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“太极拳，缠法也。”陈鑫这一句话把太极拳的缠绕的重要性普遍性说到位了。陈、
杨、吴、武、孙各家的螺旋缠绕含露有别，而以陈式太极拳表现得最为明显。陈式太极拳
实用拳法对于缠法有独到的研究和见解。 Read more
Master Chen:
I was reading through some of the student/user posts and came across a submittal by Wilkin Ng regarding the Maple Ridge workshop last year. In it he was talking about the concept of not “pushing” in doing push hands. Your reply confirmed that there is no pushing in push hands, but went on to say that “every push must be a pull”. Can you elaborate on this last statement. Read more
At the Maple Ridge workshop last weekend, Master Chen went over again the mini lessons he covered in his Edmonton Full Time videos.
Master Chen demonstrated that tossing and double heavy is the same mistake. I used to think that double heavy is only applied when doing a linear move, pushing and pulling.
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I made my taiji chan gun tonight in 2010.
I re-created my taiji chan gun with slight modification in 2020. Now the shovel is gone.
以我们普通人的思维，很难想像，一个身高一米六左右，自幼体弱多病的人，一个前半生富足，后半辈子穷困交加、大起大落的人，会静心于武学研究，会几十年如一日的坚持不变自己的信念；生活无情的给了他那么多挫折，他却以创立一派武学作为回馈！这是怎样的精神风范与意志？ Read more
On Oct. 28, 2010 my taiji uncle Zhang Guangzong came to my father’s house for a visit. He solemnly presented a diary that he had kept for 38 years to me. Read more
Master Hong Sen is the grandson of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng. This video is from his demonstration in 2003 at Grandmaster Li Enjiu’s Standard Bearer ceremony in Jinan, Shandong, China. He demonstrated on behalf of the Hong family.
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes
This term refers to the attempt to engage in rotation without the ability to maintain one’s center. This flaw results in destabilization of structure and balance, and loss of power as a consequence. In Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method “tossing” is considered one of the ills of the practice, a weakness to be overcome if progress is to occur.
http://practicalmethod.com/2010/11/tossing-online-video-trailer/
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 minutes Language: English Chapters: 1 Year: 2010 Location: Edmonton
In 60 minutes, Master Chen Zhonghua clearly demonstrated the hand-foot relationships in every move of the entire Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu routine. Demonstrating the principles of stick energy to push, and rope energy to pull.
Why does a robotic arm have so much power that it can kill you? Because it’s attached to something that doesn’t move.
Master Yang Yingjian is a senior disciple of Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang. He is the president of the Zhaoyuan Taijiquan Association in Shandong, China.
Author: Yang Yingjian Length: 83 minutes Contents: 1-2 of the Qigong set Language: Mandarin with English Interpretation by Nicholas Fung. Master Yang speaks with a very heavy Zhaoyuan, Shandong dialect. Year: 2010 Location: filmed on Daqingshan, China
Though Taijiquan belongs to the realm of traditional sport, it is a perfect art form with precise theory and complex methodology. It is also a suitable method for people’s health. Students of this art should follow the rules strictly and go for the difficulties. They should carefully seek the regularities. In doing so, the first requirement is “solemn.” Read more
One day at lunch I pointed out a deficiency of our training to Master Chen. Read more
William: Master Chen, I have noticed that my hands get warm when I do a part of the Yilu (First Routine) correctly. What is happening ?
Zhonghua Chen: Nothing is happening. It’s just part of the progress. Stay on track. Ignore what is happening and continue to train correctly. This is where some people will start seeking the sensations that will eventually cause the practice to deviate.
The human energy flows in the body in an organized way which we cannot see with the naked eye or feel by ourselves. The way the energy flows is defined in Taiji as Energy Alignment. This is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction). Please see Energy Alignment 2, 3, 4 for trailers Author: Chen Zhonghua. Length: 1:00 hour long Language: English Postures: 1-28 (sections 1 and 2)
Energy Alignment is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction).
Author作者：Chen Zhonghua 陈中华 Length: 1:09 hours 小时 Language: English 英文 Postures: 29-49 (sections 3 and half of 4)动作
Master Chen happened to be in the studio while I was taking a break from doing yilu. I had done thirty forms that day, and I had in mind to do ten more in the hour left of class. Naturally, I was looking around for distractions before continuing. Read more
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First comment Master Chen has for me is to make my stance larger when we started with circles.
We went over the details of twist towel foundation:
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Energy Alignment is a video series based on instructions of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Routine. There are four DVDs in this series. In terms of depth of knowledge, the instructions of this video series belongs to level three (one is basic choreographic learning, two is details of instruction). By: Chen Zhonghua 陈中华 Language: English 英文 Length: 43:41 Minutes分钟 Postures: 50-68 (finish section 6) 动作
This is Lee’s Yilu after three months on Daqingshan. Video was made at his participation at the Yiyuan Taiji Competition.
This is Paul fter three months on Daqingshan at the full time taiji training program.
Movement: move that does not cause your opponent to feel the impact.
Action: movement that causes the opponent to feel the impact.
Overall method should be: movement to get in (squeeze) and then action (one of the eight techniques).
All moves in taiji are repeatations of this: movement, action, movement, action, …
When you move, don’t push; when you push, don’t move.
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu by Michael Winkler on Oct. 11, 2010
Hey Master Chen,
I would have posted this question on your website but it doesn’t seem to be working for me.
This is an obsevation and idea on moving and a question on if it sounds right. Read more
When there is willingness and readiness, transmission is done with words and the body.
It is now a few weeks since my return from Daqingshan.
These are some photos and a video of a practice session at the Ottawa October 2010 workshop. Care to guess what they are trying to practice? Read more
Master Chen’s workshop this Saturday focused on the theme of ‘division of labour’ amongst the different parts of the body; he emphasized yet again that in order for movements to become functional under pressure, one part of the body must be perfectly still while the other part rotates. We looked at this rule through a variety of examples. Read more
4 hours of flight, 2 hours of private lessons and 3 more hours of public class. A busy day. A good day. It’s good to be back to Ottawa/Gatineau to see friends and students.
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Shifu,
As a result of studying some videos and increasing my practice time, I came across some new discoveries that need some confirmation. Read more
By: Chen Zhonghua 陈中华. Language: English 英文. Length: 49 minutes 分钟. Year: 2005 年
Participants of this workshop, please contact czh.sites@gmail.com for free access.
