Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 59 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
35. Tame the tiger 36. Brush the eyebrow 37. Right single cloud hand 38. Cut hand 39. Left single cloud hand 40. Left forward thrust 41. Double fist hit downward 42. Right forward thrust
Liu Baojun how to teach kids Taiji.Education sell people. Master Chen Zhonghua’s high school, changed from an art school to academic school in three years. Take the risk. Master did demonstrations at schools twice every year for ten years. Be consistent. Some of them might come to Taiji when they grow up. It is a hard thing to invest in culture. Master Chen taught 500,000 people and now he has about 200 students. Appreciate and value your students. At least someone keeps going, so the style does not die out. Read more
Rotation. Connection. Active and passive. Movements are from the rotation of the core, the shoulders are coordinating, not adding or losing, transferring the power to the arms. The rotation of the core is the glue in Taiji, it ties with the 5 threads. As it rotates, the lines adapt and change, silk reeling, functions with different directions are the eight techniques. Examples: Front trick and rear trick. Part the wild horse mane. The core, from a vertical rod to dantian, a ball. It is easier to manipulate to pull the rope. Once you are able to maneuver, the body is integral, instead of scattered or loose. Master Chen showed the difference between rotation and tossing. Example: Cloud hands. Moving the rod and the bar in a T bar are different. At the beginning the integrity is visual but later it is power. Read more
I met with John Upshaw on Friday and Saturday mornings, July 9 and 10 in Estes Park, Colorado while he and his family were vacationing there. Read more
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 60 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
31. The posture of hand and elbow 32. The posture of the splitting power 33. Turning flowers and playing with sleeves 34. The fist of covering the hand 35. Tame the tiger
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 71 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English   Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
31. The posture of hand and elbow 32. The posture of the splitting power 33. Turning flowers and playing with sleeves 34. The fist of covering the hand 35. Tame the tiger
This is where I used to work in Jinan in 1983. It was the second best place (in terms of living conditions) in Jinan at the time. Of course back then it was cleaned up and had lights, so looked much better.
I am showing this to show how much China has changed.
Thanks to Paul Janssens for videotaping this with me in 2010 on our visit to GM Li Enjiu.