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Master Chen Zhonghua October 2007 New York Seminar
1. When there is rotation, there must be no movement.
2. Shifu said that the students who get really good don’t necessarily work hard or can think abstractly. They are humble and really have no ego. Many people believe themselves to be humble but they are not. Shifu said when practicing push hands that it is not “investing in loss” because you always want to gain. Read more
Master Ni is disciple of GM Feng, a good friend of Master Chen who visit him often at Daqingshan. He opened a martial art school at nearby Zidongshan city and has produced many push hand champions. Read more
Dear Mr Chen, thank you for your instruction. A lot of instructors will talk about principles that are really concepts that is subjective like relaxation. It was a real pleasure to work with material that was based on mechanical principles and was repeatable. A real pleasure. (Miles Henderson facebook comment)
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Kelvin made a youtube playlist for the correction clips. It is a great way to see common mistakes in student yilu.
To get a better understanding on how each students perform the yilu, please get the full videos from
http://practicalmethod.com/2010/10/yilu-corrections-online-video-purchase/
http://practicalmethod.com/2011/06/yilu-corrections-2-online-video-trailer/
Breaking a move to separate body parts.
1) push (hand extend to make the lever long)
2) turn (waist rotate to catch)
3) drop (use leg to generate downward force to cut)
Video clips recorded by Linlin Choy during her month long stay at Daqingshan
This is PDF of volume one of the translation of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s book “Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method”. It was translated into English by Hong’s disciple Chen Zhonghua.
Sample PDF with Table of Contents below:
Proper sequence for stepping in Yilu and push hand. Step need to be broken into three moves in order to have separation power.
A clip from the Ireland 2010 workshop.
Taiji movement is similar to movement of the umbrella top, which is controlled by the ring around its handle.
Videos below.
In recent years, Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method is gaining popularity all over the world. Many inquire to this website as to how to become an official branch of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
We are using tudou.com to host the videos because of its faster upload speed from Daqingshan. Let us know in the comments if you have problem viewing the clips.
Videos below
Today, we recorded Yilus of Master Chen students from Wulian and Rizhao.
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Clip from Suspended Head Mini Lesson
Master Sun is a disciple of GM Feng. Every year he comes to Daqingshan to help Master Chen teach the full time students. Besides being one of GM Feng’s top disciples, he is also a published author, master calligrapher and oil painter.
“If I move, force will come to me, if I don’t toss, force will pass”
“Force is like water, it will affect parts that move”
Wismin came from Philadelphia for four weeks, studied with James Chan.
Continuation of yesterday clip, if you don’t move there will be a line to rotate opponent on.
In the past three days Master Chen Jinyuan taught us Guan Dao form he learned from GM Feng.
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