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Lesson on how orientation changes the generated power. One of the aims of taiji practice is to develop the ability to convert energy. Indirect power is a type of converted power. This video shows how to convert power from horizontal to vertical alignment. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At: Oakland, CA. USA.
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Demonstration and application of suspended head saying in Taijiquan
“everything move, the head doesn’t move”
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Perth
Rizhao is a coastal city 40 minutes away by car from Daqingshan.
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Chen Style Tai Chi Practical Method–Phoenix, Arizona
Winter Schedule (12/2013 – 2/2014)
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A demonstration and instruction on how to practice with power, to train for evenness in the body
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:Greater Vancouver
Four days workshop: we worked on ensuring evenness of energy in circle and yilu. ‘ Carrying Weight while moving. No light moves! ‘
Stepping exercise to develop ligament strength. Circle shape consists of three segments, only one is moving at a time while maintaining the circular shape.
Dina made homemade treats for everyone
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Toronto
Three Energies:Which part of the body goes out, which ones goes toward dan tian, and which one don’t move. This clip was rendered by mistake since it is already part of Body Part Functions 2012
Second Video: Anchor Point and Intention, how the anchor point of your move change the intent of the move.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 5+5 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Vancouver and Perth
Note: a new video is added to this post, as clip of Three Energies of Taiji is also part of Body Part Functions 2012 (it was rendered twice by mistake)
Chen style Taijiquan Practical Method class starting at the Balmain PCYC on Monday evening from 7pm to 8:30pm
Address: 372 Darling St, Balmain NSW 2041
Contact: Paul Janssens at info@chenpracticalmethod.com.au
After almost two weeks since attending the Sydney Practical Method workshop. I cannot retain all the information I heard in my head. It’s just going to give me a headache. I’m going to empty out all of my thoughts and experiences on what I remember from the Workshop, not to be excited on how many comments I’ll get but for my benefit to continue training unimpeded, because if I don’t, then my energy will be wasted in thinking rather than practicing. Read more
Private lesson for new student covering foundation and yilu
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 48 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:New Hampshire
Highlights from two days workshop covering many important concepts: 1) Relationship moving and unmoving 2) Matching opponent’s force 3) Joint movement as wedge power 4) How to maintain relationship in yilu 5) Matching stretch in several dimensions 6) Changing locking point in circle 7) Elbow position in circle 8) Vertical switch with suspended head. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 63 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Greater Vancouver
Private lesson covering yilu correction and application.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Phoenix
Theory and demonstration of how to use the triangle structure to generate rotational force
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 36 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:3/5 At:New York
On Yin Yang Separation:
Whenever you can separate Yin and Yang, one part doesn’t move, the other part moves, there has to be a relationship between them.
The relationship (between Yin and Yang) is the number one factor of Taiji. As the matter of fact, it (the relationship) is the core of Taiji. Read more
Correction of common basic mistakes in Yilu practice, exercises how to open joint
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 56 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:San Francisco
We all understand the importance of “don’t move” in Practical Method. To achieve “don’t move”, there’s a pitfall need to be aware. Read more
Michael Calandra will be teaching a workshop on Practical Method in London on the 21-22 of November. Anyone interested can contact Asad Habib via facebook , or email Michael Calandra at oikddojo@aol.com.
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General theory of practical method: door hinge and the vertical axis. Lever and the pivoting point. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At: Oakland, CA. USA
- Left hand
- Right hand
- Left foot
- Right foot
- Head
These are considered the five points of the outside of the body. Everything else is considered the inside of the body.
Gransmaster Hong Junsheng Portrait(Sketch)
A challenger show up in Daqingshan to test the school. Watch closely, he sneaked an illegal move in, intending bodily harm.
Knee action, how it relate to body movement. An exercise how to train the taiji way to use kua instead of the knee.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 8:53 In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:Oakland
It is considered a good thing to hurt the muscles. Muscles are not afraid of pain. In the Practical Method system, we do not train the muscles. Train muscles means to bulk up the muscles to make them strong. We elongate muscles. This requires a different method of training.
It is a bad thing to hurt ligaments and bones. Ligaments and bones are afraid of being shortened, not elongated. Postures should be large and low so as to allow the elongation of ligaments and the skeletal structure.
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Footage from New York workshop, Peel Off technique, talk on what does training the body mean, In and out two persons drill
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 22 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:1/5 At:New York
I believe that what happens to a connected person’s body when being pushed can be understood by understanding how a trampoline works. Read more
Oakland Lawn Bowling Club. Nathan and I went to check the hall before and seminar and pushed hands outside in the park for about an hour.
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