Here is something that I shared with a friend today.
- Learn principles, not techniques. Read more
Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
Zhang Lian-en is third in the back.
YouTube – What is Push Hands? Chen style taijiquan tui shou.
By Master Peter Wu.
- Power supply: China uses 220 V, not 11o V like in North America. Check your appliances. Read more
Here are some photos of the Maple Ridge workshop site surrounding area.
这里我们放几张加拿大温哥华枫岭市我们讲座的地方的照片。
Thumbnails from the video.
By: Chen Zhonghua and Allan Belsheim陈中华和埃伦 贝尔山 Language: English英文 Length: 11:45 minutes分钟 Chapters: 8 (1. beginning. 2. Two-person sword. 3. Introduction. 4. Blocking Extension. 5. Protecting the Knee. 6. Ancient Tree Tied by the Roots. 7. White Ape Presents Fruits. 8. Instructions)
http://bugu.cntv.cn/sports/other/wulindahui/classpage/video/20100511/100781.shtml
Watch the last quarter of the movie.
Chen Zhonghua’s 2010 Italian workshop in magazine
Sportivissimo%20Maggio%202010.
We of course worked on foundations first.
- During the circle, in with elbow, using the frontal muscles. This stretches from the front foot to the front hand, making the line very long.
- Out with hand using the back muscles. This stretches from the rear foot to the front hand. Read more
- Worked on Yilu form to half mark.
- Completed basic foundations.
- Push hands.
- Master Ai Shenghua from Weifang came to visit. He is currently in Toronto on a work permit.
- We welcomed Allan Haddad to our workshop.
- Worked on how to find the exact opposite and stretch on it.
- Worked on using your opponent’s pushing force as a point of anchor to get in/close to the opponent.
- Made individual corrections.
It was good to come to the Edmonton class after a long absence. Thanks to Allan and Yen for taking over classes in my absence. We worked on concept of splitting from the kua, using the “fetch water” as a drill. From the kua and elbow, everything moves down and up with the kua and elbow as the central points. However, the kua must move horizontally forward while the up and down moves are being executed. Here are some photos of the move. Read more
You won’t believe me if I told you that we spent three hours working on the first move of the positive circle. That’s what we did! Of course we also went through the entire circle in 9 moves as a warm up. We worked on not moving the hand; block touching coat and drills. Time to get some sleep for tomorrow’s workshop! Read more
The hand must have two functions in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
- Fixer. The hand is used to catch the opponent. In this sense it functions as a hook, rope, or vice. It only needs to apply enough strength to affix the hand on the opponent.
- The hand acts as a CV joint to deliver the power from the body. This power can be a push or a pull.
Common mistakes:
- The hand moves after contacting the opponent, resulting in inability to affix to opponent.
- The hand applies power in an attempt to fight the opponent. This will result in not having enough power. This stops the power from the whole body from going to the opponent.
Sword practice:
More photo. The connection in the hotel is so slow that it does not allow even web browsing. But sending message with large files through posterous.com is still OK. Read more
These are some photos along the way from Helsinki to Vicenza. Read more
You have to see this. I forgot my camera yesterday over lunch. This is lunch today! Read more
9:00 am start. I managed to get a coffee before class. We were in the main floor common room again. This time we were also joined by Daniel Read more
Monday morning. The three-day Ireland workshop has come to an end. We had a small but diverse group of people this year with backgrounds in Wu Style and other Chen Styles. People came from Belgium and other parts of Ireland. The workshop was held in Celbridge, near Dublin.
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Arrived on time in Ottawa. Almost 30 degrees! James Chan and Steve Chan came to the airport in their T-Shirts! It’s nice to be warm!
Stopped by for fast food on the way to Gilles-Vallant Taichi Center.
3:00 pm private with Pierre.
4:00 pm private with Daniel.
Supper with James, Daniel and Steve.
7:00-10:00 pm Qigong and push hands at Gilles-Vallant Taichi Center. Lots of pushhands exercises.
It was after 10:30 when we got home to Jame’s place. A bit snack and push hands explanations.
1:00 am now but it actually is only 11:00 pm for me. Good day today but tomorrow I will probably be tired from lack of sleep.
- Foundations.
- Yilu and Cannon Fist
- Applications and Push Hands
- Weapons and aided drills.
Sat.
Rick Kare, Todd Turik, Jody Hall, Randy Hay (one day), Blake Caldwell (one day), Bill Vanderhall, Kay Terai, Helen Kita, Gary Kong, Wilkin Ng, Jay Smith, Dina Kerr, Bob Fell. Read more
During form training, silk reeling or standing meditation, i am really relaxed and try to go deep into myself enjoying the feelings. 3
- First of all, in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, we do not use standing meditation. Read more
Hong Junsheng was born on February 17, 1907 (Chinese Lunar Calendar) in Yuxian County, Henan Province and passed away on January 23, 1996 in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Read more
