Practical Method in Europe, so if you want to know if there’s somebody close to you doing Practical Method, just text me.
Speaking of coordination: Thanks to all the host on the tour for the great workshops. And also a big “Thank you!” to their helping hands. It was a great time!
Raymond Dickey from London, England
Pavel Codl from Prag, Czech Republic
Sven Gusowski from Berlin, Germany
Thomas Poitreau from Bordeaux, France
Giuseppe Bon from Vicenza, Italy
Damian Jagosz from Żywiec, Poland
and last but not least
Tomek Raganowicz from Gdynia, Poland
Special thanks for helping me out organizing the Workshop in Vienna, Austria goes to
Fabian Kassing and Ewald Artacker
And a special thanks for retrieving my laptop which I forgot on the plane in Bordeaux goes to Thomas’ wife: Claire
Chen Ronghua, a disciple of Master Chen Zhonghua in Yangshuo, Guilin, China, was featured on Guilin Page on Facebook 20221104. Here are some photos:
Another great way to discover Yangshuo, Guilin!
Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art advocating using softness to resist hardness. Chen Ronghua, who’s the disciple of Chen Zhonghua (the international standard bearer of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method) and the head instructor of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method in Yangshuo, Guilin. To better inherit and promote Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, he teaches locals and foreign tourists to practice Tai Chi. Practicing Tai Chi between the hills and rivers of Yangshuo, you will get an insight into Chinese culture.
Ben Phillips of Toronto became Chen Zhonghua’s 379th disciple in a brief ceremony at the Annual Toronto Practical Method Seminar.
Ben Phillips Discipleship Ceremony 20221010
Group Photo of all disciples at the ceremony!
Ben Phillips of Toronto became Chen Zhonghua’s 379th disciple in a brief ceremony at the Annual Toronto Practical Method Seminar
Chinese Class
In Six Sealing Four Closing, there must be a stick that does not change direction between the two hands. In Practical Method, there are rotation and resolution. Rotation is not considered a move. Resolution is considered a move as it causes something to change position with respective to the ground. The result is 螺旋缠丝 luo xuan chan si.
This is moving a rotating saw to cut a piece of board. As the saw makes contact of the board, the rotation does not slow down, the saw blade does not change shape as someone pushes the saw through the board (or the board through the blade). The common problem is that we change shape or direction as we move.
Rhythm. Human-butterfly. Combination of actions. Special overall pattern. English accent.
Go over. If the body is not separated, you cannot lock one part, and therefore there is no going over. When it is linked, it is not going over. Trunk is one piece, like an iron board. You can go over with your actual joints. Or anything that is straight, you can create a joint/pivot, a spot in space outside the body.To go over/climb over or open the door.
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Application is not fighting, it is the meaning.
Stories.1996 in Shaolin Temple.The show performed by the personal team of the abbot.
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Back to the Mar 30, 2021 exercise, there is one part that goes out, and one part that goes up. Eventually, there is a force that goes out and around.
3 types of moves in Taiji: horizontal (rope), vertical (stick), rotational (rock).
动静、上下、左右、内外、伸缩、推拉
My name is Paweł Maciejny. I work as a teacher, I am also a player and a trainer at the rugby club
in Bielsko-Biała and a volunteer firefighter at the Volunteer Fire Department Żywiec – Sporysz. Read more
Today, Master Chen covered Foundations and provided corrections on Twisting the Towel.
Chen Zhonghua’s 2020 version of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Broadsword instructional video. This video contains 5 clips (each clip is a section).
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:加拿大Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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The following are the official teaching staff levels recognized by Master Chen Zhonghua.
Level 1 Instructor
Level 2 Instructor
Level 3 Instructor
Level 4 Instructor
Level 5 Instructor
Qingshan Instructor
Head Instructor
Chief Technical Advisor
Technical Supervisor
Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy Headquarter Instructor Evaluation Committee |
Recogitions
2021 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
- Pang Chaoli
- Ling Ziming
- Kelvin Ho
- Wei Ping
2020 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
- Pang Chaoli
- Ling Ziming
- Kelvin Ho
2019 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
- Pang Chaoli
- Ling Ziming
- Kelvin Ho
2018 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
- Pang Chaoli
- Ling Ziming
2017 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
- Ling Zili
- Pang Chaoli
2016 Qingshan Instructors
- Chen Xu
- Han Rui
Dear Tai Chi – enthusiasts and those interested!
Master Chen Zhonghua is coming for the third time to Vienna to show and share his skill in Tai Chi. The workshop is made for those without any knowledge about the art as well as advanced students of Tai Chi and will grant deep insights in the art. Also practitioners of other martial arts are welcome to participate at this workshop.
The workshop will be held in english, translation into german will be provided when needed.
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Master Zhonghua Chen and the Rizhao Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy team are participating in the Chen Village Push Hands Competition. Master Chen was invited as a guest.
Master Chen Zhonghua and students at Chen Village Competition 2018
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Wuxi is a city west of Shanghai on Tai Hu Lake. Here are some photos of Chen Zhonghua’s Practical Method workshop in Wuxi on March 22-23, 2014
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Performed for students in New Hampshire with emphasis (slow down and stopping) in places where students frequently make mistakes.
Chen Style Tajiquan Practical Method
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Grandmaster Hong Junsheng
General Principles
o Peng
Peng has been one of the most talked about topics in Taijiquan. Hong defined Peng as having two meanings: one is the upward expanding action of ward-off and the other the overall combined expanding energy that permeates all moves of Taiji. It is the latter meaning of Peng that is most important to him. “Without Peng, there is no Taiji.” Read more
Some clips of master Chen Zhonghua’s push hand teaching sessions of Daqingshan in the summer of 2012. These are extracted from the 7 volumes of the Daqingshan 2012 push hands training videos. This video is also available at: http://chenzhonghua.cn/2012/11/陈中华老师2012年大青山推手训练精选视频花絮/ Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan
“虛領頂勁“ is one of many Tai Chi principles. 虛 means void, which really has misled many people.
This is an excellent article on Chen Fake’s early student Yang Yichen. In this article, names mentioned include Liu Musan, Shen Jiazhen, Chen Zhaoxu and Hong Junsheng.
The article will be translated EVENTUALLY. Read more
Cai Yanping, Dong Yuexing, Cai Shengye, Zhang Guangzong, Li Qingjia, Wang Deyou, Xu Guicheng, Li Chugong, Wang Jinxuan,
Chao Xiuzhen, Liu Weiguo, Chen Zhonghua, Li Shufeng,
蔡延平，董月兴，张广宗, 李庆佳，王德友,许贵成，李储功，李树峰，
Chao Xiuzhen, Liu Weiguo, Chen Zhonghua, Li Shufeng,
蔡延平，董月兴，张广宗, 李庆佳，王德友,许贵成，李储功，李树峰，
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Author: Sun Zhonghua, 19th generation master of Chen Style Taijiquan and second generation master of Hunyuan taiji. Read more
19th generation master of Chen Style Taijiquan under grandmaster Hong Junsheng.
2nd generation master of Hunyuantaiji under grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang. Read more
Current Disciples:
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There couldn’t be better occasion than the one organized by Master Giuseppe Bon’s Kung Fu and Taijiquan School to make us moving to the best of our ability along the path that we began to follow last March. Read more
