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Here are my thoughts on this question. There are two parts to the answer:
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method pays a great deal of attention to the lines on the human body. No matter in the performance of the routines, or in push hands, the body will naturally form energy lines. Some lines are formed quite naturally while others are formed gradually only after specialized training.
2011 edition of Master Chen Zhonghua’s corrections of student Yilus. This is collection of 18 correction videos from Daqingshan full time student year of 2011.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10-20 min each. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort, etc.
Correction videos hosted on Youtube
One concept which seems to come up in almost every lesson and principle Master Chen teaches is connection. But what does “being connected” actually mean? How do we achieve it and what are the benefits of being connected? I think these are all important questions that any serious Chen Style Taijichuan Practical Method student needs to explore and understand in order to gain a deeper understanding of this complex art. While most practioners seem to focus on the external choreography of the art, which is the first step and the foundation of the Yilu, I think the answer to what connection is can only be found by focusing on what happens inside the body. Taiji is, after all, an internal martial art!
Master Chen corrected circles of 12 students. Good video to see if you have the same mistakes.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
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
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
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1:15 minutes Language: English Location: Victoria, Canada Chapters: 85 Year: 2003
Level one is considered a level for novice people who are starting with Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Basic Foundations 2009 Victoria Version! In this video Master Chen Zhonghua gave a basic introduction to the foundations of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. He also gave a brief history of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. Made in the fall colors in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, this 32 minutes video covers both stationery and moving step exercises in: Positive circle; negative circle, twisting the towel, six sealing and four closing, fetch water, shaking the pole.
The human energy flows in the body in an organized way which we cannot see with the naked eye or feel by ourselves. The way the energy flows is defined in Taiji as Energy Alignment. This is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction). Please see Energy Alignment 2, 3, 4 for trailers Author: Chen Zhonghua. Length: 1:00 hour long Language: English Postures: 1-28 (sections 1 and 2)
Energy Alignment is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction).
Author作者：Chen Zhonghua 陈中华 Length: 1:09 hours 小时 Language: English 英文 Postures: 29-49 (sections 3 and half of 4)动作
Energy Alignment is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction). By: Chen Zhonghua 陈中华 Language: English 英文 Length: 43:41 Minutes分钟 Postures: 50-68 (finish section 6) 动作
Energy Alignment is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction).
By: Chen Zhonghua 陈中华 Language: English 英文 Length: 39:45 Minutes分钟 Postures: 68-81 动作
There are many important principles in Chen Style Taiji Practical Method. One of which is the principle of 45 Degree. I have heard Chen Zhonghua spoke of it many times since. After years of studying and discovering, I am realizing its importance. Read more
When Master Chen demonstrates push hands and he “pushes me out”, I sometimes feel subjected to an overwhelming push or pull. More often I feel subjected to a combination of a force and a strong twist. This combination seems to be even more difficult to counter act. Read more
By: Chen Zhonghua. Language: English. Length: 61 minutes. Year: 2004 Part 1 of a 4-DVD set by Master Chen Zhonghua on the applications of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method yilu routine.
By: Chen Zhonghua. Language: English. Length: 53 minutes. Year: 2004. Part 2 of a 4-DVD series by Master Chen Zhonghua on the applications of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method yilu routine.
By: Chen Zhonghua. Length: 44 minutes. Language: English. Year: 2004 Part 3 of a 4-DVD series by Master Chen Zhonghua on the applications of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
By: Chen Zhonghua. Language: English. Length: 1 hour. Year: 2004 Part 4 of a 4 part video set on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu applications by Master Chen Zhonghua. It can be used while learning the Yilu routine or as advanced learning after one has finished learning the choreography of the form.
Are you learning anything? I often mention at my workshops that I notice many old disciples of the Grandmaster who spent dozens of years with the Grandmaster without learning a thing.
Why do I say something so harsh? Look at the physical evidence. They continue to look like they are doing wushu, or whatever they used to do. They continue to use force in their push hands. They continue to use tricks in their applications. Their abilities are all external.
Are you one of the above?
One observation that I have consistently made is that most people follow the rules for about 4 months. They gain considerable ability and understanding during these four months. After that they mentally graduate. They won’t “hear” anything any more. The first four months were filled with real learning because they were totally new to the system. After the first four months, they continue to believe that they are learning but in reality, they don’t learn any more. If you tell them, they will have 1 million explanations. They confuse what they do with what learning is. They experiment and are on their own while in their mind they are trying out what they learned.
In real life, a person gets into this frame of mind at the age of about 11 to 13. That’s when you notice that they start believing in themselves. In learning Taiji, this is reduced to about 4 months. Once a person gets into that frame of mind, there is almost no return.
Another scenario is almost the opposite but has the same bad effect. People come to the system but will not learn. There could be a myriad of reasons but they are not learning. If these people can persist, one day they will learn. When that happens, their learning will be in leaps and bounds. That is because by this time, they will have a very good foundation for learning. Their understanding will be based on facts they know.
You need to re-examine your learning process.
This video covers the content of dynamic foundations in the form of moving step and how they are applied in push hands and in the practice routines.
