The process of learning and theory of rotation
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
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Demonstration and training method for ‘spine to come out’, which produce torque power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Berlin
Lesson and practice on pulling move (suck in). This move is in the transition from first Pounds Mortar to Block Touching the Coat
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 19 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Mini lesson on one move at a time principle to avoid double heavy.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on finding a long relationship for your move, how this is used for turning of the joint
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on importance of precise control of the body part movement
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
Positive Circle stretching relationships. Talk on muscle usage and changing habits
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Demonstration of the eight techniques
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Lesson and Daoist story on lower back how it relate to body energy.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 26 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
Mini lesson on switching the power leg in circle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5
A mini lesson on how to avoid knee problems in training
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
This is a short lesson Master Chen Zhonghua taught to Todd Elihu and Wu Shaozhi. Both students are advanced learners of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua, Todd Elihu and Wu Shaozhi Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan International Taiji Training Center
An introduction how to learn, to follow instruction without making conclusions and creating your own procedure. A common mistake is for student to see an action and come up with own interpretation of the action intention.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Jakarta
Mini lesson on using the middle point between two anchors to start a move.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
Brush The Knee detail and application.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 26 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
How to use the waist to create a third power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
How to maintain connections in the circle by opening the joints
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
How to maintain vertical line as demarcation of movement. How it help maintain structure in the body.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3:44 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5
Mini lesson on the importance of not moving the back, training for isolation of the arm by doing spiral movement.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Oakland
The Drill
In the beginning of the video Master Chen demonstrates a drill that emphasizes separation. This is the primary theme throughout this instructional video. He stands with his back against the wall and has a student push against his torso. Without moving his back, he easily brushes the student’s hand off. He demonstrates this again, the wrong way, moving his back and shoulders, which then is unsuccessful at removing the student’s hands. Master Chen then explains with out separation, there is no yin and yang. “The separation of yin and yang is very important!”
The Lessons to Remember
“Once there is yin and yang, the recombination of what yin and yang can do becomes unlimited!”
“The separation gives you yin and yang. Once it is is separate, the recombined effort is what we call in taiji whole body movement. The body has to work as one unit, not one piece.”
GIF showing no seperation
GIF showing yin and yang seperation
GIF showing differences between no separation and seperation
GIF Master Chen demonstrating the same principle of separation or isolated movements without the wall behind him
GIF showing the difference between the shoulder tossing and the shoulder rotating in it’s socket (open hand represents the socket and fist represents the shoulder joint
GIF demonstrating the drill once more
At the end of the video as Master Chen was doing the drill, he said you must experience this Chuck (Charles Paoletti disciple #19)! I met Chuck in 2013 and I can say with 100% accuracy, he is the biggest person I have met practicing Practical Method Taiji! Master Chen’s point was that if you train this with a more powerful person, and you are able to move their hands off of you while doing the drill, you did it right, achieving yin and yang separation!
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Partner training in matching incoming push and application
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Oakland
Mini lesson about finding triangle structure in the body
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4:50 In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on how suspended head make for a stronger structure
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Lining up and Connecting, Learning Process
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Demonstration of Yilu applications
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on three steps in circle: in with elbow, turn with the waist, out with hand.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on how to apply a lever on the opponent, explaining the steps of setting up an anchor and staying on.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
Mini Lesson on how to make 1-2-3 relations in the body and training methods. The body is divided into many sections of three-joints. In each section, there is a special way the three joints must work. In many schools, this is also called the three circles of taijiquan.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min + 12 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
Mini Lesson on how direction of movement is changed through the workings of waist, dang, kua, knee and foot exchanges. The example used for this concept is the circles in the foundation exercises.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Unedited talks during class session on Daqingshan. Cannon Fist details and indirect power explanation.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 30 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
Mini lesson on how to train by being clear in yilu
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Mini lesson on how every movement must pivot on something.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
The hand will have the ability to issue and withdraw power when it is properly aligned with the elbow. This is a fundamental exercise that will enable future improvements in taiji push hands. Without the hand-elbow alignment and connection, indirect power cannot be developed.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
Lesson on how orientation changes the generated power. One of the aims of taiji practice is to develop the ability to convert energy. Indirect power is a type of converted power. This video shows how to convert power from horizontal to vertical alignment. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At: Oakland, CA. USA.
Demonstration and application of suspended head saying in Taijiquan
“everything move, the head doesn’t move”
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Perth
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Three Energies:Which part of the body goes out, which ones goes toward dan tian, and which one don’t move. This clip was rendered by mistake since it is already part of Body Part Functions 2012
Second Video: Anchor Point and Intention, how the anchor point of your move change the intent of the move.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5+5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Vancouver and Perth
Note: a new video is added to this post, as clip of Three Energies of Taiji is also part of Body Part Functions 2012 (it was rendered twice by mistake)
Knee action, how it relate to body movement. An exercise how to train the taiji way to use kua instead of the knee.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8:53 In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Oakland
An effective move in push hand competition, Master Chen teach in Chinese and English how to train for this mo
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:5/5 At:Daqingshan
