Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
This day in history.
The 4th Poland Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Workshop was held from May 28-30, 2018 in Gdynia. It was hosted by Tomek Raganowicz of Poland. Pawel Muller of Austria came to assist me in video-taping, etc. The workshop was attended by 21 people from Poland, Austria, Germany, and Lithuania. Read more
Tomek, Pawel, Marila, Kurstin and myself took the afternoon off to visit Gdansk again. This is our annual hike in Poland. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
James Strider on Daqinshan Mountain, Shandong Province, China – May 2018
My name is James Strider and since meeting Master Chen in Holland way back in 2006 I have been pretty much obsessed with the Practical Method. Having started my journey with Chinese Martial Arts, in this case classical WuShu, in 1987 at the age of 14, I was envious of the few students who could go with our Sifu back then to China for up to 3 months at a time to study. They would return with colourful stories (mostly about the lack of toilet paper and milk!) and I would see their skills increase significantly each time. It was then that I promised myself that I would one day make it to China and stay for at least 3 months. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
During push hands practice, Master Chen Zhonghua often says, “Get out of the way”. The result is that the opponent falls right into a hole (to the ground). I had a recent understanding of this phrase. Whose way that I need to get out of? It’s opponent’s path to the ground, and I am right in the middle blocking it. In theory, if I can remove myself from that path, the opponent will happily (or not so happily) reach his/her destination (the ground).
In more practical terms, I need to lure the opponent into using me for support without him realizing it, I then put a lid above/behind him. Without losing the lid, I get out of the way to remove my support for him. With no further pushing, he will fall right into where my support was originally. A differential is created at that time. A related article on differential: Opening the trap door from below.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2018 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Importance of Head in Taijiquan
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
The richness of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method struck me in 2013 when I had my first encounter with Master Chen and his explanations. There is so much to learn for me. Master Chen told on several occasions, that if you think you know how to do practical method, you can stop to practice, cause you stop learning. There is always something that you don’t know, you can do better, you can improve, that takes time, that someone else knows or knows better … and so on.
At first, I was a bit disappointed. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
