Testimonials : Workshop Reviews
Photos of first day of the workshop in Sydney, Australia.
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The Edmonton Hunyuantaiji Academy at 5222 – 86 street will be hosting a Seminar and Open House on March 17 (Saturday) and March 18 (Sunday) . The Seminar will start at 9 am to 4:30 pm both days and the Open House portion will take place between the hours of 10 am and noon. Read more
On the way to Singapore, Master Chen will have an open house in Hong Kong.
Location: 萬御堂, 寶湖道寶湖花園地下1
Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Contact: Nicholas Fung nicholaskfung@gmail.com +852 66894296
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I was once told that the mark of a good writer is the ability to know his reader. Claiming to be no such thing, I am feeling less guilty about writing this in a very generalized, and most likely, aimless fashion. Read more
Recently, I was fortunate enough to practice push hands with Master Chen during one of his seminars. I found the experience quite enlightening. Read more
still capacities left!
time: March, 31. & April, 1. – 9:00-12:00 & 14:00-17:00 each day
place: Kolonnenstr 29, 10829 Berlin
costs: 100,- € (one day) / 165,- € (two days) Read more
Learning taiji online is impossible, but not impractical. The key to getting the most benefit outside of the classroom involves understanding what can be achieved and what can not be achieved and through this understanding develop goals that are obtainable. Read more
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This December I had the honour of being invited to teach an introductory workshop on the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. I’d been to Brittany twice before to work with the theatre company Teatr Piba and this time my friend and colleague Erwan Cloarec asked me to also teach Taijiquan.
Singapore Workshop
Instructor : Master Chen Zhong Hua
Date : 25th & 26th of Feb, 2012
Time : 10am to 5pm
Location : The Grassroots’ Club, 190 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, Singapore 568046
Topic : History, Theory, Foundations, Yilu (1st 13 moves), Push Hand
Cost : SGD260 for 2 days, SGD180 for 1 day
Contact : Michael Koh at (65)96680069 or michaelkoh@hotmail.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmU_ZZwiDAw
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This time a long time student of Master Chen James Chan from Philadelphia joined us. Lots of push hand on Sunday as four students from Seattle joined us. Topics covered:
I’ve been in Edmonton now for ten days to get instructions by Master Chen Zhonghua and the local teachers and to train at their school.
These days have been very beneficial for me. Special thanks to Allan Belsheim Read more
Allan has asked me to share my experience, so here are some of my impressions: Read more
This is the first time I have attended a local four days workshop, the extra time let me have a deeper impression on what I learnt. Bruce from Denver, Lee from Saskatoon, and Linlin from New Hampshire attended, along with regulars from Seattle and Victoria island. We are planning to have the next four days workshop in Spring 2012. Please contact Master Chen if you are interested in attending. Read more
I would like to thank the Ottawa group for organizing a great workshop. During the workshop, we practice Yilu and the foundation exercises. An important component of the workshop is understanding the theory and philosophy of Chen Taijiquan. Master Chen covered many concepts but I will only highlight the idea of “Connecting Pairs” and “Clear” Read more
Recently Master Chen was in Ottawa again to teach another three day seminar. On the last day I had the pleasure of attending. It began with some push hands, interspersed with Yilu practice and several exercises. During the course of his instruction Master Chen recounted many interesting stories and examples. Quite a number of concepts and principles were discussed, with the following notes summarizing elements of what I took away from this eventful day. Read more
Master Lai Fengjing is a Yiquan and Taiji master from the city of Linyi, Shandong, China. This interview is in Chinese language only.
The rhythm to producing better taiji
The alarm sounds quietly, it is a bit before 5 am and daybreak with its new light is peeking between the curtains.
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First Annual Daqingshan Hong Junsheng International Taijiquan Seminars and Competition
On Monday, 25th of April we did meet at my flat to review the workshop in Bavaria with Master Chen. Among my students in Berlin there were 4 attending the workshop in Freising nearby Munich, three of them came to this meeting yesterday. But there were some more and one friend of mine, a Taijiquan-Practitioner who got curious about “Practical Method”. Read more
Daniel and Rachelle once again organized a great seminar weekend with Master Chen. For three days, Ottawa Chen style taiji practitioners as well as special guests from Toronto and New Hampshire were able to benefit from the extensive knowledge and expert guidance of Master Chen. Read more
It was a great workshop with tons of push hands. Thanks very much for all the hard work!
It was a great workshop with tons of push hands. Thanks very much for all the hard work!
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Thank you so much Master Chen and Allan for your time and patient, dedicated teaching over the last two days.
Of the scheduled full week seminar, I was able to attend just the final two days and they were excellent. We worked on foundations with an extra amount of stepping practice. Along with this were Yilu corrections. So much to work on, and really it boils down to how much time is put in practicing the given corrections…
Thank you again!
I am very pleased with all materials from Master Chen. I am checking regularly the website and Thank you for making available to a huge audience lots of valuable information, I greatly enjoy all the posts on the Practical Method website. Read more
During this last weekend Feb 12-13 we were honored to have in San Juan, Puerto Rico an awesome Chen Style Practical Method Tai Chi Chuan seminar conducted by Master Chen Zhonghua and assisted by his disciple Todd Elihu. Read more
I have trained several times with Master Chen over the years now and have long accepted that he possesses a skill that is frankly light years beyond my understanding. Read more
I want to thank Michael Calandra for hosting Master Chen Zhonghua who presented an extraordinary seminar. Most interesting to me is that Master Chen never changes his form. It is the same every time I’ve seen him for the past 8 years. Within his near perfect taiji structure, what is continuously changing/improving is his technical precision. He is the living embodiment of true taiji principles. To the next 50 years together!
Last week I had the honour of being inducted into the Chen Taijiquan lineage that flows from Chen Fake to Hong Junsheng to Chen Zhonghua. Master Chen requested that I write about my experience of the ‘hands-on’ part of this lineage transmission. He said he’d been pushing with Dave Dahms and I in order to show us particular things and wanted to know what we felt was different. Read more
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
This is the sixth Toronto workshop I’ve attended. Every workshop has been packed with information, intense training and a few good laughs. We had some very special guests from Italy – Master Bon and Neresini. The two were very friendly and eager to learn and share. Hope they come back soon. Read more
