Block Touching the Coat (Lan Ca Yi)
6 moves
Wrist cross (Like X) right hand on top of left, fingers pointing downwards.
Lower right elbow open
right hand positive circle, left hand close to left hip.
Shift weight on left foot, right arm positive circle and left negative right, leg stretch to horse stance (all same time) landing on heel
Rest the right feet
Stretch right arm positive circle
Six Sealing and Four Closing (Liu Feng Si Bi)
6 moves
Right hand positive circle twice (move 1, 2 and 3)
4 – Bring left hand middle of the right arm, both hands at the front of torso, left arm elbow touching left ribcage.
5- Pull left leg to rest toes near right leg – same direction and right feet
6- Rest both palms face down – fingers stretched – elbows slightly bend and tucked in
Single Whip (Dan Bian)
7 moves
1, 2, 3 twisting towel
4- Right hand thumb touches middle finger (making a circle) – right foot toes turns inside
5- left legs opens with heel horse stance
6- Rest the toes of left leg
7- Left hand positive circle
Adjust posture so elbows and knees are slightly bend and hands are stretched (Like T). Drop shoulders “resting” wrists stretched. Keep the right hand thumb touching middle finger (circle).
Turn Left and Buddha’s Warrior Attendant Pounds Mortar (Zuo Zhuan Shen Dao Dui)
6 moves
1- Left hand negative circle – right positive circle same time – both elbow in the middle of torso close to the body. Right fingers still holding the “circle”
2- Left opens negative circle stretched right hand near left elbow.
3- Standing Buddha’s Warrior– stretch arms, keep wrists straight and open the chest by stretching , tummy tucked in, left shoulder backwards
4- Open left feet from heel to left
5- Turn left while dragging right leg and resting on the toes of right foot (same as last moves of golden warrior – Pull right leg in front of you together with right arm resting on toes / elbow in – raise leg – knee should touch the elbow. Rest of the body shouldn’t move.
6- Last move of golden warrior except rather than fist in palm, left hand palm open rests on left hand (fist posture) (Legs same as starting position, elbows touching body.)
White Crane Spreads its Wings (Bai He Liang Chi)
4 moves
1- Hands cross X fingers down and stretched
2- Stretch your arms forward while right leg with toes only stretch backward, slightly right side, knee straight. Curve and lower the back.
3- Land the heel of the right foot – put your weight on right leg and lock your right side
4- Pull your left leg and land on your toes, while hands in positive circle stance. Left hand palm above left knee
Just recently we had the honor to serve as a story in one magazine in China “Women of China”. They have a print version beside their online platform at www.womenofchina.com.cn.
Here the two pages, thanks to Sarah Wang for the allowance to publish it.
At this point I also want to remind on our living project on the mountain. We still need some people who might be interested. Within the next season there are some candidates among our full-time students already. We are looking forward. All related information can be found … here
So here the article:
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Like one drink sets an alcoholic back after 50 years of abstaining – so it is if we add a move (like move the hand)
Bigger from the kua
If you need to move the knee, fix the hip. If you need to move the hip, fix the knee.
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Hello everybody,
I have a question about the shoulders or more specific the shoulder blades in these exercises.
Fetch water:
When you practice fetch water, does the (front) shoulder blade rotate/move up or down (the back)? As for the other shoulder, does it Always do the reverse?
My experience is that it rotates up and “over the shoulder”
Positive circle:
In the first part, rotates the (front) blade up or down and what about the second part?
My experience is that the blade in the first part rotates up “and over” the shoulder and in de second part it drops/rotates down the back.
Negetive circle:
idem, I can imagine it is the same as the positive circle.
Futher I feel a very distinctive flip when you transfer from the first part of the circle to the second part of the circle. I can remember master Chen talking about it in some videos.
Greetings,
Richard
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
This week it’s been 2 years, since my magical journey in Practical Method Taiji started on Daqingshan Mountain.
Weather has already gotten warmer here in Greece, so last night I went on the balcony to do some Yilus. There is something special in practicing Yilu under the stars! A light breeze from the north, made the stars to shine bright in the dark night. As soon as I started doing the Yilu, immediately my first thought went to Daqingshan!
Having spent almost 7 moths on the mountain, we passed many nights under the sky, since we had almost every night training sessions at 20:00, which included mostly Yilus, foundations, push-hands from time to time and various events, mostly in the summer. Read more
Intermediate Correction and Lessons for positive circle, twist towel, fetch water, double negative
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5
Two ends fixed, move the middle
Last week Kelvin Ho review turning flower out at bottom of sea. he posted a video and the following points
1) Maintain a non-moving vertical rod from head to left heel throughout the action.
2) Hold the right forearm in front of the chest with a fist, while the left fist is on the side of the body.
3) Throw the right fist down to the right side as hard as possible with a raising right knee to create a scissoring effect, while throwing the left fist up to the left ear.
4) There should be no tossing or turning of the body, but there is a spiral stretch along the vertical rod Read more
Practical Method Meetup in Vienna, Europe
17th – 19th February 2017
What a cool experience! On 17th of February 2017 we had the first PM Meetup in Europe. A meetup which was dedicated to meet other groups practicing our art. It was no workshop in that sense, but we were lucky, that Rick Pietila, a disciple of Master Chen was still in Vienna at that time and was leading most of the training. He prepared a training schedule which build up over the course of the meetup. Everybody was exhausted afterwards, but happy to meet other peers and to have learned so much from Rick.
We worked on a few different moves in the form today. The first 3 moves required standing on one leg.
Yilu move detail, 5 Elements / Dimension Power, Adherence, Indirect Power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Dinner at Mike’s (Disciple #3) in Abbotsford with Zhang YanPing who moved to Abbotsford from Jinan.
Three new student attended, so Master Chen went over foundation and application of Yilu first move.
Fetch water application is getting in for a strike with shoulder, that’s the purpose of moving the arm down.
After many corrections, I am starting to understand that power should not come from the shoulder, but treat shoulder as a pivot
Encircle opponent and apply 90 degree, Yilu practice lesson.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
1) Maintain a non-moving vertical rod from head to left heel throughout the action.
2) Hold the right forearm in front of the chest with a fist, while the left fist is on the side of the body.
3) Throw the right fist down to the right side as hard as possible with a raising right knee to create a scissoring effect, while throwing the left fist up to the left ear.
4) There should be no tossing or turning of the body, but there is a spiral stretch along the vertical rod.
Application, Joint Positioning, Shoulder and Kua relation in torso.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Master Chen’s disciple Ping Wei will again teach Practical Method foundations and Yilu on March 26 (Sunday, 9:30am-1pm and 2-5pm) in Irvine, California. For location and other details, please contact Al Yu at 949-331-2735, or email: mralyu@yahoo.com.
Another year, another step up to see the grand vista of Tai chi. I was able to once again participate in Master Joseph Chen Zhonghua workshop organized by Nicholas Feng, K.T. Lin, Hong Kong Chen Style Taiji Practical Method (香港陳式太極實用拳法).
On a mild holiday weekend, more than thirty participants from Hong Kong, the Mainland, Canada and India gathered to train with Master Chen. A special thanks to Ling Zili who came from Daqinshan to help with the workshop. For two days, Master Chen started with the foundations, then continued with moving, the first thirteen moves of Yilu and occasional bouts of applications training. Master Chen clearly explain how each type of training is directly related to theory of Chen Taijiquan.
Fetch water – the opposite vectors are at the front kua. Six sealing four closing/seven inch knife – separates at the shoulder.
Theory on how power is created and used. Shun Ni. System of Three
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8+12 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
3 Videos with Theory, Student Practice and Correction on Twist Towel, Fetch Water, Six Sealing Four Closing
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 28 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Yesterday I could attend the class of Nicholas Fung, situated in the middle of Hong Kong. We have been five students and trained for two hours, which passed by surprisingly quickly.
1) Content
– First we did fetch water with yoga blocks. We did fifty each side, break and another fifty.
– Then we focused on elbow in and used rubber cords for the feedback. We did again fifty each side, break and another fifty.
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Push hand principle of getting in without conflict
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
