Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1:33 In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Taiji movements must follow certain required rules. This video shows the type of movements required in the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. Other types of movements are not allowed.
It is said that you can obtain an idea of the skill level of an instructor by the quality of his/her students. Not only by how they move and fight, but also who they are. These are all things that are a direct reflection to the lineage of a martial art with a focused and true path.
Master Chen asked me, shortly before accepting me as one of his disciples, if there was one point, or a moment where I noticed improvement in my practice. While at the time I did not recall such a defining moment, and was unable to provide an answer, I now realize it. For me, it was the moment I decided to trust. Simple really. I had trained martial arts for years in the past, with instructors of different philosophies, not all of which lead me toward my goals, in fact some personal derailment was a direct result of a particular lineages philosophies, others did me a world of good. For me, I needed a system that is consistent in its teachings, as well as consistent in its people. A system with a proven history that could also offer hope of future goals if I just followed the procedure, and truly opened myself to it.
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Gaining , Switching position, fajin and chi
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 81 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Hello,
We have a weekly class at 7pm downtown Calgary.
For more information please contact stevechy at gmail.com
Alignment Taking out slack
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 20 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
When I first studied practical method in Nov. 2009, there were a few things that made a long lasting impression. They were:
- In with elbow no hand, out with hand no elbow.
- Don’t move
- Yilu, which is made up of only positive and negative circles.
Many beginners including myself usually ask the following questions:
- How did you (Master Chen) know to do that?
- How can I not move?
- What can I do that myself?
- How do I train that?
Hand/elbow connection, Nature of power, Wall as a fixed spot
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 23 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Video on the difference of Rotation and Revolution movement in Practical Method system.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Perth
Out with hand theory and practice
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Already some time ago now I had an interesting discussion with another person from Germany. There was one aspect showing up, which in principle could be very interessting for all of us who want to learn Taiji.
Here and there Master Chen did point out that in Taijiquan (or at least our style of Taijiquan ..) there is nothing which is related to anything we know from normal life, to the contrary, in general things are totally opposite. Right? Read more
We had 19 people attending the Toronto workshop this time. 5 of them were first timers. We started off with Master Chen talking about the positive circle, and continuously focusing on its various aspects.
Here are my notes:
- Only move your foot forward towards the opponent, everything else does not go towards the opponent. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 12 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
I just returned from a 3 day workshop in Toronto. I would like to thank Master Chen and all of the other participants for providing me with this learning experience. All of these notes are mental ones and I will make sure that I take down physical notes on subsequent trips. All errors and omissions are my own. I would like to thank Kelvin for calling me out on my note taking or lack thereof. I totally forgot how to be a good student. I believe that it is important to take notes as a) they will help you to remember what you have learned and b) some of the instructions are personal points of guidance that might apply only to you and as such will not appear in anybody else’s notes.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
My name is Susanna, I am a Toronto student of Master Chen Zhonghua. I started studying Practical Method in the fall of 2012. At that time, my first daughter was just 9 months old. I brought her to the workshop and carried her around as I learned from Master Chen for the first time.
I learned the first 13 movements at that seminar and practiced them a couple times a week. Since the fall of 2013, however, I started practicing the first 13 movements everyday, without fail, 5 repetitions per day. It would take about 20 minutes to do. I continue to practice like this today. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 35 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
To all parents hesiting if to go with their baby or infant to DQS, we collected some informations and impressions.
At the moment we, that is me with my husband Michael and 2 1/2 year old boy Lukas, are on Daqingshan, Shandong Province in China for Taiji Fulltime Training.
The three of us have been here together already last year, so here are our experiences with our little boy on the mountain.
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Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 60 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 50 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
2015 workshop dates Dec 12th & 13th contact: michaelkoh@practicalmethod.sg
There must be three stick in the body.
- Vertical stick is from the Baihui on the top of the head to Huiyin at the bottom of the torso.
This stick is absolute. There are no “ranges” allowed. - Horizontal stick is the arm.
This stick has a range. it can move within the range of eyebrow and the kua. - 45 degree stick is from rear foot to the front hand.
This stick has a range from front hand to the floor.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 72 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
Kewei Sun has started learning Practical Method since May 23, 2015.
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I attended the Practical Method Iowa Workshop 2015. Officially, the workshop was on Sep 12-13, 2015. I spent a total of 6 days there from Sep 10-15, 2015. It was the best workshop I had ever attended. We had a lot of dedicated Practical Method people there. Thanks to Levi and Christina who let a number of us stay at their place the whole time, and gave us the opportunity to immerse in taiji with Master Chen Zhonghua. Thanks to Levi and John for taking care and arranging food, as well as driving us around. We woke up early at 4:20 am to start doing yilus before breakfast, and we often pushed hands till 10:30 pm at night. It was just wonderful being around my taiji brothers.
The following are the notes I took:
Day 1
– Keeping the back straight at all times
– Always have an aim at the centre, every movement should result back to the centre (don’t deviate from it)
– Keep the movement small, otherwise it is wasteful, and there won’t be any left.
-Separation: When the hands have power, move in the waist. Have power in the waist, the hands can become free. Nudge in bit by bit.
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Hello everybody,
I am thinking about starting a class in my town. The main reason is that there is no practical method close by and to get my own regular training. I don’t know the whole Yilu form. My experience with practical method is mostly from the video’s of master Chen and of the workshops he taught in the Netherlands. Futher I am an experienced Aikido teacher and P.E. teacher. So I do have a background.
I have a few questions:
Is it acceptable to start a class and teach as I don’t know the whole form?
How do you guys structure class?
What are good (extra) exercises besides the foundations? Are there good partner exercises?
Are the first 13 moves enough to start a class?
Thanks in advance,
Richard
Yilu Correction, Q & A
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 64 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
New disciple: Jeff Clevenger and Chris Christopher Thomas Dusek
Notes by Aaron from September 12th and 13th Iowa workshop:
Drills:
stepping foundation drills: power is constant, speed determines the appearance of more force.
Positive circles, negative circles, mixed circles, 6 sealing 4 closing
Shoulder – Rear foot alignment.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
how to create and the functions of vertical axis.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:2/5 At:Edmonton
New 10-week course
Starting Sept. 24 2015
Thursdays 5-6:30 pm
J.B. O’Keefe Centre
St. Thomas University
(Register on site)
Learn the fundamentals (jibengong), the first form ( Yilu ) and push hands (tuishou).
For more information, email: jphranger@gmail.com
