Train with the rear foot at the corner, and a big enough stance to lock the body (especially upper body).
Taiji is only realized with speed.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Started with basic foundation teachings with Kelvin.
Concept 1-Twisting Towel
The hand leads elbow away from your body. The elbow leads the hand in towards your body. The movement is originated from the Kua and not the hand or elbow initiating the movement. The concept of opening the elbow is to keep the hand and forearm on a straight line moving in and out of the tunnel or tube. Opening the elbow allows the movement to come more from the center of my body. Elbow and hand should not move too much into overextension. The movement should be limited to only what your Kua can open.
Concept 2- Lifting water
Half horse stance-distance ideally should be 3 calf lengths, shifting forward 1/3 in front distance and 2/3 rear distance. The Kua initiates the motion. The front shoulder, rear shoulder and hand begin in a triangle formation initially and then becomes a 3 points on a line. Kua should be opening the elbow. Hand are in a shape of tile with slight curve. Space between fingers and thumb closed and all fingers are extending. Wrist is sitting by extension of wrist and opening separating into opposite direction.
Exercise 1: Use the left hand to grab the right wrist, stretch the right fingers. This is not just a demonstration, it is the method to train. People often ask Master Chen how to train, in fact, he just showed us. We only need to do it 60 times in each session. Doing it 60 times means to not use too much power, or using the right amount such that you can do it 60 times. When you use the left hand to grab the right, squeeze the armpit to lock the left hand, so that the left hand itself does not move. In order to stretch, we must lock something.
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Six sealing four closing practice.
Lock the triangle of front shoulder, back shoulder and elbow, stretch front hand and back shoulder coming into the line. Front shoulder need come down and armpit need to open so the energy does not leak out.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 65 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
When the body action is correct, the energy is wrong.
When the energy is correct, the body action is wrong.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 84 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Maintain two lines (This exercise came from Twisting the towel.)
- Head to foot
- Front finger tip to the central vertical line on the back
We want to first stretch things out, and then add something in the middle to further stretch a little bit. We must constantly add that little bit of stretch in our training. This is neigong training.
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Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 68 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 62 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Corrections of Negative Circle: 1st count: Elbow in, must come in over the shoulder, hand pointed outward (throughout entire Negative Circle, hand is always pointed outward.)
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 30 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Fetch Water
Application: Shoulder strike (kao), power comes from dantian
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Tishui(Fetch Water) Application-Chen Zhonghua Private Online Lesson 20210319 Trailer
Chen Zhonghua’s personal training clip on Hand Catching and Plucking.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
In this mini video, Master Chen Zhonghua demonstrates the two main methods of hitting in Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method: one is hitting with a hammer and the other hitting with a staff, like poking.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
For my yilu correction, after my front foot goes out during Lan Zha Yi (Block Touching Coat), as my foot settles on the ground, my front foot and knee needs to significantly close more. After this, or during later on in my training, the knees and below doesn’t move and my waist moves forward into position through the action of the kuas making an adjustment, which moves the waist forward without disturbing what is underneath. This then becomes a scale, lower body as the rod and elbow as the counterbalance.
On Mar 12, 2021, Master Chen was instructing on an exercise, in which, I put up my left forearm in front of and parallel to my chest. I need to push the elbow downwards with a pivot in the middle of my forearm, with the load on the hand. The desired outcome requires me to create an independent setup of a lever, and then press down on one side of the lever (elbow). This is separation of yin and yang because the downward force is independent of the lever setup. The lever setup cannot break or change its integrity when the downward force is applied. The outcome of the lever action is predetermined by the setup. The downward force when applied in a specific way simply makes it happen. If the downward force is not applied correctly or the lever setup breaks down, the desired outcome will not happen.
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Master Chen Zhonghua working on “Shuttle” of Cannon Fist.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 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
Today in class, Master Chen commented that there was new flow, clarity, and sharpness in my form. He said this day was a small milestone for me, and he wanted me to document it. He asked: Did I feel something different? Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 73 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:4/5 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: 73 min. In: English Year: 2021 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
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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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
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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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
