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By: Chen Zhonghua 陈中华. Language: English 英文. Length: 46,47,56 minutes 分钟. Year: 2005 年
Disc 2: Hands on, 2-person drill,Q&A, Yilu Detail
Disc 3: Hands on, sword, broadsword
Disc 4: Q&A, theory lecture.
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There are many important principles in Chen Style Taiji Practical Method. One of which is the principle of 45 Degree. I have heard Chen Zhonghua spoke of it many times since. After years of studying and discovering, I am realizing its importance. Read more
A listing of PracticalMethod videos on youtube.
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At the full time class in Edmonton this afternoon, I taught the concept of in and out. The general principle is: “The inside must stay inside; the outside must stay outside”. Translating this into taiji movement terms, it is “In with elbow; out with hand”.
Toronto Sept. 2010 workshop group photo
Here are my notes:
Power is always from the back but the difference is the direction. Read more
Emphasis on correct foot placement, relation between knee and foot, transition moves, energy intent
To preview a correction video, see Byron correction.
Forms corrected
2. Block Touching the Coat (Lan Zha Yi)
3. Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
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The Taoists believe that there is no right or wrong. Everything is flawless. Nothing ever changes; everything stays the same. It is only our perspective that changes. Time is always immediately present. Another way of putting it is that time expires instantaneously, and therefore it never expires. The present is called the moment because it has momentum. Still, yet moving like the river. This relates to taiji as well.
You might wonder why I bring the 1930’s into the equation. Well, to my mind, the 1930’s is where all the trouble started for a lot of students. So what happened in the 1930’s you may ask.
When Master Chen demonstrates push hands and he “pushes me out”, I sometimes feel subjected to an overwhelming push or pull. More often I feel subjected to a combination of a force and a strong twist. This combination seems to be even more difficult to counter act. Read more
The front must be full and the back must be stable. You can push from the back but not the front.
Here are videos of push hand competition and weapon form.
Grandmaster Li Qingjia of Xuzhou at the 4th Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Conference on Daqingshan, Rizhao in 2010.
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Master Xu Guicheng recalls that Grandmaster Hong Junsheng did not like the saying “Entice into emptiness” as it denotes two actions. He preferred “Withdraw is to issue.”
Master Chen has stated that any similarities between Taijiquan and other martial arts are superficial. To be unaware of this point is to risk wandering off-course on the Taiji path.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Language: Mandarin Length:20:47 min. In this lecture, Master Chen Zhonghua talked about five elements in Push Hands with hands on instructions.
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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