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This following diagram explains what is demonstrated in the video:
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Master Chen Zhonghua Practical Method Workshop
Phoenix, Arizona
September 26-27 (Saturday & Sunday), 2015
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Video and photos by John Ho
Our first DaQingShan micro-movie production.
Director : Michael Koh
Action Director : Ray Guan
Photography : David Koh
Costume Sponsor : 苏州舞桐树艺术培训有限公司, 曹爱英 : 13771868866
Cast : Chen Xu, Janet Ho, Ling ZiLi, Cao Ai Ying
Video clips below
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Stuart Shaw, participant of Daqingshan 2015 competition has wrote a report on an incident during the competition
The Dé of Master Chen Zhonghua
From Stuart Shaw
An awesome practice on Sunday with Levi and Gerry. We focused on separation of movements/body function, finding the lines, taking and not losing space…just to name a few…Levi corrected our first 13 postures
May 1: More students are coming up to the mountain to learn from Master Chen.
Thoughts: When teacher teaches us a principle, we quickly “interpret” into something we already know. This is not learning. This is teaching ourself. We lost the real teachings. The right way is to take notes verbatim. Don’t need to understand right away. Follow the method.
May 2: Touch more points. It is like typing on a typewriter with all your fingers instead of typing with one finger.
Each movement requires a non-movement to support.
Dont Move is absolute in space. Don’t Move is relative. Don’t Move is also directional. Read more
Congratulations to seven new disciples, from left to right standing around Master Chen: Liu Jinfang, Bhargav Khaund, John Ho, Janet Ho,Guan Junwei,Liu Jinfang,Zhang Qiaonan
photos by John Ho
Bruce started learning Practical Method on Jan 5, 2015.
Chen Xu in blue, 2nd round, video by Gawain Siu
Master Chen Zhonghua gave a challenge to perform 20 yilus a day from end of Nov 2014 to May 8, 2015, which amounted to 3200+ yilus in total. Congratulations to Aaron Bartholomew, Charlie Wishon and Kelvin Ho, who have successfully completed the challenge. Patrick Dickson has also completed 80% of the days despite of his injury and surgery. Thanks to all who have participated in the challenge. It has been great fun.
More students has arrived for the competition
From left to right: Chuck, Kelvin, Peggy Simone, Ted Sparr, Dave Cedarholm, Claire Gauthier, Rita, Ben Low, Dianne Ramey
I visited the Practical Method group in New Hampshire in the evening on April 28, 2015. Dianne Ramey organized the gathering. It was great meeting everyone. We had a lot of fun. We covered basic requirements for positive circle, negative circle, fetch water, and six sealing four closing. We also emphasized the need to have one part not moving in each action of the form. Thanks to everyone for coming out.
Summer Session for Full Time Training on Daqingshan has started with the arrival of Master Chen. He will be in China til the end of May and then back in August.
Fantastic first day with applications, foundations and basic “don’t move” information. Great progress was demonstrated by all attendees showing how an extended concentrated learning situation can boost the body and understanding to grow. Grandmaster Chen’s instructions and guidance was as usual extraordinary. More Foundations and Yilu for the second day as well as a disciple ceremony. We are so looking forward to our last day of training and fellowship.
Detailed information here.
There are long hiking trails around Daqingshan mountain where visitors can explore
Rick and Wolf joined us from Victoria Island
We worked on separation at the shoulder. This is the first time I have a taste of how to do it, as I heard of this principle before but in the past my body can not do it, or just do it by accident, not in controller manner
The application of separation is not just moving the arm in a separate manner, but it is having two focus in the move. One is to keep opponent contact point steady, and one is to have the arm move not affecting the first focus.
It is unnatural because habitually only do one move with one focus at a time. Master Chen showed me the finer detail of this move, like having a stretch to compensate for the arm move.
Even though it is still cold, many students attend the workshop.There is also discipleship ceremony, push hand tournament and calligraphy during the weekend
1) Shovel out the front heel
2) Land the front toes and knee together
3) Extend the hands out
Note: Don’t push the opponent in step 1 and 2.
Master Chen is on three weeks trip to China to attend several events. First is at Tan Cheng for workshop and school opening with Master Wang DeYou
Our first foreign students of the year have arrived. Thanos is from Greece and his wife Carolina is from Mexico.
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Videos of Lillia Kel of Germany, Jody Hall and Janet Ho, and others
“Having been a guest at the Daqingshan Mountain Resort, I can say that Master Chen Zhonghua is a very generous, charismatic and extremely intelligent man. He has a passion for Taijiquan and I am grateful he shares it with the world. Read more
