Master Chen Zhonghua’s private lesson for Anton Phipps on Oct. 26, 2020. This lesson focused on the finding of the two points that forms the line. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 54 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆
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Anton Phipps private review 20201026
– always work to expand the body
– go up and over with the back bow, try to touch head to ceiling
– work on frame/structure, learn to add one after 51% reached, first to stretch then to add another dimension or plane of motion
– Zhonghua Chen lead Anton through many mini drills to get him to begin to establish a ‘one point’ within his body structure
– work was also done on creating a solid line along which movement should flow, scissor movements
– must learn to tear things, use an actual piece of old material, grab the piece of material (old pillow case will do), give yourself a separation distance between hands, keep hands on same line, then imagine your hands move away from each other ballistically, expand elbows out, expand kua away from each other, expand at the breastbone, all moves to explode outwards along the line proportionately, do not over rotate
– must learn how to tear and practice this move thousands and thousands of times
…learning to live, a breath at a time…