Chen Style Taijiquan and Hunyuan Taiji email: practicalmethod@qq.com
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
A Taiji move has to be done with sub moves in different dimensions. This 65 minute video cover the Theory, Training and Application of this principle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 65 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Oakland
How to create a line to affect the opponent, how to create a curve to deal with incoming force, how to work with space
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Oakland
Students positive circle correction, meaning of ‘going down’ in circle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
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
Theory, application and how to practice Indirect Power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
Shovel out, Hide and show, Yilu first move detail/application/partner exercise
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 31 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Brush The Knee detail and application.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 26 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Focusing on the first two moves in circle: training to create line in body, the meaning of ‘rotation’ in taiji
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 34 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Oakland
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
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
Detailed Yilu correction for intermediate students
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 98 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Berlin
Mini lesson on true rotation, how it is produced, how movement comes out of no movement.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Oakland
Training for yin/yang reversal in Taiji movement, how it is used to advance/gain territory in push hand
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:4/5 At:Iowa
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!
Please ask questions or make statements about what you learned from this video.
Private lesson on the details of how inward and outward movement in Taiji, How to maintain vertical line in torso, Clarity in power, Move incrementally.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 22 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Maple Ridge
In Line with Energy Training, Replacement Move in Taiji,
The Cement in the Form
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 31 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:4/5 At:Berlin
Partner training in matching incoming push and application
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Oakland
Application Training for “Block Touching Coat” and “Brush the Knee”. Another training for “climbing move” a way to go around resistance Read more
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
Explanation on static/stable power and how to train for it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
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
Introduction for new students of Practical Method, how to practice, body orientation, opening the kua, foot placement. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 29 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Lesson on foundations (Block Touching Coat 1, BTC1) which train leg and arm stretch, separation and connection. BTC1 applications were taught exclusively. Read more
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
Timing Accuracy Structure, 5 Yes and 5 No, Inside stays inside Outside stays outside, Positive Circle, Positive Circle individual corrections, Positive Circle creating space,
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 42 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
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
Some theory, three lines of energy, kua must be open,shoulder-kua-wrist hand must be dead, peng energy, moving step, stepping exercise,pulling exercise
turning of joints, use connection not power, what does it mean to relax.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 70 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Concepts covered in this video: 1) Separation of Yin and Yang. 2) The crucial angle of 45 degrees. 3) Creating and maintaining a structure. 4) Separation of bone and muscle. 5) Daoist philosophy. 6) How to line up energy and movement. 7) Positive circle. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 70 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty: 1/5 At: Berlin, Germany.
