Chen Style Taijiquan and Hunyuan Taiji email: practicalmethod@qq.com
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.
Stepping and the sequence of movements, Take out space, Move the floor not the body, Push without breaking the seal, Transfer the power from inside to the outside, Read more
1. The human body and machine. 2. Shoulder-torso separation. 3. Upper and lower body separation. 4. Open the power to the outside. 5. How to go down. 6. Stretch out. Read more
1. In with elbow, out with hand. 2. Details of the Positive Circle. 3. Ji: engagement. 4. Loose and Tight. 5. Inside and Outside. 6. Rotations. 7. Move or no move. 8. Sinking: Stable Switching. Read more
Application of the second half of the positive circle, how each attack has to go over the opponent’s defense. Detailed instruction and corrections. Read more
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
A demonstration and instruction on how to practice with power, to train for evenness in the body
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Greater Vancouver
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)
Private lesson for new student covering foundation and yilu
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 48 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:New Hampshire
Highlights from two days workshop covering many important concepts: 1) Relationship moving and unmoving 2) Matching opponent’s force 3) Joint movement as wedge power 4) How to maintain relationship in yilu 5) Matching stretch in several dimensions 6) Changing locking point in circle 7) Elbow position in circle 8) Vertical switch with suspended head. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Greater Vancouver
Private lesson covering yilu correction and application.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Phoenix
Theory and demonstration of how to use the triangle structure to generate rotational force
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 36 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:New York
Correction of common basic mistakes in Yilu practice, exercises how to open joint
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 56 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:San Francisco
General theory of practical method: door hinge and the vertical axis. Lever and the pivoting point. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At: Oakland, CA. USA
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
Footage from New York workshop, Peel Off technique, talk on what does training the body mean, In and out two persons drill
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 22 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:New York
Yin Yang separation movements. Movement vs rotation.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 47 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
Detailed demonstrations on the different ways each move can be used depending on how the opponent reacts
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 29 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:4/5 At:New York
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
Zhuo, to adhere is the flip side of indirect power principle, it is how to deal with incoming force by maintaining contact all the time.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:4/5 At:Vancouver
Recording of Daqingshan session for Basic Foundation and Moving Foundation
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
Lecture and demonstration of the working of the Three Joints principle. Arm is an example of three joints which is made of three points with only the middle point that is moving. This basic principle applies to many configuration, for example leg – torso – arm can also work as the three joints as demonstrated in the video
Due to camera error, this video is out of focus, you can tilt your display backward to improve the viewing experience. Audio sync problem only in trailer video
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 28 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Shot during private session in Germany, this video goes through several basic principles in generating different forces to unbalance opponent during push hand.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Germany
In this video Master Chen went through detailed nuances of the circle via student corrections. This is the definite video for details in circle, the mother move for Chen Style Taijiquan. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 41 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Vancouver
Still Water is a coded term used in old Taiji manual on how tremendous power can be likened like a flow of water. Master Chen show how to train for this and its application.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan
In the context of the first move of yilu, Master Chen taught various students how to do it with stretch and power.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 12 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
Demonstration how thick and thin shape relate to power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton
Correction from step back to jade shuttle and few more moves. Focusing on common error on elbow-hand relationship.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Theory & demonstration of how to create additional dimension to generate a vectored power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3:29 In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Demonstration on how to use the hand to create a ‘catch’ on opponent
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5
