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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/12/31
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/12/04
Fetch water with the rubber cord
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/27
Fetch Water
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/26
What is the seam (缝 feng)?
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/25
No lifting – Don’t carry weight in your hand when moving.
When the hand is moving, it is inefficient.
Turn every push into a pull
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/24
Suppose you have only a 4 liter container and a 9 liter container. The containers have no measurement lines on either of them. How could you measure exactly 6 liters of water using only those containers assuming you can have as much extra water as you need?
After I solved the above puzzle, I had a realization on the statement “taiji is 3”.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/24
We need modify our bahaviour to cause a real change.
In-with-elbow must cause out-with-hand. Withdraw is to issue.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/20
We covered the following tonight:
Negative circle
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/16
Master Chen Zhonghua always talks about the method of learning. The interaction of us asking and him answering is part of it. You have probably heard him say before, “Don’t ask that question”, but yet at a different time, he would ask students to ask questions. Read more
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/15
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/11
We continue on the exercise with one knee up and one knee down from last week.
The torso is like a cylinder that goes down in a free-fall fashion. We can hold up the cylinder, and yet we can’t push down the cylinder. The cylinder is pulled down by gravity, something is outside of our body.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/11
The video showed 3 moves of the Practical Method Straight Sword form, namely, Left cut wrist, Right cut wrist and Sweep down one thousand soldiers. Read more
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/05
Six Sealing Four Closing
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/04
Turning around without turning around. This is referring to moving the elbow, while the hand and shoulder are not moving.
Moving the hand will tie a knot in the body. Thinking of how to reel in with the spool to bring in the hose, and how to get the hose out by holding the end and pulling it out.
All important moves are difficult. Read more
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/03
Buddha’s Warriot Attendant Pound Mortar
Block Touching Coat
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/02
We are focusing on a simple movement from Six Sealing Four Closing.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/01
Selina Huang started studying Practical Method on July 5, 2020.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/01
Zhuang Ying started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/01
Peng Li started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/01
Liu Yaokun started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/11/01
Bernard Lesawich started studying Practical Method on July 5, 2020.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/31
John Upshaw and I met because of Practical Method. He lives in Iowa, USA, and I live in Toronto, Canada. We started to get to know each other through Facebook posts and chats. We first met in person in New Jersey Camp in June 2012. Despite living far apart, we started to train together in early morning on weekends using video conferencing, such as Google Hangout and Skype. We learned straight sword, erlu, and recently broadsword together. Last night, I stumbled some upon notes I made back in 2013/2014 for the online practice sessions. Upon reviewing the notes, what we have been practicing remains the same over the years. To name a few, the instructions include:
We improve over time in terms of detail and quality of the movements, but we will never be perfect. and the training just keeps going. Such notes allowed me to re-live some of the wonderful memories, and thanks to shifu to keep reminding us to make notes.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/29
Separation of Yin and Yang
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/28
Going Over – We focus on this concept in several moves today.
Flash the back
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/26
Correction on my form
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/26
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/23
Not Moving is one of the most important concepts in Practical Method. There are 3 types of Not Moving.
Absolutely Not Moving
Relatively Not Moving
Restrictively Not Moving
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/22
We do our form in a low stance to train gong. When we use it, we don’t go so low, because it is not agile enough.
Movements need to be big and long.
The kuas need to be just a bit higher than the knees. Read more
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/21
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/20
Negative Circle
Rotation is when there is movement without displacement.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/18
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/15
Our movements must have a horizontal one and a vertical one intersecting/interacting at the same time.
Three parallel planes
The integrity of each plane must be maintained. There is a vertical rod that goes through the middle to connect all three planes to fix them in a particular way, but yet they are free to move any other way. Each plane is like a trampoline. This is how we convert opponent’s incoming kinetic energy into potential energy stored in the trampoline, and eventually back to kinetic energy aimed at the opponent. You can also lock any of the planes, and move a different one to create a vertical stretch. With these 3 planes, you can create a lot of variations and configurations.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/14
Inflection points in differential geometry are the points of the curve where the curvature changes its sign. In the illustration below, it is when the tangent turns red or when the curve intersects with the X axis in this case.
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/14
Whatever it is that you know, the truth is not like that. Whatever you don’t realize, accidentally it is the correct thing.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/14
Positive Circle
by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/13
“Rotation is changing direction without changing direction”
What kind of confusing statement is that?
Learning taijiquan is a feat in resolving conflicts.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/12
Master Chen Zhonghua started with a story about the history of China and Chen Style Taijiquan. Before the first Qin emperor defeated 6 other kings and united China, there was the period of Spring and Autumn 春秋 (which has nothing to do with the two seasons). Back then, there were 800 states, each had their own cultures, and they all flourished. Today, there are different levels of governments in China: Federal, Provincial, and County. The Chinese government wanted to get rid of the county level government, but they couldn’t done. Each county turned out to map back to the old states. The Chinese government had full election for village officials, but there are large families at the county levels, with full election, these large families will gain control at the county level goverments. These families managed to get around the one-child policy themselves.
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by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/08