Presenter: Brennan & Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
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Personal Review of the Chen Taiji Practical Method Workshop in Phoenix AZ (20-21 January 2018) Part II 3
Author: James M. Riviera Read more
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
over the turn of the year, we found new rooms for our friday evening training, and we are contineously exercising ourselves in free and half free push hands sessions each fortnight on monday evenings!
People drop in regularly to get an idea of what the practical method is about, which motivates both me and the Berlin team (Carlotta, Kerstin and Lutz) to keep up the work and spread news about the system. Also, people from other european countries come by from time to time, and we hope we can assist.
Here’s some photos of this years training so far… Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
I attended Master Chen’s 2017 Sydney workshop for both days and Master Chen said in the 1st day that attendee can get the workshop video. I wrote an email to the workshop organizer last week but no reply. Does the Admin know how to get the video? Cheers!
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
During Phoenix Practical Method workshop on January 21, 2018, Master Chen Zhonghua accepted Winston Wang and Benjamin Benefiel as his indoor disciples. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5 At:Iowa
Master Chen’s comments:
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
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Master Chen’s SEA Tour 2017 was an informative and well attended event. This annual event was organized by Disciple Nicholas Fung (馮嘉傑) from the Hong Kong Practical Methods. Participants from the region and Canada attended three nights of intensive training on the theory and applications of the Practical Method of Chen Style Taijiquan. The lucky few also had private one-on-one training with Master Chen. A special thanks to guest instructors Pang Zhao Li (庞朝立; Rizhao City, Shandong Province; 山东省日照市) and Brenon Toh (Canada) for helping out during the seminar. The following is some of my notes and impressions of the seminar. |
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
15 years back…
In 2003 I moved to Berlin and started practising Taijiquan when meeting Veit Voigt who taught Wu Style Taijiquan, which he learned from Master Ma Jiangbao. In 2005 I changed to Chen Style Taijiquan, as I had been introduced to Juergen Herkt, who taught the ‘Lao Jia Yi Lu’ by Master Chen Xiaowang. Juergen Herkt died in 2009. Then, I was by myself for one year without someone guiding my training.
In 2010 my attention was brought to Michael Winkler. At that time he was just about to change his training entirely to Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method as taught by Master Chen Zhonghua. Throughout the years, Michael Winkler had been able to host Master Chen Zhonghua in Berlin once a year for workshops and private trainings which I joined, and I also took part in a summer camp in Italy with Master Chen Zhonghua in 2012.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Daqingshan 2017 Year-End Party Group Photo
Daqingshan 2017 Year-end Hunyuan and Practical Method Celebration was held on Daqingshan on Jan. 6, 2018. It was organized by Han Rui. Over 50 people participated at the event.
There were demonstrations of Hunyuan 24, Practical Method Yilu, Cannon Fist and Hunyuan Sword form.
There were also entertainments. The party ended with a dinner.
Form Performances 15668
Practical Method Group Form 15673 Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2017 Difficulty:1/5
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2018 Hunyuan Taiji Day and 3rd Daqingshan Annual Year-End Push Hands Competition is held at the Rizhao Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy on Dec. 31, 2017
2018 Hunyuan Taiji Day and 3rd Daqingshan Annual Year-End Push Hands Competition is held at the Rizhao Chen Zhonghua Taiji Academy on Dec. 31, 2017.
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- Coordination never occurs until there is something independent.
- Moving Step Positive Circle. The middle is independent. It cannot get involved.
- A move must be clear, don’t drag anything into it.
- Example of a mechanical typewriter – two keys cannot jam together.
- Example of a deer. Feet move, the body does not.
- Moving Step Exercises. (1) Positive Circle. (2) Grand Red Fist (Da Hong Quan) (3) Single Leg Grand Red Fist (Da Hong Quan)
- Shift Space. Master Chen demonstrated this on me. He covered four squares.
- To Issue. When you are issuing power, your opponent must bounce out on his own.
- Three Coin demonstration. Line up three coins on a table. (1) Rear Foot (2) You (3) Opponent. #2 does not move. When #1 hits #2, #3 is bounced out.
- Not moving water (Bu Liu Shui).
- All movements must be stable. Then add layers.
- Form Individual Move Exercises (1) Whip Wrapping Around the Body. (2) Jade Girl Works at Shuttles (3) Wild Horse Parts Its Mane
- There is no right or wrong. There is only the Dao.
- Just observe what’s going on and go with it.
- Only ideas are left, physical things we don’t care. (Chinese vs Western culture)
- The art must be at the centre. We are just a small part of it. When you place yourself at the centre, you will make changes.
- Always ask yourself: What was it that I was taught the first day?
- The teacher’s job is to sequence things.
- It has to be his doing, otherwise it’s not Taiji.
- If your method is the same, you can mirror.
- Analogy of a locked door (two rods) / open door (one rod).
- The one you don’t know what happened, that’s the right one.
- It cannot move. If it moves it cannot connect.
- Train your body to outmanoeuvre them, not pick on their vulnerability.
- When it rotates, time does not exist. Weight does not exist. Power does not exist.
- Master Chen said your form is not bad. You just need to fight a lot. Otherwise the form is just imagination.
