This workshop is sponsored by Pavel Codl and assisted by Steve Chan. Thanks to all who came to the workshop during this important Easter holiday weekend.
Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
It was the warmest day on this European tour today so we decided to visit the Prague Castle after afternoon class. Here are some of our photos.
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In terms of learning the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system, the assumption is that unless you have a special method, you are not learning. You might disagree with this assumption and believe, like many others, that you are learning and making progress. Your beliefs and conclusions are based on criteria that are not taiji, therefore, they are not valid. Read more
Dates: Oct. 20-21, 2012
Location: to be announced.
Instructors: Chen Zhonghua; Hong Sen
Contact : Michael Koh at (65)96680069 or michaelkoh@hotmail.com Read more
Below are the students authorized by Master Chen to teach Practical Method
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Mr. Wang Deyou was born in 1946 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. He has a bachelor’s degree in science. He currently works as the vice-chief engineer at Xuzhou High Energy Ignition Corp.
He started learning Yang style taijiquan in 1966 and converted to Chen style in 1972. Read more
In a few days we will have some videos to post on our work today. Thanks to K. S. Loke of Malaysia and Michael Koh of Singapore for arranging this. I hope we will have some good teaching/learning videos of the foundations of the Practical Method out of this.
哈乐之先生，号铗简斋主人、笑翁、笑之，男，回族，生于1940年3月，祖籍山东郯城。哈乐之先生一生勤奋好学，对哲学、宗教、民俗诸学科都有较深的造诣，特别在武术、书法领域更是独树一帜。 Read more
涂宗仁现年65岁，为杜毓泽宗师的传人，系陈式第十代传人，他自幼深喜武术，17岁时学习太极 拳，先后曾跟随多位杨氏太极拳名家研习达15年，经过多年的锻炼与思考，深觉杨氏太极拳无法满足自己需求，所以多方访寻太极拳名家。 Read more
- Feb. 10, 2012 Private lessons for James Tam, Ken Huang of Toronto and Daniel Mroz of Ottawa. Read more
Tai chi, the Chinese martial art involving slow and rhythmic movement, has been shown to benefit older people by maintaining balance and strength. Now, researchers have found that tai chi also helps patients who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Read more
Massimo Neresini attended the WKU competition in Padua on Feb. 5, 2012. He won three gold medals and one silver in Taijiquan.
Fan form, yang sword 42 and yang form 42 Beijing form and gold medal in Chen Style performing the YILU with the compliments from two referees that hadn’t seen such live performance before!. They were really enthusiastic to see the YILU Hong practical Method!
Can people who had an organ transplant practice Hunyuan Qigong? Is it safe for a person with a transplanted kidney or liver? Read more
Thanks to 鸣谢:
- Kelvin Ho 何家伟 http://ktaiji.blogspot.com/
- Frank Ding 丁建平 http://www.dynamictaichi.blogspot.com/
- All who attended the open house in Toronto.
greetings from Australia…fantastic site!…just wondering if the routines you teach are old frame or Chen Fake’s new frame?…thanx…peace
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A: I would like to avoid the confusion (becomes more and more confusing later on) by saying that what I teach is what Hong Junsheng learned from Chen Fake from 1930 to 1944. Whatever that means without a name is more accurate than putting it under a category.
You are on the right learning path. The path is very long and at different stages you have to do different things. Usually a person goes through three stages/plateaus. Each one is longer than the previous one. Read more
Twisting the towel is one of the basic foundation exercises of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. it is also called the four-cardinal yin yang split.