Hi Master Chen, lately I have been feeling a rotation or opening and closing of the lower back which seems to slightly precede and facilitate the switch from kau to kua and turning of the waist. Should this be persued or ignored?
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! 圣诞快乐！新年愉快！
Contents: 1. It is on this way and it is on but that way. 2. Active and passive power. 3. Growing all the time. 4. Is there a change in size? 5. Down? 6. Demonstration of Roll Back. 7. Trying it out. 8. The knee and Mingmen connection.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Contents: In this video lesson, Master Chen Zhonghua teaches the functions and limitations of the hand, elbow and the shoulder. These are important body parts for Taiji movements.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 38 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty: 2/5 At: Edmonton
Three months in taiji and he just started sword. This is the first taping.
Master Chen, I have a question for you related to the use of the dantian and coccyx. In reading the book “Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, Volume One: Theory” which you translated from Hong Junsheng’s writings, it says that the sinking of the qi to the dantian has a lot to do with the actions of the coccyx, and that the coccyx should actually curl up backwards. Read more
Every move must have three steps: contact, fill up and release. If this procedure is followed, a push is not a push instead, it is to release the opponent. Therefore, no effort. In this video taken at a workshop in Victoria, B.C. Canada, Master Chen demonstrated the procedure on Trevor Juuti of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada.
Two videos:
Front View
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Master Chen Zhonghua used 8 chapters in this video lesson to teach how to bring the opponent’s power into your own rear foot and at the same time move his body away. Read more
Here are some photos of us trying to do taiji in the snow in Edmonton, Canada. People in the photos: Chen Zhonghua, Allan Belsheim, Alex Renwick and Mat Beausoleil.
This is a 9-minute sit-down lecture on the theories of taiji that relate to student learning by Master Chen Zhonghua. Contents: 1. Beginning. 2. Yin Yang Split. 3. Consistency. 4. Questions about Yin Yang Split. 5. Rotation. 6. The universality of principles.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
Suspended head is a taiji concept that refers to the state of the spine line being erect at all times. When done right, the head is always suspended like being pulled from above or having something underneath it that provides support.
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. What is suspended head? 3. How does not work? 4. Connected. 5. Test it out. 6. Conclusion. Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Author: Chen Zhonghua and Richard Johnson Language: English Time: 2:36 Minutes Location: Arkansas, USA Year: 2001
Jinan Television Interview on Hong Junsheng, Xu Guicheng, Meng Xianbin, etc.
- Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu Applications 1-13.
- Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Push Hands Drills.
- Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Foundations.
Contents:
1. Introduction. 2. Embrace the Head. 3. Can two moves be identical? 4. Expansion. 5. Energy and Shape.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 27 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
