Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Da Dian-Chen Zhonghua English Instructor Private Class 20220722. Hit the Dot. The front hand will come to contact with the opponent's center dot. The elbow will aim and hit your own front hand. The elbow hit comes from the rear shoulder pulling backwards. The method taught here by Master Chen Zhonghua is to hit a wall with the rear shoulder backwards.
Ben Phillips of Toronto became Chen Zhonghua’s 379th disciple in a brief ceremony at the Annual Toronto Practical Method Seminar
This is the first Toronto Practical Method workshop by Master Chen Zhonghua since covid-19 started. We had a very good turnout, 25 people attended over the 4 days of the workshop. Participants came from Toronto, Markham, Aurora, Newmarket, Oakville, Georgetown, Ottawa, Michigan, Iowa, Arizona, California. One of the participants commented:
“Everyone here expressed and interacted freely and deeply, just like a big family.”
In this workshop, we focussed on training with drills, solo and partnered. The drills allowed us to develop gong, and techniques that would be useful in push hands. Many of the drills were video-recorded and will be available for purchase. We also included one lesson of Hunyuan Qi Gong, and Master Chen said he would begin to integrate more energy work into Practical Method through some Hunyuan Qi Gong training.
The following were intended to remind myself of what happened at the workshop, and they were not to be instructional. However, if you have any questions and need clarification for any part, please feel free to make a comment below.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Switching-Chen Zhonghua English Instructor Private Class 20220819. It is normal (easy) to switch something with two hands. But reality always requires that the switching is done only when have one hand available. In this case, it can be done with speed.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 0 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Over-Chen Zhonghua English Instructor Private Class 20220819. Movements must complete a circle, in which case, we say we are going OVER something. Otherwise we are stuck on the same side.