Matching Opponent Move Exercise, Creating Pivoting point, Rotation: if you feel it, you are wrong, Yin yang explanation, Stepping exercise: leg, erect torso. Six sealing Four closing application. Read more
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1 ‘Block Touching Coat’ Application , 2 ‘Fist Draping Over Body’ Details, 3 ‘Six Sealing and Four Closing’ Drill, 4 Power,rotation and compression, 5 Foundations Training, 6 Converting horizontal to vertical, 7 Movement sequence and usage
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 62 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Prague
Proportional Movement is the key to having an even body. Master Chen show how he can mirror the opponent movement to harmonize and then add one. He goes on to show how to train fine control on all body parts to embody this principle.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
Chinese Language second video
Length: 9 min. In: Chinese
How to generate power, how to break opponent structure. Power is created by body structure, understanding how this principle work allow students to hide their structure while at the same time attack the weak point of opponent structure.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Master Chen talk in chinese on Daqingshan on various aspect of Taijiquan: 阴阳，训练难度，内部和外部协调，横力转竖力 Yin Yang, Training difficulty, inside & outside coordination, horizontal and vertical conversion.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 32 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
Shoulder joint connection is a complicated one, in this mini lesson, Master Chen demonstrate the correct principle and correct student’s shoulder movement
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
How to connect the energy of the waist and dang to the feet. Legs are the support of waist, and waist provide power to arms. Master Chen show a method to train this with partner, and switching this support to either leg depending on situation.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
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Mini Lesson demonstrating the Five Disallowance in Taijiquan. No Hands; No Waist; No Hips/Buttocks; No Shoulders; No Knees
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
In Taijiquan power must be generated from a point removed from the point of action. This clip show the difference of local power vs indirect power and a method to train indirect power with partner
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
In preparation for Push Hand competition, Master Chen taught full time students a technique using Li (Rollback) energy
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
In this mini lesson, Master Chen taught a method to redirect push on the chest to the feet.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
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This short video demonstrate the three requirements for shouder, elbow, kua in Twist Towel. It started in Chinese then instructions repeated in English.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: Chinese+English Year: 2012 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
Student review: Foundation move contains the essence of taijiquan move, knowing the requirement and seeing how it should be done helps in improving my yilu. Twist towel looks simple but doing it correctly requires coordinating different body parts in a strict sequence.
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Training Method
Mini Lesson on body alignment to create sticks in the body. Master Chen also demonstrate a training method to bring out these sticks.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
Related Video: “Two Sticks in the Body 1” Online Video
1. Beginning. 2. Volume 6. 3. How to get in. 4. Big Red Fist. 5. Teaching part one. 6. Teaching part two. 7. Teaching part three. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China
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Mini Lesson demonstrating the requirement and energy focus of the two moves in positive circle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
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Two Person Exercise
Mini Lesson on generating power from waist rotation instead of from the arm. Master Chen then show a two person exercise how to develop the waist to arm connection.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
1. Beginning. 2. Yin Yang separation. 3. Differential 1. 4. Differential 2. 5. Differential 3. 6. Differential 4. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 43 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
1. Beginning. 2. Volume 5. 3. Sequence of movements. 4. Dimension of movements. 5. Movement alignment demonstration. 6. Energy alignment drill. 7. Whole body and local power. 8. How to keep balance in movements. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 52 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China
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Three videos of Yilu Corrections: Tomek, Sandeep, and Wilkin.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 x 16 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
1. Beginning. 2. Use one point to issue power. 3. Harmonized (he) energy. 4. Movement and tranquility. 5. Energy alignment and movements. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 41 min. In: Chinese with some English. Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China
1. Beginning. 2. Flash the back application. 3. Three factors about the shoulder. 4. Shoulder movement range and function. 5. Shoulder usage and theory. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 47 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China
1. Beginning. 2. The three points on the use of the shoulder. 3. Shoulder applications. 4. More on shoulders.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 43 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China
Master Chen Zhonghua lectures on one of the higher level concepts of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method during his one week seminar in Edmonton in June 2012. Read more
1. Beginning. 2. How to use the two feet when doing the circle. 3. What is the meaning of movements? 4. Single lock and double lock. How to use the foot in upper and lower body separation? 6. Practice procedure. 7. Drill practice and corrections. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 40 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji, China.
1. Beginning. 2. Matching: transfer the power to another spot. 3. Practicing near the Berlin Wall. 4. How to transfer energy downwards. 5. More on circles. 6. Bring out the power of the middle. Read more
20 minutes of mini lesson on several aspects of rotation. Movements vs tranquility, applications and demonstrations are shown in this video. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton
1. Beginning. 2. Hand-Elbow connection. 3. Movement and tranquility relationship. 4. Suspended (stretched) force. 5. Transfer of power through a fixed point. 6. What does smooth mean? 7. Lock contacting point and transfer Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 45 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:1/5 At:Prague
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First 13 moves corrections.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:1/5 At:Ottawa
1. Beginning. 2. Basic applications. 3. 13 moves training. 4. Use your opponent’s power to move yourself. 5. Touch, don’t push. 6. Move yourself by using your opponent’s power. 7. Work with directions. 8. General theory and explanations. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 72 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
1. Beginning. 2. Positive circle corrections. 3. Yin yang split: two directions. 4. Out with hand, lead with finger. 5. Circle in taiji. 6. 18 joints in the body. 7. Rotate, no movements. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
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Two videos by Chen Zhonghua. One with Michael Koh on Daqingshan in May 2011. When we push hands or making moves, one of the most common problems is that the whole body (parts other than the part used) are engaged. In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua shows Michael Koh how to push with his hands without engaging his shoulders. As you can see in the video, this is not easy to do. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The second video is made in Edmonton in Jan. 2012. It is 5:45 long and covers the rotation and movement requirements of the shoulder. How the shoulder can rotate 360 degree. The last topic is on Zhuan Guan.
Clips of three lessons: Stretch, Don’t Move, Moving vs No Moving
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 13 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
1. Beginning. 2. Chen Style Taijiquan. 3. A fixed point for reference. 4. Foot is faster than the hand. 5. When powering up, do not move the waist. 6. Yilu corrections. 7. Cloud hands correction. 8. 3-count action: the root of taiji. 9. More yilu corrections and training.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 51 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Italy
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Partial List of chapters:
1. Beginning. 2. Pull with elbow, not hand. 3. Don’t move the hand. 4. Don’t move, only adjust. 5. Look at the fingers. 6. The fingers should never be offline. 7. Yilu moves 14-21. 11. How to split energy. 14. Partial Cannon Fist demonstration by Chen Zhonghua. 20. How to pivot and gain. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 78 min. In: English Year: 2005 Difficulty:3/5 At:Victoria, Canada
1. Beginning. 2. One correct action, many wrong actions. 3. Shoulder movement in Block Touching Coat. 4. Hand-foot connection. 5. Cloud Hands. 6. Punch Cover Hand. 7. Whip Around the Body. 8. Pavel Codl Yilu. 9. Master Bon and Massimo Neresini Yilu. 10. Power is never on upper body. 11. Line up for power. 12. Only one move. 13. Elbow strike. 14. How to keep the center. 15. Lecture on 3 levels of taiji practice. 16. Lecture on circles, etc.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 71 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Italy
1. Beginning. 2. Chen Style Taijiquan. 3. In with elbow. 4. transfer of power. 5. Space and time: special energy. 6. Sensitivity in taiji. 7. One move with three actions. 8. Yilu training continued. 9. Closing ceremony.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Italy
1. Beginning. 2. Chen Style Taijiquan. 3. Introduction. 4. Taiji Bang and Ruler instruction. 5. Silk Reeling instruction. 6. Foundations instruction. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 53 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Italy
1. Three dimensional split and then add one. 2. Produce peng energy through body part connections. 3. Technique: Enter, lock the torso, open hand. Read more
Yilu instruction, correction and applications for a select group of instructors in Italy, Czech Republic and Germany. Emphasis is on training to make sure they get it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 49 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Italy
