Chen Style Taijiquan and Hunyuan Taiji email: practicalmethod@qq.com
1. Introduction. 2. Open and Close. 3. Open Triangle in the body. 4. Experiments with the open and close. 5. Six Sealing and Four Closing exercises. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 39 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada
Part five of the 2011 4-day Toronto workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method by Master Chen Zhonghua. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 85 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty: 3/5 At: Toronto
This is the private portion of the workshop. Students work on specific skills, not necessarily suitable for the general public. 1. Workshop. 2. Discipleship. 3.Student yilus. 4. push hands instructions. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 64 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Part 4 of the Chen Zhonghua 2011 Toronto 4-day workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 70 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
1. Beginning. 2. Positive circle, moving step. 3. Stepping exercise. 4. Double positive circle, moving step. .5. Yin yang theory. 6. No shoulder, no elbow. 7. Bullet analogy. 8. Door hinge analogy. 9. Form learning. 10. Form 1 application. 11. Chen Zhonghua yilu demonstration. 12. Todd Elihu Yilu Demonstration. 13. Raul Pujol Yilu Demonstration.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 64 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:San Juan, Puerto Rico
1. Beginning. 2. Foundations. 3. Negative Circle. 4. Double Positive Circle. 5. Double Negative Circle. 6. Elbow Exercises. 7. Yin Yang Separation Exercises. 8. Horizontal vs Vertical. 9. Elbow Hand Relationship. 10. Hand Foot Connection. 11. Moving Step Positive Circle. 12. Todd Elihu Yilu Demonstration. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 64 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:San Juan, Puerto Rico
Master Chen Zhonghua’s 2010 Puerto Rico Workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. Basic foundations and push hands techniques. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 82 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:2/5 At:San Juan, Puerto Rico
This is a record of Master Chen Zhonghua’s 2011 Holland workshop on the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method sword form. Both choreography and some applications are taught at this workshop. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Holland
This is a recording of the 2011 Zitongshan International Push Hands Competition. For general viewing only. It is not an instructional video. Presenter: Daqingshan international Taiji Training Center Length: 54 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Zitongshan, Shandong, China
1. Beginning. 2. movement vs tranquility. 3. bending vs stretching. 4. listening energy. 6. Don’t move your hand! Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 46 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada
Recording of the Phoenix private lessons with two students on theory and application of the first 13 Taiji Moves. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 160 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Phoenix, USA
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Chen Zhonghua’s 2011 Phoenix Workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. This is the public portion of the workshop. It covers foundations (circles, twist towel, moving step…) and some theory. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 55 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Phoenix, AZ, USA
Part Three of Chen Zhonghua’s 2011 4-day Toronto Workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. This instalment is the open house portion of the recordings. Voice is slightly low on these videos. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 70 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At: Toronto
Chen Zhonghua’s 2011 4-day Toronto Workshop on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. This is the first installment of the recordings. Voice is slightly low on these videos. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 90 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty: 3/5 At: Toronto
1. Daqingshan Lecture Title. 2. Yin Yang: open/close, movement/tranquility. 3. Splitting in push hands. 4. A demonstration of taiji issuing force. 5. Body part restrictions in doing the circle. 6. Move vs Stationery. 7. Chen Zhonghua pushing with students. 8. Center. 9. Finding the center and changing the center. 10. Locking one part while stretching another. 11. Credits. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 80 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 85 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:New Hampshire, USA
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 114 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:New Hampshire, USA
Author: Cai Shengye Length: 44 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
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Collection of mini lessons.
Internal Connection, Maintain Line from Rear Foot, Push Along Every Joints, Hand Foot Connection, Pull Into a Wall, Gears Move in Opposite Direction, Conversion of Power, Hand Can Not Move Backward. Stretch to Pull,
Establish Center
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 35 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Maple Ridge B.C.
1。 Ni Yuanhai. 2. Chen Jinyuan. 3. Cai Shengye, 4. Yang Yingjian. 5. Chen Wuxing, 6. Li Enjiu. 7. Chen Yougang.
Author: Li Enjiu and others Length: 38 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Push Hand instruction and correction. Two segments oF Master Chen with Steve Chan, next are Steve Chan with Levi, Sun Jian, and Brennan
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan
Master Chen Zhonghua’s 1999 seminar in Toronto for the Canadian Taijiquan Federation members. The seminar touches upon qigong, taiji theory and push hands. The video and sound results are less than desirable in this historical video.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 327 min. In: English Year: 1999 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
Tons of taiji applications, especially qinna techniques by Master Wang Jinxuan at the first annual Daqingshan Hong Junsheng International Taijiquan Conference and Competition.
Author: Wang Jinxuan Length: 43 min. In: Mandarin Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Two movies on students at Daqingshan interacting with high level champions, as another way to learn taiji.
Author: Liu Ni, etc. Length: 35 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
In this mini lesson held at a Toronto workshop, Master Chen Zhonghua started by explaining the intricate 360 degree rotation of the shoulder in a positive circle and went on the explain many important taiji movement concepts including how two points link, how many points work together, etc.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
In these videos, you will learn how to use taiji energy in push hands situations. Both Chen Zhonghua and Steven Chan are highly accomplished in taiji push hands.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5, 6 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
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1. beginning. 2. Full time on Daqingshan. 3. Coordination of the two halves of the circle. 4. Gino Nasato Yilu. 5. Blake Norman Yilu parts. 6. Competition judges arriving on Daqingshan. 7. Practice at 6:30 am. 8. Chen Zhonghua making corrections. 9. Foundations with Hong Sen. 10. Cannon to the Gate and applications. 11. Hands on with K.T. Lin. 12. Lunch at Daqingshan. 13. Demonstration of how “Fetch Water” works. 14. Straight places must curve; curved places must open. 15. Circle in reality and in action. 16. Contacting point and power point. 17. Movement rhythm. 18. In and out movement sequence. 19. Two energies causing one movement. 20. Movement perimeters. 21. Steven Chan and Sun Jian pushing.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 77 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 29 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Actual footage of Master Chen Zhonghua’s teachings at the 2011 Daqingshan Full time Taijiquan session.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
In this video, Master Chen teaches an advanced method of Yilu training.
In each move there should be torque power, and it is generated by separating each movement to horizontal and vertical portions.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 12 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Maple Ridge
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
Author: Li Enjiu Length: 73 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
During an evening of art and calligraphy demonstration, Master Cai Shengye started showing some yilu moves and their applications in the multipurpose room of the Yulange Hotel on Daqingshan in May, 2011. Students involved are Nicholas Fung and Daniel Mroz.
Author: Cai Shengye Length: 18 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Author: Li Enjiu Length: 70 min. In: Chinese Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort for Taiji
Demonstration of distinct move Yilu. Correction of initial closing. Explanation of intention in redirecting opponent energy.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
A continuation on push hand lesson, how to add after matching the opponent’s force. In this clip Master Chen Zhonghua demonstrated adding force toward the opponent while maintaining the balance of matching power.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 12 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:3/5 At:Maple Ridge
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
