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In August 2010, full time taiji students on Daqingshan were invited to a competition in Weifang, China by Master Ai Shenghua. At the competition, Steven Chan and Kham Serk Yawynren demonstrated Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method push hands.
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We are headed for the Black Tiger Springs Park this Jul 21 morning at 5:00 am. This is a the park where Hong taught towards the end of his life. He started teaching at the Huiquantang area in Jinan and then moved to the Daming Lake area. When I started, he was already teaching in the Black Tiger Springs Park with the assistance of Li Zongqing. [edit: Aug14 video by Paul Janssens]
Video and Photos below
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I was having a conversation over dinner with my Taiji brother Nicholas Fung about the frustrations of learning Taiji. He was wondering aloud about the method for learning. Read more
In my discipleship application, I mentioned that the difficulty and the beauty of Taiji is that it is boarder line magic. It is difficult to learn, yet it is beautiful to watch and see it applied. Read more
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Review and part two of the 12-form Hunyuan Qigong. Practice was conducted in front of Yulange Hotel in the clouds this morning at 5:30.
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First three of the 12-form Hunyuan Qigong were taught this morning.
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The twelve of us are on our way to Daqingshan from Beijing this morning. Supper on Daqingshan!
These are some pictures of the Montreal group in Taiji postures with Master Chen Zhonghua.
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Notes:
-Talking about stretching to attain proper structure: Chemicals/toxins deposit in your ‘corners’. Eliminate all corners/creases and create the arch. No power. Structure! Read more
Third day of the full week Cannon Fist workshop. It started to thunder and then rain outside. The weather is nice here with 15-29 degrees. Makes me think of the poor souls doing 25 yilus on Daqingshan at 38 degrees!
These videos were shot during the three months full time course at DaQingShan 2010.
The relation between Taiji and the Taoist concept of time is a topic which Master Chen has emphasized as extremely important, Read more
After visiting Master Li Enjiu school in Jinan, we went to Qufu and TaiShan
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In the morning of July 22, 2010, we visited Master Li’s Shang Wu Taiji School.
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Master Li Enjiu’s teaching clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chK9QResYWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYo8Av60r4
We arrived in Jinan later than expected. The afternoon visit to Grandmaster Li Enjiu’s school is postponed to tomorrow morning. However, we had time to have dinner with Grandmaster Li Enjiu and Hong Youyi’s family. I also invited my taiji brother and good friend Cai Shengye. Hong is Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s number 6 son. Here are some photos. Dinner was held in Jinan Hotel, where I worked and was taught by Hong many times back in 1983.
Ri Zhao is one hour drive from Da Qing Shan. Here is a short clip and some photo taken during full time students trip to Ri Zhao. Video from Paul Jannsens。
The sequence of events for using power when confronting an opponent is:
1. Manipulate distance
2. Adjust Angle
3. Apply power Read more
Here are some videos of our activities on the mountain: Push hand with guests, Dinner, Morning Mist
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There are several trails on the mountain. Here is a record of one of the trail.
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Open the door exercise combination training. |开门动作练习组合。
Master Chen has uploaded a more detailed video demonstrating an exercise to develop the hinges. It is based on move 79 in Yilu turn and lotus kick, with an additional rotation to develop the hinge on the left side of the body.
http://practicalmethod.com/2010/07/the-hinge-online-video-purchase/
Every move in Taiji is a downward move. This begs the question how many moves can you make before you are sitting on the floor? Master Chen says if you can make every move a downward move without going down then you have got it. The key is that downward is a rotation. This rotation is called sinking.
欢迎招远师兄和朋友们，欢迎临沂的朋友。 Welcome to brothers from Zhaoyuan and friends from Linyi.
Here are some pictures of the training today at 5:30.
It’s nice to have some visitors from the Wulian County and the Rizhao City to come visit us. Here are some photos they took. We had a morning session together and then had breakfast on Daqingshan. After breakfast we gathered around the Yulange Hotel lobby and did some taiji again. Thanks to Steven Chan, Michael Winkler and Kham Serk for showing them what push hands energy and power are like. Some of these people (9 in total) grow up with me so this is a friendly visit.
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