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Master Chen Zhonghua’s teaching recording on the principle of not moving the body while doing taiji. This is part of his lectures to the full time students on Daqingshan during the 2011 Daqingshan Hong Junsheng Taijiquan International Conference and Competition. Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 52 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Two Sticks: refers to the two part alignment of the body, which is part of the three-direction energy alignment of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
In this video, there are 15 Minutes of explanations and applications of the two sticks in the body in tai chi chuan practice by Master Chen Zhonghua Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada
Chen Zhonghua. 15 minutes. English.
1. 13 moves in numbered moves front view.
2. 13 moves in numbered moves side view.
3. 13 moves with key points.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Helsinki, Finland
1. Upper And Lower Body Coordination 2. Rhythm In Yilu 3. How To Do A Proportional Movement
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 26 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Maple Ridge
1. Beginning. 2. Private lesson with James Tam. 3. Details of “Turn Left to Pound Mortar”. 4. Wild Horse Parts its mane. 5. Stay on line. 6. How to stay on line in movements. 7. Stay on line. 8. No protrusion, no indentation. 9. Student practices. 10. Explanation and correction of “Fetch Water”. 11. Principles for body parts. 12. Rachelle Bergeron. 13. How to deal with protrusions. 14. Basic foundations for beginners.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 35 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Ottawa, Canada
http://practicalmethod.com/2011/03/ottawa-workshop-march-11-13-2011-summary/
Master Chen Zhonghua’s 2011 New York Workshop Unedited video recording. This video contains 115 minutes of the workshop.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 115 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:New York
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Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 57 min. In: Mixed English & Chinese Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan, China Read more
1. Step up to Kao (Whole Body Hit). 2. Step up to Squeeze. 3. Flash the Back. 4. Rubbing Exercise. 5.Direct Block and Enter. 6. The fourth move of Brush the Knee in Oblique Stance. 7. Same side (with Foot) Elbow Strike.
Author: Chen Zhonghua; Gavin Sandeman Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Ottawa, Canada
17 chapters of instruction on taiji push hands and applications. This is part of the 2010 Daqingshan full time course taught by Master Chen Zhonghua. While there are many applications and techniques taught in this video, the focus was on the differentiation of movement and tranquility (Don’t move) on corresponding parts of the body. Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 48 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
This is the private section of Chen Zhonghua’s Feb. 2011 Workshop in New York. It was meant to be a private teaching session for Michael Calandra and Dean Mayo. This video showed some higher level taiji skills and techniques and lots of training tips for students.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 30 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:New York
1. Beginning. 2. Push Hands Demonstration with Massimo. 3. Push Hands Demonstration with Master Bon. 4. Push Hands Demonstration with Bruno. 5. Partial Yilu Demonstration. 6. Bang exercise. 7. Positive Circle. 8. Kua Movement. 9. Shoulder and Kua Relationship. 10. Head. 11. Two Shoulders. 12. Thigh.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 19 min. In: English and Italian Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Italy
1. Beginning. 2. Circle Corrections. 3. The Stretch. 4. The Replacement Stretch. 5. Dont’ Move Your Hand!
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Length: 56 min. In: Chinese Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Weifang, China
1. Beginning. 2. Introduction. 3. A demonstrative explanation. 4. Relation to other concepts. 5. Application of Contact. 6. Student experiment. 7. Summary. 8. Describing “Contact”. 9. “Contact” drills.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua taught a few applications and push hands moves. Master Chen also allowed himself to be a practice dummy for students.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 29 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada
85 minutes of private workshop in Langford, Victoria, B.C. Canada on theory and applications of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 82 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Victoria, Canada
1. beginning. 2. Where is the energy in the body? 3. Points of reference. 4. Primary stance. 5/6. Moving drill. 7. Stepping drill. 8. How to borrow power? 9/10 Friction help with energy. 11. Method for sensitivity. 12. Hips. 13. Open the kua. 14. Structure as power. 15. Cut the shoulder off: no shoulder. 16. Touch with many spots. 17. Body part requirements. 18. “Relax”. 19. Focus on one stationery spot. 20. Open. 21. Negative Circle.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 86 min. In: English Year: 2009 Difficulty:2/5 At:Puerto Rico
1. beginning. 2. Hunyuan Qigong training. 3. Hunyuan Qigong lecture. 4. Size of internal movements. Read more
1. Beginning. 2. Tornado Kick Questions. 3. Structural Explanation of the Vertical Line. 4. Neutralization Without Absorption. 5. Neutralization with a bite. 6. Transfer of Weight on legs. 7. How to Get the 3 Vertical Lines? 8. Movement With a Center. 9. One Leg Movement in the Form. 10. Tornado Kick Explained. 11. Step Back to Whirl Arms. 12. White Ape Presents Fruit. 13. Rub Feet. 14. Kick with Heels.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 25 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 min + 1 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton
This lesson further illustrates the concept of issuing energy in practical method system.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 36 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty: 3/5 At: Maple Ridge, Canada
1. Beginning. 2. Structure of the Dang. 3. Movement vs tranquility. 4. Principles of energy alignment. 5. Where is your center? 6. How does this relate to the circle? 7. What is front and what is back? 8. Foundation drills. 9. Cut the corner off. 10. Direction of energy. 11. Practice with variations. 12. Hold the body and move the finger. 13. The vertical line in turning the body.
Author: Li Chugong Length: 53 min. In: Mixed English & Chinese Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At: Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
1. Beginning. 2. Lecture at the Grandmaster’s exchange session. 3. a silent clip showing Canadian students applications. 4. Li Chugong and Cai Shengye working on technique while reminiscing on Hong Junsheng. 5. Li Chugong and Cai Shengye teaching Hong Sen. 6. Li Chugong and Cai Shengye working on applications. 7. Li Chugong and Cai Shengye teaching Hong Sen applications. 8. Teaching Charlie Gordon. 9. Teaching Niko Biermann. 10. Teaching Byron Lerner and Wilkin Ng. 11. Teaching Lee Hrappstead. 12. Teaching Kham Serk Yawnghwe. 13.Conversation with Wang Deyou. 14. Yilu Demonstration.
Master Chen Zhonghua’s private lesson for Paul Hutcheson at John Brown’s house. Mainly he taught the basic foundations and applications.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2009 Difficulty:2/5 At:Fairfield, IA, USA
In depth interview with Master Meng Xianbin on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 48 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Jinan, China
Master Meng Xianbin is one of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s senior disciples. In this interview, Master Meng talks about his experiences about Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 46 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Jinan, China
This is a record of the 2003 Hunyuan World Seminars held at Camp Van Es outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In this 14-chapter, 83-minute video, master Chen Zhonghua taught theory and practice of taijiquan. There are tons of applications and push hands. Master Chen Liansheng of Holland was a guest at this event.
Author: Chen Zhonguua Length: 83 min. In: English Year: 2005 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
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5 Nos: 1. No Hands; 2. No Waist; 3. No Hips/Buttocks; 4. No Shoulders; 5. No Knees
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
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In this video Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to form a proper fist, how to use it and the fist functions in the Practical Method forms.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 13 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
The spirals in the lower body are important, though difficult to perform or see. The legs are mainly for stability and the production of power. Movement is discouraged. In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to move the energy from the Dantian to the feet without tossing the legs.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Contents: 1. It is on this way and it is on but that way. 2. Active and passive power. 3. Growing all the time. 4. Is there a change in size? 5. Down? 6. Demonstration of Roll Back. 7. Trying it out. 8. The knee and Mingmen connection.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Contents: In this video lesson, Master Chen Zhonghua teaches the functions and limitations of the hand, elbow and the shoulder. These are important body parts for Taiji movements.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty: 2/5 At: Edmonton
Master Chen Zhonghua used 8 chapters in this video lesson to teach how to bring the opponent’s power into your own rear foot and at the same time move his body away. Read more
This is a 9-minute sit-down lecture on the theories of taiji that relate to student learning by Master Chen Zhonghua. Contents: 1. Beginning. 2. Yin Yang Split. 3. Consistency. 4. Questions about Yin Yang Split. 5. Rotation. 6. The universality of principles.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Suspended head is a taiji concept that refers to the state of the spine line being erect at all times. When done right, the head is always suspended like being pulled from above or having something underneath it that provides support.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. What is suspended head? 3. How does not work? 4. Connected. 5. Test it out. 6. Conclusion. Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
