Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
The Kua (front kua) must be open (stretch out so that there is less an indentation) in order for the body to have proper balance. An indented kua will make it difficult to maintain balance.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 74 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
1) 东风衔日 The east peak swallows the sun 2) 仙人指路 The immortal points the way 3) 叶底藏花 The flower hides under the leaves 4) 魁星式 Kuixing pose 5) 哪吒探海 Necha reaches out to the sea
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
The most theoretical scenario for taiji is emptiness, void of anything, for example the space between you on the 33rd floor and the ground. The most deadly scenario for taiji is to impale at the end of the emptiness.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Height is proportional with the stance (distance between the two feet). When the feet are close to each other, you are standing high. When your feet are far apart, you are in a low stance. Any other methods will make you lose proper posture.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2002 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Indirect Power is only next to Yin Yang separation in Practical Method. Master Chen Zhonghua demonstrated a few examples of indirect power in this 2002 Ottawa video clip.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Taiji is about curvatures and straight lines. A curvature refers to rotational moves that can create power. A straight line is the power produced and to be delivered to the opponents. All these are very vague to understand, let alone doing it. Master Chen Zhonghua uses a rack and pinion set to explain this phenomenon.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Rubbing (Cuo,搓）involves two body parts and they must rotate against each other in opposite directions. So essentially rubbing is like a set of gears. Theoretically we use gears as templates. In physical training we use words like rubbing, twisting, grinding and rotating.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 70 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
This class covers the following:
1) Cannon Fist Corrections for some students 2) Review of the Large Six Sealing Four Closing foundation exercise 3) Train the Small Six Sealing Four Closing - Idea of two cylinders (gears) - Kua initiates the rotation, shoulder and elbow coordinate - Front hand stays on the track and it is squeezed out
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
The hand must be fixed on the target and will never move off. The rest of the body must make their way via curvatures to aim at the hand. The elbow is the first to do so. If you know how to deliver power from the elbow to your hand, you can do the rest. Master Chen Zhonghua shows how to do this.
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 63 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Toronto, Canada
We discussed about Large Six Sealing Four Closing today.
1) Line up the front hand with the rear shoulder. This is our non-moving track of our action. 2) Start with the elbow placed horizontally. 3) Bring the front elbow into the track horizontally. 4) Bring the front shoulder into the track without popping. 5) The front hand must stay on the track. 6) Put a wall in front of the front hand, and a wall behind the rear shoulder. These walls square up with each other. The rear wall absolutely does not move. 7) By bringing in the front elbow, the wall in front of the hand is squeezed out. The wall represents some amount of resistence for the front hand, so the front hand can't move freely by itself. 8) When the hand meets the resistence head on, we rotate the elbow slightly to go over, then we continue with the linear motion. We repeat this process many times over to get the front hand travel along the track. 9) After the hand can't go any further out along the track, we reset to the starting position and repeat the exercise.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
First you have to have a true rotation. Why are we saying this? Because the human body is not designed to rotate. So you cannot assume you can rotate. We also need to know that while you rotate, you must step forward to gain advantage over your opponent. This simple exercise that Master Chen Zhonghua shows will give you that bit of special power.
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Three iron hat. Head(fixed), shoulder/waist/kua(can be flexible), knee. Make sure the power is not leaked out. Big inside moves, outside is locked, so the power is contained, compressed and trapped, and it goes back to the floor. Move with pressure is the training.
Kua and elbow. When the kua is indented/short, we tend to overdo the elbow(too straight). The buttock should be hidden under by filling the kua. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Cut-Hand is part of the Cannon Fist form. It is an application designed to break the opponent's arm. How does it work? What do you use to do the cutting?
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English Year: 2021 Location: Edmonton, Canada
A major characteristic of the Hong Junsheng Practical Method system of Chen Style Taijiquan is its concave circles. Other styles of taiji mainly utilize convex circles. Another trailer of concave circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwXPmj0N6LU
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