Excellent Article. It serves as a good reminder. Please be patient. It is being translated into English.
太极拳名家洪均生先生是太极宗师陈发科的入门弟子，一生致力于太极拳的研究，其功底深厚、松园缠 绵、缜密雄浑，在国内外影响很大，我成为师爷的再传弟于，实为三生有幸。 Read more
Kelvin Ho
I made my taiji chan gun tonight in 2010.
I re-created my taiji chan gun with slight modification in 2020. Now the shovel is gone.
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method – Toronto Workshops
Toronto 7
Date: Jan 22, 2011
Time: 8 am – 4 pm
Location:
11 Glen Cameron Rd., Unit 16
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4N3
Date: Jan 23, 2011
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location:
Rough Woods Community Centre – Room Aspen B
110 Shirley Dr.
Richmond Hill, ON L4S 1Y9
Cost: $160 for 2 days, $100 for 1 day. $100/hr for private lesson.
http://www.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=681
I find this article interesting.
I have been playing basketball once a week for about 3 years. Recently, I notice that my basketball skills have improved. I shoot the ball more accurately, I can play defense more efficiently, and at the end of the game, I am not as exhausted as before. When I bump into people, I simply feel myself less fragile.
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A listing of PracticalMethod videos on youtube.
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Toronto Sept. 2010 workshop group photo
Here are my notes:
- Anchor the hands, pull from the front foot, mid section, shoulder, and elbow. On the way out, hand leads the elbow, shoulder, front kua, rear kua, rear knee, and rear foot. Extend the hand fully to the maximum, and then somehow the energy will reverse itself.
- Everything comes from the foot.
- Find the fixed spot on the opponent or point in space, then rotate around it.
- Peg the rope 9 times, each section needs to be tight (with tension).
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The Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Toronto practice group meets mulitple times a week at various locations. Read more
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Workshop in Toronto
Instructor: Master Chen Zhonghua
Date: September 23-26, 2010
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location:
Bayview Hill Community Centre (Sep 23-24)
114 Spadina Road, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 2Y9
(Bayview/16th Avenue) Read more
We just had a minor earthquake in Toronto. This time I saw the table “tossing” right in front of my eyes.我们刚刚在多伦多发生了一起小地震。这次我亲眼看见我面前的桌子晃动。
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php
Practical Method Videos on YouTube
Note: I had trouble putting the same video wall in this blog itself.
Happy Father’s Day to Master Chen and all other fellow fathers!祝陈老师和他的作为父亲的学生们父亲节愉快！
I watched the Toronto Workshop 3-4 video today. I got a different understanding on the material presented. Although I was there at the workshop, I didn’t really understand much at the time as I was so new to Taiji. I had no clue on many of the concepts.
I just had my third taiji workshop with Master Chen in the last weekend (May 22-23, 2010). I had an extreme great time in this workshop. I was really glad to have him confirmed my little improvement thus far, in particular: my yilu form is starting to take shape, and I am not moving my hand (or at least as much as before).I would need to continue to work hard, so that I don’t regress, and hopefully continue to improve.
What does it mean by not moving the hand?
Here is my understanding:
If I would like change the location of the hand relative to my body, e.g. the current location of the right hand is at the level of my belly button, and the destination is at my eye level in front of the right shoulder, how can I achieve that without moving the hand?
- Don’t move the hand, but I can move any other part of the body to achieve the same result.
- Keep the hand at the same coordinates in this three-dimensional space, and sink my body down, which in turn causes my elbow to go from above the hand to below the hand. Then perform the 2nd half of the positive circle.
