Nathan Heintz was accepted as Master Chen Zhonghua’s disciple on July 28, 2018 at the North American Practical Method Training Camp in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The discipleship ceremony also welcomed Spencer Jones and Edward Liaw as disciples. Read more
The three basic vertical stretches: Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
爱荷华 Iowa180727 – Patty Harantty
*** Square brackets [ ] are used to show my own attempt to add clarity, and not necessarily the words of Master Chen
P1:
Beyond the contact point you have to stretch forward
Behind the contact point you have to stretch back
Threading…like coaxial cable…pulling dough to stretch it thin
Produce a dot
Everything behind has to line up with front finger (which is pointing at the target) and makes it’s way to the rear foot…you need every body part to complete the job Read more
What brings 40 people and 16 disciples to the little city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa? For over a dozen years, Master Chen Zhonghua has been visiting the American Midwest to teach Practical Method and introduce people to Chen Style Taijiquan. Students visited from New York, Texas, Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado, Arkansas, Ohio, California, and Canada to train and learn. Read more
We are collecting people’s impressions of Master Chen’s ability in the format of a short and concise description. Is there anything that shocks you when you met him for the first time? Please add your own impression as a comment below. The following are a few examples:
Wall – Kelvin Ho
Spear that pokes at you – Kelvin Ho
Body is different from a normal person – Kelvin Ho
Able to move individual body part – Kelvin Ho Read more
The body must separate into two. For example in the opening move, part of the body faces forward and part of it rotates 45 degrees
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
I’m extremely pleased at what I’ve taken away from the camp. I have a lot to work on between now and the next Master Chen Zhonghua workshop, for instance:
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Pretend to fight to find the end points. Once locked, move-in the middle point.
(Alignment) Rear fingers look for the front elbow. The rear kua looks for the rear elbow.
My name is Vincent den Hengst. I am from the Netherlands, Utrecht, where I started practicing Hunyuan taiji under James Fletcher in 2007. From the beginning, I kept exercising daily. In 2013 I stepped over to Practical Method. In 2014 and 2015 I went to Daqinshan for two months in total and observed several workshops since 2013. I regard Practical Method taiji as taught by Grandmaster Chen as the highest possible region of martial art, so I feel lucky and happy I finalized my life’s queeste to find the one martial art.
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Todd Elihu
I am Todd Elihu, 20th generation disciple of Chen Style Taijiquan under Master Chen Zhonghua. I am very happy to be here at the 2018 North American Practical Method Training Camp and to have the opportunity to learn from Master Chen, as well as practice and exchange with my disciple-brothers who are present and the other participants of the camp this year. I am very grateful to my brothers Levi Sowers and John Upshaw for organizing these camps and all the hard work that they have put into making such a special event. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Here’s a story on my experience. Email me if you’d like a chat.
My blog post. Comment, like, share then give me feed back.
https://medium.com/@gawainsiu/one-easy-step-to-thrive-within-the-survive-9a6e90ebc005
What’s the best part of my day?
Being with my little girl and her classmates at an all day excursion to Whiteman Park. Kangaroos, native australian birds, bush land, native trees and plants, wild flowers, bugs, big orange ants that bite, native bees (I was stung on my neck), spiders (a couple of kids were bitten), snakes (lucky nobody met one in person)…….the list goes on and on.
What’s the worst part of my day?
Being powerless to her help when she was bitten and scratched by bugs and then when her eyes were swollen and itchy from the pollen on the air (it’s spring).
What have I learnt about myself?
That I love detail.
In my practice, detail is very important. I might even go as far as saying critical.
Imagine walking through a forest without a map or having any idea where you want to go. Lost right?
Well practicing my Yilu is exactly the same. Without the detail of principles, theories and methods I can pretty much do anything.
It’s just like as if I was to drive off in my car without a map or destination in mind. Just meandering around, burning fuel.
Detail such as:
Don’t move
In with elbow no hand, out with hand no elbow
Rotate
Fix the point
Keep the centre
Yin Yang separation (splitting)
Eat bitter
and many many more.
My current personal challenge is to test the theory of 10,000.
My master, Chen Zhonghua said to me that my body will change after 10,000 Yilus. Apart from stipulating 20 Yilus daily, he didn’t recommend whether I would benefit from this theory if I was to spread out my practice over 10 years or whether it had to be done consecutively.
So I made it mean consecutively.
It takes me approximately 1 hour to complete 10 Yilus.
I’m in week 37, so after completing this week I’ll have 6300 Yilus to complete.
So what’s your journey?
Can you apply the rule of 10,000 to your craft or discipline?
Reach out and let me know.
On target, 20 Yilus today.
Thanks for sharing.
Talk to me on: gawain.siu@gingmo.com.au
Checkout other blog posts on my Medium: https://medium.com/@gawainsiu
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5 At:Hongkong17-3-4-trailer.mp4
Observe Brennan leg movement in this video, an important part of form practice is to train the bottom half.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 18 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5 At:Hongkong17-1-2-trailer.mp4
On a Tuesday morning in Shanghai, I woke up only expecting to learn and practice some basic Tai Chi, so I went to EF Headquarter not knowing the marvels after the lesson. This was my second time taking Tai Chi at EF Wellness Center where the master is Nicholas who is the 70th Indoor Disciple of Master Chen Zhonghua.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Hereby some collected Practical Method logos from schools all over the world. If you have one logo and you don’t find it in this rough collection, got a better version or otherwise, please post it in the comments section or send it to me via wechat or by email vincent.denhengst@gmail.com and I will repost it later on. This collection is gathered in order to research the possibility of an international standard logo, as instigated by some elder taiji brothers of mine in the English Wechat group.
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Note at 0:42 how Master Chen do the 47. Part the Wild Horse’s Mane on Both Sides (Yie Ma Fen Zong) move
Please Comment on what you see and how we should apply it in Yilu practice
http://practicalmethod.com/2016/05/phil-c-private-lesson-online-video-trailer/
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
You can also see a few pictures here.
In Chen style Taijiquan Practical Method the power is delivered to the opponent through the principle of non-movement. As “Don’t move” is one of the fundamental instructions in the system in order to separate the completion of a form in layers of a circle, the body has to be trained in the same way, meaning with set restrictions.
In the following video Master Chen is demonstrating the method of training the yin-yang reversal in the body, in order for the power to be directed to the hand without being caught in the inside of the body.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Richard Johnson is now teaching in the Decatur-Huntsville area in Alabama. For more information, you may reach him at
Decatur-Huntsville, AL – Chen Taijiquan Academy – Classes and private instruction by appointment only
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
