During the 12/22/21 English Zoom class, Master Chen showed some clips of Chen Xu aggressively overwhelming a student. I think I saw how he did it. Besides taking the student’s space, he moved as if he was a chainsaw; that is, just as the teeth on the chain bite into the wood and are pulled backward by the chain, Chen Xu’s feet caught on the ground and were pulled backwards, which pulled him forward. He never punched or even pushed, he only pulled. Even when he had pulled himself to the student he never punched or pushed. He continued to pull, not so much with his legs, but with his arms as he clawed his way around the student.
Maybe the way you fight using tai chi is the same way a tiger attacks. Predators never punch. In fact, the only reason they extend their front legs is so that they can pull them back. I don’t remember where this saying came from, maybe xingyi: ”The hand never comes back empty.” In other words, the hand or claw is extended, grabs something and then pulls back.
So, I suggest an English name for Chen Xu: Chain Saw. Chen Xu and Chain Saw even sound pretty much the same!
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
This is a record of Master Chen Zhonghua's yilu training on Dec. 9, 2021. It is conducted at the Edmonton studio in Canada. As the space is limited, Master Chen adjusted some moves to fit the width of the room. He also trained in slow speed. This is a medium sized set.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
First you produce a stick in the body, then without destroying the stick, you rotate it. Sounds easy? No such thing! Watch how Master Chen Zhonghua shows to have a cake and eat it too!
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
A perfect stick or ball is conducive to a rotation but there are no handles to start the power. When you create the handle, the power produced by the handle destroys the ball or stick. View the video to see how Master Chen Zhonghua resolves this paradox.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
When you training to rotate one part of the body, it is more like a template, or a model. The body does not have anything like that. The smallest meaningful unit/action on the body is a two-disk gear set. Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to train the first gear in this video.
Thanks to Instructors Chen Xu and Qiu Yingdong, and host Zhuang Yan. The 11th Practical Metod Seminar in Quanzhou, Fujian, China was a big success! Read more
Sooyeon Zacharias is the new record holder for doing the most number of yilus in single day. She did 180 yilus on Dec. 18, 2021 from 6:00 am to 11:59 pm with an actual effort of 18 hours. She has so far performed a lifetime total of 12579 yilus.
The previous record was held by Han Rui and Wang Kai for 172 yilus back on Aug. 31, 2017.
For more information, please see: https://practicalmethod.com/2014/07/the-yilu-challenge/
A: Hey Sooyeon, are you on vacation?
S: Yes, I am.
A: What do you do then?
S: Yilu
A: Don’t you do that everyday already?
S: Yep, just more of it, about 9 times more to be exact.
A: That’s not a vacation.
S: It’s an yilucation, and I love it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
All body parts must contribute to squeezing energy towards to front hands, which are aimed at the opponent. There are many aspects and considerations in doing so. Master Chen Zhonghua gave a good treatment of this concept with demonstrations and explanations.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
To clear something is in the sense of separation. When you separate two things, you shouldn't allow them to have any form of connection. This is a higher level technique in Practical Method.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
When stepping, the torso cannot bend. Step forward with the front foot, using shoveling out method. When stepping backward, use the rear foot. Also use the shoveling step with the rear toes on the floor and heel up.
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Thanks to Instructors Chen Xu and Qiu Yingdong, and host Zhuang Yan. The 11th Practical Metod Seminar in Quanzhou, Fujian, China was a big success! 
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