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:
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.
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
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
Talk on connection and body movement
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
Mini lesson on how to apply Six sealing Four Closing move. Involving stretch and sequential activation
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:2/5 At:Romania
Talk on circle and stance
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
4 Corner partner exercise to open shoulder
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 6 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
John Dahms and I will be opening a studio beginning September 1, 2015. We are located on the 3rd floor at 111A Rideau Street in Centretown by the Rideau Centre. Class schedules and pricing are to be determined. Let us know if you have an interest in participating in the classes either here, or through private messages. Look forward to seeing you all later!
Contact info: we can be reached at johndahms2@gmail.com or brennan.toh@gmail.com.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 15 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Romania
Exercise to loosen the shoulder
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 4 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
Yilu Corrections of three students during private lesson
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 33 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
Partner exercise on maintaining center line
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2:39 min. In: English Year: 2015 Difficulty:1/5 At:Italy
