We are pleased to have Master Chen Zhonghua back for another training camp. Again, the taijiquan training, lodging and dining will be at one location with one cost at the same location as last year. This will be an intensive workshop focused on foundations, drills, form, push hands and applications. Disciples will take part in some of the instructions. Other areas of instruction may include Chen Style Jian and Cannon Fist (Erlu).
There are 32 accommodations on-site and 2 single occupancy cottages. If those slots should fill up, we will list hotels near the retreat center and allow those individuals to participate just the same as the other participants.
July 25th 2018 through July 31st 2018
Price:
4 nights 3 days is $550,
5 nights 4 days $700
6 nights 5 days $800
4pm check in and check out is following your last day breakfast.
Prairiewoods Retreat And Conference Hiawatha, Iowa
For more information please contact:
John Upshaw johnnyupshaw@yahoo.com
Levi Sowers lpsowers@gmail.com
My family was visiting Ottawa for the weekend of Oct 21-22, 2017. James Tam, Ming Tam and I got together to train early on Sunday morning. It was a great training session, and we worked on the following:
1) Stretching and how to progressively connect the hand to the rear foot
2) Half horse stance: how to fill the front kua, how to do one knee up and one knee down
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
In the late afternoon of the first day of my first workshop with Master Chen, a wave of remorse and sadness swelled up in me, seemingly out of nowhere. Earlier in the day, two other workshop participants talked to me about decisions they were faced with that reminded me of a difficult period in my life, but there were no other obvious reasons why these emotions would well up.
I was not exerting myself in that moment, most of us were standing in a circle watching Master Chen demonstrate something on one of the other participants. The feelings were intense, but not overwhelming. I continued to pay attention, participate, and enjoy the workshop. There was also a degree of detachment from the feelings, a sense that they were somehow taiji-related and would pass. The feelings moved from foreground to background after a few minutes, but became strong again after the workshop had ended for the day and I was on the subway alone.
They faded for good the next morning after a restful sleep. I have since been told that Master Chen recommends being unmoved by feelings that occur during training or that take us away from training. I feel I did a reasonably good job of this at the time. I find it encouraging that training remained my priority in the midst of a potentially powerful distraction.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Here are some of my notes from this morning’s training on Daqingshan where Master Chen went over the two different types of movements in push hands:
- An opponent can make “local” or “global” moves against you. Local moves involve only part of the body. Global moves involve the whole body.
- We must learn to match an opponent’s local move with a global move, and vice versa.
- In Practical Method, local and global moves are as follows:
– Local = “rotations” occurring in the upper body
– Global = “revolution” generated through stepping - No matter how large a movement is, if it doesn’t involve stepping, it is still a local move.
Hope these notes make sense without seeing what he was talking about. Happy training!
Gavin
(Australian on the Mountain)
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
This morning at training on the small square of Daqingshan, Master Chen had us all write down the following points to remember for push hands and when making contact with an opponent:
- Hand must be fixed on opponent
- Elbow must go down and horizontal (towards dantian).
- Elbow cannot be lined up with hand. (Master Chen had to elaborate a little more on this one: “The elbow cannot push towards the hand. It moves inward towards dantian but the force generated lines up with the hand”).
- Shoulder must go straight down
- Front foot steps in, rear foot follows
If there was any more elaboration on these points, I missed it unfortunately, due to my lacking Chinese language skills, but I hope these points can help you in your training!
Gavin
(Australian on the mountain)
A potential participant of our upcoming November 28th, 29th, 30th Hong Kong workshop posed the following questions. Sifu suggested that I pose the answers here so that everyone, especially newcomers, would benefit: Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Practical Method Workshop in Phoenix, Arizona
By Master Chen Zhonghua
January 20 and 21 (Saturday and Sunday), 2018
Middle Coordination
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
This video describes in taiji what we do is equal and opposite to the result we desire.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Another clip below
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Practical Method in Poland http://www.practicalmethod.pl/en/
Address for September workshop: 33735 Essendene Ave Abbotsford BC at the Two Dragons Tai Chi Academy (Abbotsford Downtown)
For the people coming from the Vancouver area, take the Freeway over the Port Mann. No more tolls.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
First five videos from Sydney 2016 series are teaching Hunyuan qigong
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
First five videos from Sydney 2016 series are teaching Hunyuan qigong
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Practical Method Branch School in Prague, Czech Republic
https://www.facebook.com/TaijiClubCzechia/
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Early Bird by Oct 31st, 2017; 2000 HKD, 2200HKD thereafter for all three nights.
三晚學費為港幣二千二百元. 十月三十一日前繳費為港幣二千元.
One night: 1200 HKD
Two nights: 1800 HKD
一晚學費為港幣一千二百元
兩晚學費為港幣一千八百元
Private lesson: 1600 HKD/2hours. Please contact me to arrange a time: nicholasfung@icloud.com
私人課為每兩小時一千六百元. 安排時間請接洽: nicholasfung@icloud.com
Registration: send the following to nicholasfung@icloud.com:
– proof of bank transfer to Stand Chartered Bank account number 33019969831 (foreign students please contact me for an alternate arrangement)
– your t-shirt size
– your name and nights of participation
報名辦法: 電郵以下資料到 nicholasfung@icloud.com
– 傳款至渣打銀行戶口33019969831的證明. (海外學員請跟本人接洽)
– 閣下的T恤尺碼
– 閣下的姓名及參與的日期
Nicholas Fung +85266894296 馮
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2016 Difficulty:1/5
