You can also see this form on my webpage here:
http://www.practicalmethod.de/de/videos/taijiquan/taolu-die-formen/video/186
All comments are welcome!
News
News and other exciting events happening in the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system in the world.
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On the 10th of June, 2014, Master Chen Zhonghua became visiting professor of Taiji at the Handan Colledge in Handan, Hebei Province in China at a simple ceremony held by Prof. Ma Jibin, president of the College. He was also named the official representative of the college for Canada and the United State. Read more
Master Xu was invited to DaQingShan 2014 as chief judge.
Mr Ling Kok Keng (Singapore) was invited as a judge in the 2014 DaQingSHan TaiJi Push Hand Competition.
Edmonton Hunyuantaiji Academy week long workshop is getting closer so reserve June 21 (Saturday) to June 27 (Friday) for an incredible experience. Attend one day or the full week to continue the Tai Chi journey 5222-86 street.
New Trailer from “Rotation: inside small; outside large” Mini Lesson
The two cylinders relationship can also be seen clearly in the kua in this video. “Kua Function” Mini Lesson
Here is a version of the Broadsword Form that I performed at World Tai Chi Day 2014 in Houston. I’m posting it because I didn’t find many examples on line when I was looking for help. My own criticism is that my stance isn’t low enough or wide enough. One point I was working on was to have each move coming in, toward the body, or going out, away from the body, and to have smooth transitions between the two where appropriate. I would welcome what ever comment anyone might have.
Edit: You may notice that I left out one cut at the end. I was busy thinking about what I would need to do to move back to my starting position and forgot it. You can see it both in Carl Lindberg’s version and Steve Chan’s.
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Here is a pretty good example of the power of yin yang separation. Because there is a lot of power involved you can see (and feel) the difference very clearly. The video is of me operating a backhoe briefly. First I operate the backhoe arm without stabilizing the machine. The tractor tosses wildly and much of the power of the arm is lost. This is called energy being “dispersed”. Then I stabilize the machine and operate the arm. The power is greatly increased. This is called energy being “clear” and or “pure”. The difference in power extremely easy to feel, and I think is quite visually apparent. It is the direct result of the machine “not moving” while the arm is operated and moves freely (yin yang separation)
Hi buddies!
We just want to let you know that we (me and my small family) will be on DQS July, 18 to Aug, 26.
There will be our little boy with us (1 1/2 years old), so just in case feel free to talk to us because of sharing babysitting etc.
Hope to see some old friends again & looking forward,
Michael – Berlin, private mail: micha (a d)taiji-shiatsu (dot de)
Carmelo and Eric from Sacramento joined us this workshop. The theme of this workshop is when student follow Master Chen instruction, they will get stuck, and we have to learn to be comfortable getting in this position.
We did a new stepping exercise to bear out power from the waist to the arm, I find this exercise hard to get the alignment right, especially when trying it out with resistance
Video and more photos below Read more
Daqingshan Castle At Night
A viewer on Youtube ask this question
Is he really saying you should keep your body static like that while moving your arms and legs independently of it? That doesn’t seem to be in line with taiji principles, nor does it appear to be what is going on when he’s actually pushing someone
This is the video where the question is from, 1. The human body and machine. 2. Shoulder-torso separation. 3. Upper and lower body separation
How would you answer his comment?
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Wuxi is a city west of Shanghai on Tai Hu Lake. Here are some photos of Chen Zhonghua’s Practical Method workshop in Wuxi on March 22-23, 2014
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This is my first trip to Wuxi. I came with Chen Xu, Zili and Pavel. We came via Jinan yesterday. Read more
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Please leave comment on the translation, we are still trying different ways on translating chinese clips.
外部的作用：合上。由大到小。
function of outside: harmonize, from large to small
内部的作用：发力。由小到大。
function of insde: issue force, from small to large
Translation of a lesson summary in chinese, please leave another translation or discuss what this lesson about
Some photos.
This video and also the full interview you can also view here (no YouTube stream): http://www.practicalmethod.de/en/videos-2/interviews-more/interviews/video/118
All comments are welcome!
This video illustrate Kelvin comments on using leg as piston to provide power.
On Sunday, Master Chen demonstrated how to set up multiple lines on an opponent’s body when pushing hands. The goal was to set up enough lines that the opponent finally felt like they had to jump out to escape, or they were bounced, or squeezed out. Read more
Hi everybody,
This weekend I’ll hold another workshop “Introduction to Practical Method” at the university in Berlin. Still some capacities left. Nice price because sponsored by the university.
Details on my page ... here.
