Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 64 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
26) 苏秦背剑 Suqin carries the sword on his back
27) 转身上刺 Turn the body to poke up diagonally
28) 黑熊翻背 Black bear turns its back
29) 燕子啄泥 Swallow pecks at mud
30) 鹰熊斗智 The bear and the eagle try to outwit each other
31) 燕子啄泥 Swallow pecks at mud
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Transfer of energy is the whole purpose of taiji movements. Health, martial power, the grace of movements are all derivatives of this.
The best transfer is always when body parts are stiff and straight. But these two conditions pose a problem. Taiji movements, for other reasons, require that body part in use must be soft and the movements must be circular.
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua talk about how to effective transfer power in taiji.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Name: Jojo Juarsa 蔡学超
Location: Tangerang Warehouse, Indonesia
Date: 27 Oct 2021
Mission: Preparing for Yilu Challenge (Nov-Dec 2021)
This was recorded at around 36,000 yilus.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Stretching is essential in Taiji but it takes many methods to stretch. In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua shows a two-way stretching method. Stretching two points in opposite direction along the same line.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
This is a mini video of the essential contents of Master Chen Zhonghua's Oct. 6, 2021 online lesson. The main topic is how to expand from inside to create power and movements.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
The last move we worked on in today’s lesson was the second move in Jin Gang Dao Zhui (Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar), when the dantien turns right, left elbow comes in on a positive circle and the right hand goes out in a negative circle. The arm (hand) is out of control and the dantien is in control. This means the hand is expressed yet is passively powered by the dantien.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 68 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 83 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
Yilu Correction: 2nd Section
Cloud Hands:
1) Fingers point forward
2) Counting
3) Maintain the central rod
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
In learning, we face to things. One is that the master will constantly how you things. Another is that the actual doing of taiji. These two are not the same.
Master Chen Zhonghua shows the difference and how knowing the difference will help you in your learning.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Stretching is an important concept in Practical Method. Stretching moves conform to peng principles of taiji.
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua explains how to stretch on a line. He also shows common mistakes such as too much rotation that makes the line deviate from the line.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Fajin with Six Sealing Four Closing
- Don’t move the hand
- The movements are indirect.
- Move front kua, lock rear kua
- Front kua splits the two hands. Only allow the front hand to move forward.
- Inside must move more than outside.
- Use bie to create the power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 55 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
There are three level of taiji power/ability. One is basic human power. Two is structural power. Three is speed power. Rhythm is a higher level manipulation of speed.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 68 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Kua is one of the MOST important part in the learning of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. In this mini video, Master Chen Zhonghua gave a lengthy treatment of the Kua position and movements.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Once the five-heads (two hands, two feet and head) are fixed, movement of any other part of the body will create compression or extension.
In this mini video, Master Chen Zhonghua explains how to do so.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Master Chen Zhonghua always says that we need to do 20 yilus a day. If you haven’t done it before, consider to give this a try. For this challenge, you will need about 2 hours a day, which can be divided into multiple sessions to fit into your busy schedule to practice 20 yilus. By the end, you will complete about 1200 yilus. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
The theory has a sequence of different stages. In practice, the sequence is often opposite of how it is described in theory.
The stages of Practical Method learning is 1, open the kua (joints), 2, rotate, 3, don't move.
When we learn and practice, we must first find an external locked spot (don't move), and then we can rotate. The end result of this will be the opening of the kua (joints).
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Exercise 1:
Rubber between the hand and the foot. Bend down first. Lock the upper body. Push the kua forward towards the rubber. The focus of this exercise is to train the kua, the use of power in the kua to extend the rubber. This is converting a horizontal movement to a vertical one. We want to train a great range of kua movement. Gradually, increase the tension of the rubber.
The above exercise trains a vertical movement. This is a precursor to the movement needed to do Six Sealing Four Closing. Read more
Rubber Cord Training for Kua
Lock head, shoulder and elbow into one piece. Make sure the elbow is being pushed into the palm.
Have rubber cord under lead foot and in lead hand.
Get into position (see picture). The upper body (waist up) and lower body (below waist) are solid like 2 separate pieces of wood.
Shove front kua forward into the elbow that goes into the hand holding the rubber cord. This action from the kua makes the back straighten.
The strength of the rubber cord has to be more than you can handle. Make the tension “real” and size of cord needs to be just right that the power is coming from the kua and not other body parts.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 99 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
1) Small Six Sealing and Four Closing
2) Moving hands vs moving the kuas
3) Stages for progression
4) What do "no retreat" and "going over" mean?
5) Difference between positive and negative circles
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
The body of a Practical Method person moves up and down by the knee going up and down.
This is a specialized technique. Without professional targeted training, one cannot make the knee go up and down.
The normal knee up and down is called Guixi, which is an error.
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua explains that proper knee up and down means and how to train your body to do it.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
