Clip from Yilu Correction Collection
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This year there are sixteen students on the first week of Full Time session on DaQingShan. Steve Chan is supposed to arrive tomorrow to participate in the push hand competition. There is coffee brewing in the lobby at 5 am as an incentive for the early risers.
After early morning practice,we had several seminars by Master Li Enjiu and other Masters plus art demonstration session.
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Hunyuantaiji Academy of Edmonton will hold an Open House this weekend – May 7 (Saturday) and May 8 (Sunday) from 10 am to 1 pm. Address: 5222 – 86 street Demonstrations and information both days, with a free lesson for anyone attending on Sunday (Mother’s Day). Plan on attending both days!!
Clip from Three Way Split Lesson
Three way split will create an unmoving fulcrum point, so the principle of lever can be applied.
Full Time training is starting in Daqingshan, China and a more perfect exotic location and experience is hard to imagine. Why train Full Time in Edmonton this Fall from September 5 to December 5, 2011 then?
The Edmonton Advantage is that you will receive training from two Master’s : Chen Zhonghua and Allan Belsheim. As has been proven with this particular combination in Summer 2008 and in the Fall Program in 2010, those participating made the most progress of any of the Full Time Programs offered. These two Masters work perfectly together to provide the best possible transfer of real Taiji to the practitioner. Whether you are a beginner or have previous experience, you will be guaranteed to make great progress. Read more
On Monday, 25th of April we did meet at my flat to review the workshop in Bavaria with Master Chen. Among my students in Berlin there were 4 attending the workshop in Freising nearby Munich, three of them came to this meeting yesterday. But there were some more and one friend of mine, a Taijiquan-Practitioner who got curious about “Practical Method”. Read more
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Resume on Discipleship of Master Chen Zhonghua
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Rotate Like Wheel Axis is the original concept that describes the rotation used in taijiquan. It is imperative that this analogy not changed to something else. The continued and deepened understanding of this technical principle will bring about real understanding of taiji.
Clip from Yilu Correction Collection
[singlepic id=2991 w=200 h=150 float=left] As usual, lots of hand on teaching, the best way to learn taiji.
Master Chen corrected a few of my postures mistake. For me, that’s enough pointer of what I should be working on until I meet him again on the mountain in two weeks.
Fixed Hand. Having the hand fixed in relation to the wrist is one of the most important technical principles of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. Only when the hand is relatively fixed, all other actions will start.
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In a simple ceremony in the evening of April 20, 2011 in the Hunyuantaiji Academy in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Master Chen Zhonghua inducted Rion Swanson of Edmonton to the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method lineage. The ceremony was officiated by Chen’s earlier disciple Allan Belsheim. Belsheim is also the head instructor of the Edmonton branch. Read more
Montreal Workshop Nov. 2009 by Chen Zhonghua on Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. There are 4 DVDs in this set. The following youtube video clips are from the four DVDs.
Read more1. Ronnie Yee Cannon Fist. 2. Chen Zhonghua Yilu 13 Moves. 3. Chen Zhonghua and Ronnie Yee Push Hands.
Maintain Energy: While moving, one must maintain energy throughout the moves such as executing a taiji technique or doing the routine. This is another Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method principle.
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On April 9th there was an AAU Chinese Martial Arts Tournament in Columbia, MO. I was invited as a judge and Levi Sowers and one of his students Read more
Two days, ten hours a day! Completed Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Sword form! Foundations and some push hands! It’s been a very impressive weekend. All worked hard at this workshop.
video provided by Henrik Brueck.
After having 11 very good and intense days together with Master Chen Zhongua, my friend Hendrik Brück and Pavel Codl I finally arrived back home in Berlin.
Pavel Codl, Michael Winkler, Henrik Bruck and I drove from Freising, Germany to Valdagno, Italy in April to my Italian Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method workshop. Here are some photos of the trip and activities in Italy outside of the workshop. The workshop was sponsored by Master Bon and Massimo. Read more
Saturday April 16 and Sunday April 17 there will b a Sword Workshop presented by Master Chen and Master Belsheim in Edmonton, Alberta. The focus will be on the sword form and its applications. Read more
(The itinerary is subject to change)
Day 1:
Depart for Beijing from Vancouver, British Columbia on Air Canada 029 @ 12:00 p.m.
Day 2: – BEIJING (D) Read more
