Shoulder rotation in brush the knee. Detailed instruction on Brush the Knee and the next few moves for intermediate student.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 31 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:4/5

Shoulder in Brush the Knee
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this is the first 13 movements of the yilu I performed
on 8-12-13…..

Detailed Correction on the first 21 move

Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 26 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:1/5  At:Edmonton

Carlos Hanson Yilu Correction
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Importance of focusing on structure in Yilu
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 7 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:1/5  At:Edmonton

Yilu Structure
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Hi guys, after the workshop with Chen Zhonghua in Berlin – which was fantastic – I`m planning my training schedule. A minimum to do every – EVERY – day! Read more

Theory and demonstration on how to extend, how to project force to opponent
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 10 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:3/5  At:Daqingshan

How to extend
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Principle and Action
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 36 min.   In: English   Year: 2011  Difficulty:2/5  At:Phoenix

Piotr Golenko Private Lesson
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GroupWe are pleased to announce the return of Master Chen Zhonghua to the Upper Midwest, specifically Iowa, for a weekend workshop. We will cover foundations, form corrections, applications and push hands. These workshops are for everyone interested in learning taijiquan. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn. Hope to see you there.
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This is Sandeep second time on the mountain, coming from Mumbay India

Wednesday, 6-7pm, Foundations;

Saturday/Sunday, 7-9am, Foundations, Yilu, Push Hands, and Sword.

For locations, contact Ping Wei at 602-373-3457, ping@northmountaintaichi.com.

This is a video of Brennen Toh doing Yilu while his arms are restricted by a rubber cord. It helped to reduce his tossing quite a bit.

Berlin Group Photo July 29, 2013

Berlin Group Photo July 29, 2013

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Moving Step Push Hands (150 lbs and under)

Moving Step Push Hands (150 lbs and under)

Moving Step Push Hands (150 lbs and under)

Lesson on two type of movements, and how rotation is used in secondary movement.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 2 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:1/5  At:Daqingshan

Primary and secondary movements
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While I was waiting in Weifang I thought I would take a walk and check out the Kite Museum. An hour later I and my suitcase arrived only to find out they were closed for the day. So I decided it was a good place for an Yilu before heading back to the train station.

Lesson and demonstration on the importance of being aware of body frame, how it relates to power.

Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 10 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:2/5  At:Daqingshan

Body Frame
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Power transmission 2

by moboting on 2013/07/12

My question is assuming that the kua(s) are opened does that result in neutral equalibrium because the center of gravity is neither raised or lowered, basically by allowing those to be at the same level at the same time then potential energy, rotation, and reveloution are possible because if something with neutral equilibrium moves those around with follow, and then using joint rotation, you are using angular velocity which then turns into linear velocity, almost like a series of rotations(angular velocity occur) starting from the bottom up then transmitted to linear velocity, therefore if you have these continous angular velocity it is like a wheel continuously spinning around the axis while taiji has numerous axis points that are rotating.

Push Hand demonstration and instruction. ‘ front hand and rear foot line up’ , ‘Linking and sinking power” principles in action.

Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 5:34 min.   In: English   Year: 2009  Difficulty:3/5  At:Maple Ridge  

Master Chen and Gary Push Hand Instruction
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Han Yue multiple ShanDong Province champion conducting push hand practice with full time students 2011. Presenter: Han Yue  Length: 9 min. In: Chinese & English Year: 2011 Difficulty:4/5 At:Daqingshan

Han Yue Teaching Push Hands
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I had a great time at this year’s Edmonton 7 day seminar even though I was only able to attend for two days.  We started out the mornings working through a lot of foundations, which I don’t drill as often as I should.  Every time I come to Edmonton I learn a lot of helpful drills that really help work out the details in parts of the form. Read more

Correction on common error in stepping in. When pulling to step in, power has to come from rear leg.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 1:51 min.   In: English & Chinese   Year: 2013  Difficulty:2/5  At:Daqingshan

Pull and Step In
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Quotation
“Don’t Move Your Hands” and “Your Hands are not Moving” are not related concepts.
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Used “Wild Horse Parts Its Mane” drill to illustrate and train the principle of “No movements, only rotation” at the full week workshop today.

Master Chen uses an umbrella to demonstrate structural requirement and power generation for taijiquan.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 9 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:3/5  At:Daqingshan

Taiji in the umbrella
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After came back from DaQingShan, I resumed Practical Method Foundation classes every Wednesday for one hour. In one of the classes recently, when we were practicing “twisting the towel”, I saw one student’s elbows were away from his body. In that position, his elbows are out.  In order to let him understand what is “in”, what is “out”, I used a short stick to demonstrate for him. I let myself ready in the “twisting the towel” position, put one end of the stick against my rib and rest my middle finger on the stick. Then I showed him clearly when the elbow is out and when the elbow is in. To my surprise, I realized my elbows have never been truly “IN” before.
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This video can also be viewed on my webpage here (no YouTube stream): http://www.practicalmethod.de/de/videos/taijiquan/taolu-die-formen/video/54


Good turnout for Master Chen return from Daqingshan. We had good push hands with Steve Chan, and detailed individual circle correction. Photo by Jay Smith

Private session: Hip and knee alignment in push, whole arm alignment, push hands training
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 56 min.   In: English   Year: 2012  Difficulty:3/5  At:Prague

Prague Private 2012 - 4
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Lesson on the principle of never move contacting point.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua   Length: 2:30 min.   In: English   Year: 2013  Difficulty:3/5  At:Daqingshan

Lock the Contacting Point
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Try to guess the meaning of calligraphy in the first photo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opFoeoTV7ks&feature=youtu.be

lines i

by Jyuken-nin on 2013/06/16

I was intrigued by the concept of the human (人) line, until i came across this word “仁”. So i compiled this image.

(Forgive me if i have broken any copyright to use other people’s images) Read more