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Conservation of Energy and Mechanical Advantage 1

by Albert Chung on 2020/10/24

Conservation of Energy

Master Chen used this term in one of his lectures. Here is my understanding:

In an ideal closed 2 energy system, Conservation of Energy means the total energy is the same while the magnitude of kinetic energy and potential energy can vary.

Mathematically, total energy = kinetic energy + potential energy.
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Three types of not moving 1

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/23

Not Moving is one of the most important concepts in Practical Method. There are 3 types of Not Moving.

Absolutely Not Moving

Also known as: Truely Not Moving
This point is simply not allowed to move in any way.
Example: A nail on the wall. The nail is not moving in any direction.

Relatively Not Moving

Also known as: Structurally Not Moving
Between two points, a constant relationshiop is maintained.
Example: A passenger seating in the car going from place to place. The passenger is not moving relative to the car.

Restrictively Not Moving

Also known as: Staying on the track
This point is only allowed to move in a very specific way.
Example: A train can only move along the track. It works properly only when it does not derail.

Yilu Class Notes October 22, 2020 – Edward Liaw i

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/22

Mark

Rub foot

In between the two rub foot, make a pit stop. 90 degrees to your initial position.
Chest parallel to back wall when you kick with heel.

Fist protecting heart

Feet 45 degrees to back wall.
Don’t rush it.

A Shared Secret of an Important Action of the Knee 6

by John Upshaw on 2020/10/22

On October 20th, 2020, during an online class Master Chen Zhonghua shared and demonstrated an important action of the knee that has not been disclosed before. Prior to discussing the important action, I shall discuss some important functional and structural aspects of the knee as a means of providing a context to help the reader conceptualize how this recently disclosed information is applied in practice and applications.

Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Oct 22, 2020 – Kelvin Ho i

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/22

Chinese Class

We do our form in a low stance to train gong. When we use it, we don’t go so low, because it is not agile enough.

Movements need to be big and long.

The kuas need to be just a bit higher than the knees. Read more

Yilu Class Notes – Master Chen Zhonghua Online Zoom Lesson Wed 21 Oct 2020 – Brian Chung i

by Brian Chung on 2020/10/22

In today’s class the following students received partial Yilu corrections.

Sergey Schepin
Chris Martinez
Felicia Fong
Josh Landau
Jack Scott

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by Shopmaster on 2020/10/22

Chen Zhonghua’s Online Lesson on Oct. 22, 2020. This is a session on Yilu corrections.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 67 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

Yilu Class Notes October 21, 2020 – Edward Liaw i

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/21

Language

Using Westernized vocabulary for taiji concepts.
No difference. Even if you don’t know any language. Some students found they learned more when turning off the sound. The language is an interference until the language is recalibrated. Same thing applies when teaching in Chinese.

Yilu Correction Master Chen’s Online Class 21st, Oct-Yuxin Liu i

by Yuxin Liu on 2020/10/21

Separation of Yin and Yang. Separate to 2 things. Yin and Yang is a relationship.
Three types to relationship:
1. Not related. A watermelon cut into two halves.
2. Positively related.
3. Negatively related. When the door is closed, it is part of the wall. When the door is open, it is separated but related. Read more

Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Oct. 21, 2020 – Kelvin Ho 1

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/21

High Pad on Horse

Rub the torso
Only rotate the two shoulders and two kuas

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by Shopmaster on 2020/10/21

Master Chen Zhonghua’s online lesson on Oct. 21, 2020. This is a lesson on Yilu corrections. At the beginning of the hour, there was some information on the theory of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. The general theory of Yin Yang separation.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 67 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

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Chen Zhonghua’s Private Lesson for Roy Croucher on Oct. 21, 2020. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 43 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

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by Shopmaster on 2020/10/21

Positive circle and beyond. Sound was captured by camera, not wireless mic. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 64 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

Re-Education of a Stubborn Old White Guy i

by Steve Doob on 2020/10/20

By the time I first met Master Chen at a Phoenix workshop in 2015, I had already studied martial arts for a long time, since 1963 to be precise. So, I had strong opinions about what was correct and what wasn’t. I thought (and still do) that tai chi is called a martial art for a reason. It’s not called a health, meditative or energy art. Martial means it can be used to kill, but at the same time the killing has to be done artfully. Just clubbing someone to death doesn’t qualify. Read more

Notes from Master Chen’s Foundations Class, 20 October 2020 — Raymond Dickey i

by Raymond Dickey on 2020/10/20

Master Chen Foundations Lesson Notes, 20 Oct 2020

Squeezing with the elbows

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Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Oct 20, 2020 – Kelvin Ho i

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/20

Chinese Class

Negative Circle

In-with-elbow, Zhuan Guan, Out-with-hand
We have get the proper ideal image in our mind, even though we can’t do it properly at this point.
We must be expressive in our movement during training, so the teacher/instructor can see your intent.

Rotation is when there is movement without displacement.
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Foundations Class Notes October 20, 2020 – Edward Liaw 1

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/20

Twisting towel

Must be clear with “in with elbow”. Appear to be going back and forth with the squeezing of the elbow.

Fetch water

Same thing, two squeezes on both elbows.

To grind

搓 cuō, to grind. Pole, rubbing on both sides like starting a fire.
Other way, stretching. You force the two elbows in to prevent the stretch from forcing them out. Can also say the rubbing of the elbows creates the rotation.
And the rotation of the rod separates the two hands.
For this practice, minimize the size of the stretch to emphasize the rubbing.

Foundation Class Notes – Master Chen Zhonghua Online Zoom Lesson Mon 19 Oct 2020 – Brian Chung i

by Brian Chung on 2020/10/20

In today’s class, the following students received Foundation corrections while the class had the benefit of watching.

Sven Gusowski – Fetch Water
Raymond Dickey – Six Sealing Four Closing
Tomasz Raganowicz – Six Sealing Four Closing
Fung Chern Hwei – Positive Circle

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Master Chen Zhonghua’s online lesson on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method on Oct. 20, 2020. Today’s lesson is on foundations. Master Chen Zhonghua corrected many students on typical errors while Kelvin Ho is leading the training.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 67 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

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Master Chen Zhonghu’s Private lesson for Roy Croucher on Oct. 20, 2020. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 56 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

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Master Chen Zhonghua’s Private Lesson for Anton Phipps on Oct. 20, 2020. This is the last (6) section of the Yilu.

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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 40 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

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Master Chen Zhonghua’s Private Lesson for Anton Phipps on Oct. 19, 2020. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 47 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

Foundations Class Notes October 19, 2020 – Edward Liaw i

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/19

Get one thing right

Figure out one thing and do it right. As an anchor point for further learning. Can’t say you are walking up stairs but never found the stairs.
Once you have the method, then you can repeat the same until the method exhausts you.

Master Chen Zhonghua’s Online Foundation Lesson Oct 19, 2020 – Yuxin Liu i

by Yuxin Liu on 2020/10/19

Find one point does not move to create the stretch.
In learning we have to find one thing as an anchor point. Repeat and exhaust yourself until you can move to the next anchor point. Read more

Master Chen Foundations Lesson Notes, 19 October 2020 — Raymond Dickey i

by Raymond Dickey on 2020/10/19

Remember to lock one body part to do stretching. Find one thing and do it right. Once you have the method, you can repeat it until it exhausts you. Read more

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Chen Zhonghua’s Online Lesson on Practical Method on Oct. 19, 2020. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 66 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy

Power Conversion 7

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/18

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by Shopmaster on 2020/10/18

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Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 19 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At: Toronto and Iowa

5th Juxian Practical Method Seminar Photo 2020.10.17-18 i

by Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy on 2020/10/18

莒县实用拳法讲座20201016-2 5th Juxian Practical Method Seminar from Oct. 17th to 18th, 2020.

Instructor: Chen Xu.
Wang Kai, Qiu Yingdong. Read more

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by Shopmaster on 2020/10/16

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Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At: Toronto and Iowa

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A simple drill to train “In with Elbow”. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆

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A few simple “in with elbow” applications. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆

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Please note: The video was recorded without external microphone. The sound was from normal camera sound capture. It is audible. This is Master Chen Zhonghua’s correction for Anton Phipps for section four of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu.

At the end of the correction, Master taught a method/concept of how to create a line with elbow/shoulder, and knee/kua. This is a fundamental aspect of the way Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method uses the body.

Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 50 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆

Notes from Master Chen online forms class 15 October 2020 – Paul Carlson i

by Paul Carlson on 2020/10/15

The subject of the lesson was corrections of yilu. Four students performed parts of yilu and received corrections.
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Notes from Master Chen online forms class 14 October 2020 – Paul Carlson i

by Paul Carlson on 2020/10/15

The subject of the lesson was corrections of yilu. Seven students performed parts of yilu and received corrections.
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Master Chen Zhonghua Online Lesson on Oct. 15, 2020 – Kelvin Ho 2

by Kelvin Ho on 2020/10/15

Chinese Class

Our movements must have a horizontal one and a vertical one intersecting/interacting at the same time.

Three parallel planes

Top plane at the shoulder (including extending the arms)
Middle plane at the waist
Bottom plane at the knees

The integrity of each plane must be maintained. There is a vertical rod that goes through the middle to connect all three planes to fix them in a particular way, but yet they are free to move any other way. Each plane is like a trampoline. This is how we convert opponent’s incoming kinetic energy into potential energy stored in the trampoline, and eventually back to kinetic energy aimed at the opponent. You can also lock any of the planes, and move a different one to create a vertical stretch. With these 3 planes, you can create a lot of variations and configurations.
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Yilu Class Notes October 15, 2020 – Edward Liaw 2

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/15

Gerry

Cloud hands

Need to rotate torso to give the appearance of the hands moving.

Getting stuck

Issue is that you were able to “do” things since the beginning. Able to mix instructions with something you were already able to do.
Need to be stuck unable to do it, so that it forces you to do something totally new. Never went through a time where you couldn’t do it. If there is no difficulty why would there be change?

Yilu Class Notes October 14, 2020 – Edward Liaw i

by Edward Liaw on 2020/10/15

Knowing

Daoist idea, Humans made correctly but the abilities we have deter us from learning.
Gained the ability to make things up in our heads.
Everything Master Chen learned are afterthoughts / accidental.
Don’t know when you get it, and when you think you get it, you don’t.
A dog is just what it is, but we make up this view of what they should look like.
Whatever it is, you don’t know it. And whatever you know it isn’t what it is.

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This is the section 3 of the Yilu corrections for Anton Phipps by Master Chen Zhonghua.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆

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This is the last section (section 6) of the Yilu corrections for Roy Croucher by Master Chen Zhonghua.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 42 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy 埃德蒙顿陈中华太极馆

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