Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
One circle is the foundation. Two circles interacting is the beginning of function. This is seen on the surface as a figure 8 type of movement. It is in fact the first set of gears. Master Chen Zhonghua explains where the 8 figure actions are on the body, as well as how to do it. There are lots of explanations and key points in this video.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 69 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Toronto, Canada
41. Small Catching and Hitting (Xiao Qin Da) 42. Embrace Head to Push Mountain (Bao Tou Tui Shan) 43. Change Palm Three Times (San Huan Zhang) 44. Oblique Single Whip (Dan Bian) 45. Forward Trick (Qian Zhao) 46. Backward Trick (Hou Zhao)
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
GM Hong Junsheng said, "Taiji is the art addition and subtraction". Master Chen Zhonghua explains how addition is linked to the concept of Peng in Taijiquan.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 0 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
A major feature of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method is to lock the outside and move the inside. Master Chen Zhonghua taught aspects of this type of movements in this video.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 62 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Toronto, Canada
Based on Master Chen's online class this week, we focussed on training the "kua going over" exercise. We explained the need to lock the two ends (front knee and rear kuas), and move the middle (front kua). We integrated it into Fist Drape Over Body in Yilu.
Hardness to the extreme is softness. Once it reaches the end, cannot be any harder, but soft.
This softness is actually very hard, fine and smooth, such as polished jade, polished stone, stainless steel surface, glass screen of mobile phone, etc.
From these examples, it can be seen that the softness of Taiji is not true softness, but an appearance of softness on the outside, it is actually hard and rigid. Read more
Chen Xin (1849-1929)The 16th generation of Chen Style Taijiquan, author of “Illustration of Chen Style Taijiquan”
Pure yin without yang is soft hand, pure yang without yin is hard hand;
One yin and nine yang is a stick, two yin and eight yang is Sanshou;
Three yin and seven yang still feels hard, four yin and six yang shows a good hand; Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Master Chen Zhonghua used real form examples to explain the Practical Method concept of "Lock the Two Ends and Move the Middle", and "Lock the Middle and Move the Outside".
Taijiquan has the saying that “yin and yang are mutually rooted”.
Wang Zongyue said, “Yin does not depart from yang, yang does not depart from yin. Yin and yang benefit mutually and this is the comprehension of energy”.
Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty said in Taiji Illustration, “Wuji then taiji. Taiji moves and produces yang. Move to the extreme generates stillness, stillness produces yin, and stillness to the extreme generates moves again. Movement and stillness are the roots of each other. Once yin and yang are split, then there are two elementary parts.” Read more
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 60 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Toronto, Canada
38. Tornado Kick (Xuan Feng Jiao) 39. Turn Right and Kick With Right Heel (You Zhuan Shen Deng Jiao) 40. The Fist of Covering the Hand (Yan Shou Gong Chui)
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 66 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2022 Location: Toronto, Canada
34. Wade Forward and Twist Step on Both Sides (Qian Tang Ao Bu) 35. The Punch to the Ground (Ji Di Chui) 36. Turn Over Body and Double Kick (Er Qi Jiao) 37. The Fist Protecting the Heart (Hu Xin Quan)
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 0 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2019 Location: Edmonton, Canada
I am using this video clip to introduce the Chinese concept of "If the opponent does not move, I don't move. If he is about to move, I move after him but arrive before him. " This has also been rendered as "If the opponent does not move, I don't move. If he is about to move, I move before him. "
Please watch as discuss what you see and what you think in relation to Practical Method moves.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 0 mins Difficulty: 5/5 Language: English Year: 2019 Location: Edmonton, Canada
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