Six Sealing and Four Closing-This is a two-handed technique. Assuming that we are in contact with the opponent by using the hand hands to control him/her. Assuming the right hand catches the opponent’s elbow, while the left hand catches the opponent’s wrist.
Cross-assuming the the opponent’s arm is in between our two hands, by crossing the hands, we break the arm.
Rub-Failing to break, we do a small twist as if rubbing.
Jerk-Both hands act as one, using both elbows as leading point to issue a quick and powerful yanking action.
Break-When the opponent’s arm becomes stiff and powerful, apply the same breaking action as the above crossing action. This time it is much shorter, almost causing a vibration.
Poke-In the end, when the opponent’s power and movements are at the end (no more strength or stretch) we throw the opponent back using the whole arm as a stick.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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What is success? It’s to never give up.
Why would one give up? He had a change of heart.
中文两字词语是阴阳的。信念 – 信往外，念往内。
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Each body part must behave within its confines. In this video series, Master Chen Zhonghua teaches the rules for each body part.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
25th move of the Cannon Fist form.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Kelvin corrected my Upper Cloudy Hands starting from previous pose, Single Whip.
Corrections of my Single Whip pose: arms must extend further on either side, and hands are about shoulder height; elbows facing down; left palm facing down; sit the wrist; tips of thumb and middle finger of right hand touching, so right hand resembles the beak of a bird; sit the wrist. Hands must be tile hands (curved roof tiles on traditional Chinese building), fingers stretched tight outwards. Read more
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Kelvin Ho 何家伟 Length: 32 min. In: Cantonese 广东话 Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Think about the rods/bars that link the old kind of train’s wheels together. Those rods only ever go forward even those each wheel only rotates. This is yin-yang reversal. There is a joint in the middle of the wheel, there is another joint at the place where the rod is attached to the wheel. If there is no such joint and the rod is totally glued to the wheel, as the wheel rotates, the rod will also turn around with the wheel.
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Put the elbow on the table.
Shoulders goes down to the elbow.
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This is the 17th move of the Yilu form of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. Master Chen Zhonghua explains how this move is executed. By understanding and learning the movements, alignment and power method of this move, you will be able to understand the intricacies of this system better.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Walking obliquely on both sides. Make sure the R elbow is locked into a triangle shape with the body and only rotate from the torso.
Knees do not follow. Fist draping over body (both knees), lean with the back (L knee). The power in the knees is poking into the ground.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 83 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
Lie, break in the middle, is the 6th energy of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system.
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The body must have sticks inside as our basic structure. The hand/foot stick (stretched into one line) is the longest stick in the body and therefore, the most important.
In this mini lesson, Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to create this stick and the pitfalls in trying so.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 70 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
The Gun energy is very difficult to apply in application. This video specified the three common errors.
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Taiji moves are very sophisticated and well coodinated. In learning, we need to take the complex moves apart and train one aspect of it each time. The finished product is like a complex puzzle put together.
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to focus on one move at a time while performing the moves in the form.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
Private lesson Level one.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
Gun, stick, staff, energy is a special method of power in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. It is to poke with a long staff. This energy can only be used when the body possesses a stick through training.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
During a private instructor’s lesson, Master Chen Zhonghua teaches how to train the shoulder to add move movements and correct movements to the shoulder.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
In Practical Method, the knee is not allowed to move and point downwards. In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua shows what this means in the form and how to do it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 73 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
The movements, foundational movements, choreographed movements (routines) are all composed of body part configuration and reconfigurations. These are basic building blocks of taijiquan. In this video, master Chen Zhonghua shows one exercise to illustrate this point. When you regard the kua crease line to the shoulder as one non-divisive block, movements are changed to suit it and therefore cause changes to our physical behavior.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
During a private instructor’s lesson, Master Chen Zhonghua teaches how to train the shoulder to add move movements and correct movements to the shoulder.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
The third move of “Change Palm Three Times” can be trained individually as a separate drill. This drill was discover by Hong Junsheng when observing a habit of Chen Fake…
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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During the class I was training the following exercise. I stopped now and then to write down what Master Chen was saying.
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Importance of practicing yilu diligently – only then will you understand what Master Chen is saying – and your yilu will improve.
One principle 分陰陽 (Splitting Yin Yang). Example: Left vs Right. You need a vertical central axis to distinguish L from R. (You need 3.) Same with top and bottom.
六字真言: 不動 旋轉 開胯 (Don’t Move; Rotate; Open Kua)
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
