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Hi Master Chen, lately I have been feeling a rotation or opening and closing of the lower back which seems to slightly precede and facilitate the switch from kau to kua and turning of the waist. Should this be persued or ignored?
Three months in taiji and he just started sword. This is the first taping.
Master Chen, I have a question for you related to the use of the dantian and coccyx. In reading the book “Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, Volume One: Theory” which you translated from Hong Junsheng’s writings, it says that the sinking of the qi to the dantian has a lot to do with the actions of the coccyx, and that the coccyx should actually curl up backwards. Read more
Every move must have three steps: contact, fill up and release. If this procedure is followed, a push is not a push instead, it is to release the opponent. Therefore, no effort. In this video taken at a workshop in Victoria, B.C. Canada, Master Chen demonstrated the procedure on Trevor Juuti of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada.
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Front View
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Suspended head is a taiji concept that refers to the state of the spine line being erect at all times. When done right, the head is always suspended like being pulled from above or having something underneath it that provides support.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. What is suspended head? 3. How does not work? 4. Connected. 5. Test it out. 6. Conclusion. Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Contents:
1. Introduction. 2. Embrace the Head. 3. Can two moves be identical? 4. Expansion. 5. Energy and Shape.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Dagos is a 17-year old in Edmonton, Canada. He has been studying from Allan Belsheim for two years attending evening lessons.
The grandmonk Yunxing said: During your teen aged years, you should repair yourself; in youth, you should face yourself; in adulthood, you should expand yourself; and in old age, you should complete yourself. In spring, you should be upbeat; in summer, you should raise yourself; in the fall, you should be diligent; and in winter, you should be retrospective. The four quarters of human life and four seasons of the year. Know yourself.
—That’s a lot of stuff to digest. Better get something to eat first. Philosophical words are good for the smart and the fool. The average guy needs actions such as what the next meal will be.
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Preface I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Master Chen Zhonghua for his dedication to promoting Chen Taiji in the Ottawa (渥太华) area. For more than a decade, Master Chen has made regular visits to Canada’s capital, ensuring that his disciples, students, and other Taiji enthusiasts receive proper training, grasp the principles of the Practical Method, and deepen their understanding of Taoist philosophy and Chinese culture. |
Concepts covered in this 32-minute video: 1. Three Way Split. 2. How to be continuous and don’t stop the momentum. 3. How the three way split functions and enhances fajin skill. 4. How to find the point to fajin from. 5. How to find the one point to fajin to. 6. Lever point. 7. Demarcation line.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
This is the third mini lesson on the topic of tossing. This one deals with the nature of tossing in turns of energy, not physical movements and shape.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
Having just arrived home from the frozen tundra of Edmonton, it’s nice to be back in Tampa. The seminar was just what I needed. If any of you have spent time refinishing wooden furniture you may appreciate this. Start with an old scratched up painted and confused piece of wood like a bookcase and strip it all the way down to it’s base, sand out the scratches smooth so the original grain shows clearly. Then oil & polish it. Read more
“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
