The following Masters of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method will be present at this gathering. Read more
Full Time Courses
Master Chen Zhonghua’s full time courses run for three to six months each year. These courses offer complete instruction in the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system and basic Hunyuan Taiji courses.
Chen style other form
- Charlie Gordon 1st place
- Steven Chan 2nd place
- Khamserk Yawnghwe 2nd place
- Pavel Codl 3rd place
- Paul Janssens 3rd place
- Lee Hrapsted 3rd place
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Had a fantastic opening ceremony in the local theatre last night though it was very very hot.
Touring Yiyuan sites this morning. The Chinese valentine’s day story happened in Yiyuan.
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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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Attending Zibo Taijiquan Competition in Yiyuan (沂源）Shandong, China. We left Daqingshan at 9:30 am. The ride was fairly simple. We arrived at Qi Yuancheng’s Shangli Shan Taiji School by 11:30 am.
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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]
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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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A group of 14 led by Philippe Munn has arrived in Beijing today. They are going to spend three weeks in China including two days in Datong and more than a week on Daqingshan. Here are some photos of their arrival in Beijing today. Read more
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!
Bruce Van Slyke joined us from Colorado, USA today. Tons of Cannon Fist repetitions. Showed movement of energy, alignment and the use of Chan Bang.
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:
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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.
