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Hello everybody,

I am thinking about starting a class in my town. The main reason is that there is no practical method close by and to get my own regular training. I don’t know the whole Yilu form. My experience with practical method is mostly from the video’s of master Chen and of the workshops he taught in the Netherlands. Futher I am an experienced Aikido teacher and P.E. teacher. So I do have a background.

I have a few questions:

Is it acceptable to start a class and teach as I don’t know the whole form?

How do you guys structure class?

What are good (extra) exercises besides the foundations? Are there good partner exercises?

Are the first 13 moves enough to start a class?

Thanks in advance,

Richard

Master Chen is still busy on Daqingshan, so the workshop will be taught by Bill and Steve.

Master Chen often talks about having concave curve in the body. It sounds to me like he is describing a parabolic reflector. It’s a concave mirror essentially that reflects energy, that comes in, back toward a single focal point. Parabolic structure is also used to reflect a point of light into a diffuse light.

In relation to Taiji training, Master CHen is talking about correct alignment and orientation of the joints of the body, and how often when we think we are in the ‘ correct ‘ position, we are actually quite chaotically misaligned, and lack proper orientation. There is no focal point.

My understanding of what he means is that in the correct structure of the ‘ mother move ‘ of Practical Method all the joints power should be aiming to a central dot. That dot will have cumulative power similar to the idea of the collective beam of concentrated energy from a Parabolic reflector.

In workshop Master Chen also demo about breaking opponent incoming diffuse force with a tight force and vice versa: the concave shape also facilitate this.

From Oblique Single Whip (44) to Single Whip (54), plus demonstration of the last two sections from Middle Cloud Hands (55) to Turn Left and Buddha’s Warrior Pounds Mortar (81).

Hi all, so this is my Yilu first section, basically learning it from video. Corrections, pointers etc very much appreciated. Only recently realized how good the form practice is to grind the principles.

Foundations:

Yilu first 13 move review:

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Ping Wei will visit Irvine California and teach foundations and Yilu in a one day workshop on March 21, Saturday. This will be his third workshop in Irvine.

I picked up stage magic before I started learning Practical Method.  One evening after a workshop session in Phoenix I was doing some sleight of hand to amuse the other attendees, and Master Chen spoke briefly about the difference between perception and reality as it applies to taiji.  I’m including some thoughts I’ve had on the topic since. Read more

12 WEEK BEGINNERS COURSE – TAI CHI CHUAN FOUNDATIONS

The Tai Chi Chuan foundations will cover: body and posture, opening the Kua, Positive and Negative Circles, the 13 movements of section 1 of the Yilu (First Set), basic martial applications and Tai Chi Chuan principles.

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