Two person exercise to practice three directions move
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
Theory of three directions move video: link
chan gun weighted pole practice detail
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Hand-Elbow alignment on how to have penetrating power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
Congratulations to seven new disciples, from left to right standing around Master Chen: Liu Jinfang, Bhargav Khaund, John Ho, Janet Ho,Guan Junwei,Liu Jinfang,Zhang Qiaonan
Indirect Force of pushing with foot to move the hand
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
Keeping arm joints in 45 degree so it can open when opponent want to lock it.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Berlin
photos by John Ho
Bruce started learning Practical Method on Jan 5, 2015.
Chen Xu in blue, 2nd round, video by Gawain Siu
Master Chen Zhonghua gave a challenge to perform 20 yilus a day from end of Nov 2014 to May 8, 2015, which amounted to 3200+ yilus in total. Congratulations to Aaron Bartholomew, Charlie Wishon and Kelvin Ho, who have successfully completed the challenge. Patrick Dickson has also completed 80% of the days despite of his injury and surgery. Thanks to all who have participated in the challenge. It has been great fun.
Detailed explanation and training method on alignment so energy flow in the three moves in circle.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 26 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
More students has arrived for the competition
Take space out to make yourself full, and aiming to opponent lack of fullness
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
From left to right: Chuck, Kelvin, Peggy Simone, Ted Sparr, Dave Cedarholm, Claire Gauthier, Rita, Ben Low, Dianne Ramey
I visited the Practical Method group in New Hampshire in the evening on April 28, 2015. Dianne Ramey organized the gathering. It was great meeting everyone. We had a lot of fun. We covered basic requirements for positive circle, negative circle, fetch water, and six sealing four closing. We also emphasized the need to have one part not moving in each action of the form. Thanks to everyone for coming out.
Locking one spot to generate scissor power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Berlin
Demonstration why the arm is only doing circle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Lesson on having three directions in a move so the body is stable.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Summer Session for Full Time Training on Daqingshan has started with the arrival of Master Chen. He will be in China til the end of May and then back in August.
Arm aiming and similarities in different pose.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Fantastic first day with applications, foundations and basic “don’t move” information. Great progress was demonstrated by all attendees showing how an extended concentrated learning situation can boost the body and understanding to grow. Grandmaster Chen’s instructions and guidance was as usual extraordinary. More Foundations and Yilu for the second day as well as a disciple ceremony. We are so looking forward to our last day of training and fellowship.
Detailed information here.
Different kind of three way split applications
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Talk on solid and strength
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
How to use stretch when being pushed
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
There are long hiking trails around Daqingshan mountain where visitors can explore
Rick and Wolf joined us from Victoria Island
We worked on separation at the shoulder. This is the first time I have a taste of how to do it, as I heard of this principle before but in the past my body can not do it, or just do it by accident, not in controller manner
The application of separation is not just moving the arm in a separate manner, but it is having two focus in the move. One is to keep opponent contact point steady, and one is to have the arm move not affecting the first focus.
It is unnatural because habitually only do one move with one focus at a time. Master Chen showed me the finer detail of this move, like having a stretch to compensate for the arm move.
Elbow in practice, circles in the body,maintain angles in your body
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 67 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Sydney
Even though it is still cold, many students attend the workshop.There is also discipleship ceremony, push hand tournament and calligraphy during the weekend
Theory of stretching, dont give opponent a handle, concentrate power to a dot, move in straight line
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5
Lesson on how to generate power from restriction
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 19 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Berlin
Master Chen often talks about having concave curve in the body. It sounds to me like he is describing a parabolic reflector. It’s a concave mirror essentially that reflects energy, that comes in, back toward a single focal point. Parabolic structure is also used to reflect a point of light into a diffuse light.
In relation to Taiji training, Master CHen is talking about correct alignment and orientation of the joints of the body, and how often when we think we are in the ‘ correct ‘ position, we are actually quite chaotically misaligned, and lack proper orientation. There is no focal point.
My understanding of what he means is that in the correct structure of the ‘ mother move ‘ of Practical Method all the joints power should be aiming to a central dot. That dot will have cumulative power similar to the idea of the collective beam of concentrated energy from a Parabolic reflector.
In workshop Master Chen also demo about breaking opponent incoming diffuse force with a tight force and vice versa: the concave shape also facilitate this.
GM Hong Jun Sheng’s grave was relocated to this new site in Jinan. Carved around the statue are the names of the disciples
