Two mini lessons on YinYang Separation: Time (Theory) and its Power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Oakland
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Application and practice for in with elbows, how it relates to indirect power. Six sealing four closing theory, how it relates to three ways split
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 48 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sacramento
Detailed introductory class on basic principles: stance, wrist and forearm, circle using three body parts with three different lines, three circles,maintaining structure
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 62 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sacramento
how to move without engaging muscle, function of shoulder/kua so arm/leg can move in isolation, controlling which body parts to connect which parts to disconnect
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 23 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
The process of learning and theory of rotation
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
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
Entrance into Taiji: 50-50 distribution. Training method: do not fight back and fight back while not moving
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Iowa
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
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
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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!
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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
