Master Chen had Kelvin Ho restate the content from yesterday’s instructions. The hand and shoulder are on the same line or track. The shoulder is fixed. The elbow goes up into that line, which pushes the hand out. The elbow is the lead.
Chinese Class
Buddha’s Warriot Attendant Pound Mortar
- How to lift the right leg? It has to stretch out and then come back.
- Many people would make the buttock protrude when lifting the leg.
Block Touching Coat
- The horizontal move (5th count) in Block Touching Coat is not actually a horizontal move.
- Lock right kua, move left kua, and then lock left kua, move right kua
I remember reading this story in Italian a few years ago. I found this translation on Internet; hope you enjoy it! Read more
Exercise: From Six sealing and four closing position
- Lock the two ends: Hand and Shoulder on the same line. Move the middle: Elbow
- The elbow is placed down. It has to move upward towards the hand-shoulder line
- Elbow and kua move upwards
- Intention is how you lead the action
Master Chen Zhonghua’s online lesson on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method on Nov. 3, 2020.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 61 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy
Master Chen Zhonghua’s private lesson for Roy Croucher. In this lesson master Chen Zhonghua continues to give Roy detailed instructions and corrections on the Cannon Fist form. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 53 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5
In today’s lesson there were 47 class participants.
Main Exercise
We did a very basic move from Six Sealings four Closings: The out with hand Part:
Preset: Shoulder and Hand lock (better: being locked by partner or other outside restraints)
Action: Elbow moves into the Line of Shoulder — Hand (lead by the other hand pushing the elbow)
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We are focusing on a simple movement from Six Sealing Four Closing.
- Push the elbow up towards the shoulder and hand line.
- The elbow is the one that drives out the hand.
- Don’t move the hand itself. Read more
Master Chen Foundations Class 2 November 2020
If the hand cannot move, the body must move vertically
Hand cannot move, head cannot move, feet cannot move – only the inside can move
‘Elbow is left behind’ – elbow must lead, kua must lead
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Recorded at around 13,500 Yilus.
Chen Zhonghua’s online class on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. This class he taught how to open the elbow by pushing it to the hand/shoulder line. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 65 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5
Hello, live in Phoenix, I’ve been studying with Ping Wei for not quite two years. Looking forward to many more years of practice.
Hi all,
Here is my first recorded Yilu-First 13, with a little help from my dog, Calli.
I have been studying Practical Method in Phoenix for three years with Ping Wei.
Until this week, I never tried recording myself, but boy am I glad I did! It is such a helpful tool. .
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5
Selina Huang started studying Practical Method on July 5, 2020.
Zhuang Ying started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
Peng Li started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
Liu Yaokun started studying Practical Method on Feb. 2, 2020.
Bernard Lesawich started studying Practical Method on July 5, 2020.
Highlighted comment
George Chen 11 hours ago on Youtube Practicalmethod channel.
Hi Sifu Chen, I really enjoy your videos. I know that different teachers have different emphases and skills, and that some skills are more “practical” in the sense that they don’t require setup or cooperation of the other person in a live situation. That said, there are 2 or 3 online taiji teachers (e,g, Liang DeHua and Adam Meisner) who use “na” energy extensively to capture the partner’s body and push him out. Do you also teach this skill, and if not, why not? Thank you for considering my question. Read more
Presenter: Kelvin Ho Length: 52 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5
John Upshaw and I met because of Practical Method. He lives in Iowa, USA, and I live in Toronto, Canada. We started to get to know each other through Facebook posts and chats. We first met in person in New Jersey Camp in June 2012. Despite living far apart, we started to train together in early morning on weekends using video conferencing, such as Google Hangout and Skype. We learned straight sword, erlu, and recently broadsword together. Last night, I stumbled some upon notes I made back in 2013/2014 for the online practice sessions. Upon reviewing the notes, what we have been practicing remains the same over the years. To name a few, the instructions include:
- Out with hand
- In with elbow
- Don’t move, lock, fix something, such as the hand, the knee.
- Stretch
- Go over
- Open the kua
We improve over time in terms of detail and quality of the movements, but we will never be perfect. and the training just keeps going. Such notes allowed me to re-live some of the wonderful memories, and thanks to shifu to keep reminding us to make notes.
When I first heard about the online class meetings with Shifu I was excited because with Covid-19 it felt like we had lost touch, or at least the ability to get to him. Even still, at the back of my mind I had some reservation about how effective these “zoom meetings” would be? After all Shifu teaches us by touch so how was that going to work online! True, there would be the enjoyable stories – but still the workshops packed in so much…. Read more
Hi, on Tues 27 Oct 7:30AM Foundation class, Master Chen shared that when he studied with Grandmaster Feng (I am assuming its Xin Yi Hun Yuan Taiji Quan) he mentioned Grandmaster Feng’s style of instruction was to walk around and execute a single movement (randomly) and not in a continuous manner. Master Chen went on to explain that the continuous execution of Taiji styles has diluted the original essence of each individual movement as the practitioner transits between each movement. While performing it may look impressive, but these transitions between movements don’t help in mastering the power of each individual movement.
All the videos I’ve seen of Master Feng (and his daughters) executing Hunyuan are in continuous mode, so it was refreshing to hear from Master Chen about this perspective. I sincerely hope that Master Chen could share more of his learning experience from Master Feng (and Master Chen Fa Ke as well) so that we can appreciate the differences.
Chinese Class
Separation of Yin and Yang
- 先合后开 xian he hou kai – Together at first, separate later.
- How it separates, the rate it separates can be regulated later.
- e.g. Six Sealing Four Closing, Punch covering hand Read more
Master Chen Zhhonghua’s online lesson on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method on Oct. 29th, 2020.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
Roy Croucher Private Cannon Fist 20201029. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 54 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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Master Chen Zhonghua’s private lesson for Anton Phipps on Cannon Fist. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 28 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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First only open the hands without any other movements. Then push the shoulders to open/propel the arms. Read more
Going Over – We focus on this concept in several moves today.
Flash the back
- After elbow-in, we use the kua to cause the elbow to go over, so that we can grab the opponent’s wrist on the other side.
- The other elbow moves in this move also requires going over to break the opponent’s arm at the elbow.
- Before turning backwards, we just lock the left hand, and bring the right foot over to the other side. Read more
Recorded Oct 28, 2020 in Panama. Started PM mid Sept 2020
Chen Zhonghua’s private lesson for Anton Phipps. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 44 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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Chen Zhonghua’s online lesson on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method on Oct. 28, 2020. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 62 min. In: English Year: 2020 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton Chen Zhonghua Academy
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