Hosted by Chen Style Taijiquan Association Singapore.
To truly learn, we have to force ourselves to practice according to the principles; especially when we cannot comprehend, verify or believe.
Most people practice according to what and how they like to practice. That’s not learning.
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Photos from public seminar sponsored by the Singapore Chen Style Taijiquan
Workshop photos
Practice to create a lever in the leg to power the whole body. Clip from Daqingshan Full Time Taiji course.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 16 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan, China
Daqingshan Full time training clip, discussing setting up a sequence of levers from arm to feet. The instructions cover the same subject repeated in chinese and english.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan, China
Changing the pivot/fulcrum to manipulate power generation
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
On another Fall Ottawa weekend, Rachel, James and Daniel of the Ottawa Practical Methods Group organized an intensive training seminar with Ronnie Yee, one of Master Joseph Chen’s Senior Disciples. For two days, students of the Practical Method in the Ottawa Region as well as Hugo from the Toronto group, enjoyed the stories and instructions from Ronnie.
Training routine to utilize leg power from Daqingshan full time training.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan, China
One of the lessons Master Chen elaborated on at the recent New York workshop was the principle in taiji of training from ‘ Square to Round ‘. This is an abbreviation that describes the difference in the body ( and the resulting changes ) that are the result of training the foundational method of Yilu vs. Cannon Fist , which is the implementation of foundation , applied in martial technique.
The more full expression of ‘ square to round ‘ , that was discussed in the workshop, was that, in the Yilu, ” …..the inside is ‘ square ‘ and the outside is ‘ round ‘….. “, meaning the inside linear movements apprear as a circular move on the outside, and that in Erlu ( cannon fist ) , ” …..the inside is ‘ round ‘, and the outside is ‘ square ‘…..”, meaning the rotation of the inner core, is circular, but the outside of the body must have the ability to fold or ‘wrap’ around corners ( square ).
Although this is really a very big subject requiring a lot of explanation, the following video helps to put these expressions into perspective.
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Separation in term of movement direction from Daqingshan full time course. This is one type of vector force.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Daqingshan, China
How to make connection in own body, and how to disrupt connection in opponent’s
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
Chen Xu is teaching a one week course on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method in a junior high school in Feicheng, Shandong Province. He will go to Shanghai and then Jakarta to meet up with Master Chen Zhonghua after this teaching assignment.
Talk on theory of original energy. clip from Master Chen Zhonghua’s 2014 Daqingshan full time training.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan, China
Today was the first day of the workshop in Sydney. After some adminstrative issues and handing out the t-shirts, Master Chen took control and started in quick sucession of static 3 count elbow in, turn waist, hand out. Soon this developed in stepping positive circles, and before everyone recovered the class was already twisting (wringing) the towel. We also explored the three way split, the effect of the resultant power (usually the other person on the ground).
We then continued with an extensive series of applications related to the movements of ‘Buddha’s Warrior’, and Master Chen demonstrated various variations to the applications with the foot kicking in the knee, the foot sliding behind the leg, the foot sliding behind the leg and kick the opponents leg from under them, the split of the kua at the front for higher moves and the back kua for lower hand moves, how the three way split applies to this, and much, much more. Read more
Energy alignment in Practical Method Cannon Fist form. Part One of Two Cannon Fist Alignment videos.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 42 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phoenix workshop participants, please contact Ping Wei for free access
Second part of the Cannon Fist Alignment video. At the end of the video, there is a complete Cannon Fist demonstration by Master Chen Zhonghua in Italy in 2014.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Phoenix, AZ, USA
Gaining space training method, and using waist to generate power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 39 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
Split in Hand and Elbow, and talk on spiral power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2014 Difficulty:2/5 At:Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phoenix workshop participants, please contact Ping Wei for free access
Introduction to “Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method” in Berlin
Host: Technical University Berlin (Hochschulsport)
Referent: Michael Winkler, disciple of Master Chen Zhonghua
Time: Okt 18th & 19th (Sat,Sun), 10:00-15:00 each day
Content: foundations, first moves of the yilu, some partner exercises, basic theory
Details and link to sign up: ... here
Theory and training to develop engaged power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 44 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
The week October 1 – 7 is holiday in China. Master Chen invited Jiang Linghui (2013, 2014 Daqingshan Champion) to work with the practical method students during the holiday. There are about 30 of them meeting on DQS this long weekend.
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Alex has been training with me in Fredericton, NB for about three years. This summer, he completed 1000 repetitions of Yilu.
Keep up the good work!
Using wall, chair: training with a structure that don’t move
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Push hand lesson of how to gain space on the opponent
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
John Intervalo <john.intervalo@gmail.com>
Sep 20 (2 days ago)
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Bare the energy out: How structure and movement clarity leads to intention and energy output
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 23 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Toronto
| Guest Speaker: | Master Chen Zhonghua |
| Topic: | The Eight Methods of Taijiquan |
| Date: | Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2014 |
| Time: | 8:15 pm to 9:45 pm |
| Place: | German Mills Public School 61 Simonston Blvd., Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4R5 |
| Fee: | Free |
Thank you for the overwhelming response, this seminar is now FULL.
Photos of this event can be viewed on Facebook.
Due to limited space, pre-registration is required with:
Kelvin Ho
kelvin.ho@practicalmethod.ca
416-903-3751
Related Event:
Practical Method Toronto Workshop Sep 25-28, 2014
