Hello everybody,
Recently I made some interesting experience in push hands situations. This year, after my first stay on Daqingshan I did change nearly all my Taiji practice to “Practical Method” (circles and Yilu mostly), simply because I got the feeling that this way to practice is much more intense and “on the point”.
This is the basic foundational exercises for the Hunyuan Taiji System of Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang. This video by Master Chen Zhonghua contains 48 individual exercises.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 83 min. In: English Year: 2006 Difficulty:1/5 At:Edmonton
这个基本缠丝功视频是陈中华老师录制的48个基本练法。
Dagos is a 17-year old in Edmonton, Canada. He has been studying from Allan Belsheim for two years attending evening lessons.
Dragos is a 17-year old in Edmonton, Canada. He has been studying from Allan Belsheim for two years attending evening lessons.
By: Chen Zhonghua陈中华. Length: 47 minutes分钟. Language: English英文. Year: 2008年
The grandmonk Yunxing said: During your teen aged years, you should repair yourself; in youth, you should face yourself; in adulthood, you should expand yourself; and in old age, you should complete yourself. In spring, you should be upbeat; in summer, you should raise yourself; in the fall, you should be diligent; and in winter, you should be retrospective. The four quarters of human life and four seasons of the year. Know yourself.
—That’s a lot of stuff to digest. Better get something to eat first. Philosophical words are good for the smart and the fool. The average guy needs actions such as what the next meal will be.
Shifu: Hello from sunny Hong Kong! Weather has been hot, yes 25 degrees hot till yesterday. We are down to a chilling 20 degree now with a light breeze. Read more
Last week I had the honour of being inducted into the Chen Taijiquan lineage that flows from Chen Fake to Hong Junsheng to Chen Zhonghua. Master Chen requested that I write about my experience of the ‘hands-on’ part of this lineage transmission. He said he’d been pushing with Dave Dahms and I in order to show us particular things and wanted to know what we felt was different. Read more
Here is a clip from the Dot mini-lesson to illustrate the concept of creating rotation from a fixed dot outside your body. In DQS Master Chen showed this to me but I have a hard time understanding what he meant until I draw the circle of the rotation. I hope this short clip from the Dot mini lesson clarify this technique.
This seminar gave many students an opportunity to work closely with Master Chen on movement relationships: hand to foot, elbow to knee, and shoulder to waist. Qua exercises and coordination exercises were used as part of the learning of relationships.
Daniel Mroz is an associate professor of theatre arts at the University of Ottawa where he has been employed since July 1st, 2005. Read more
Dave Dahms is currently a business student at Carleton University. Read more
1. Beginning. 2. Movement from a dot. 3. Focus on the dot. 4. Break through the dot. 5. Work with the dot. 6. Three-Way split. 7. Keep the dot. 8. The dot: 3 rotations. Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 50 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty: 4/5 At: Edmonton.
The dot is everywhere in taiji practice. The body must always have a dot that is the three dimensional center in every move, though it changes in other moves. When dealing with an opponent, there must also be a dot between you and your opponent. It is vital to understand, know, find, control and manipulate this DOT.
The definition, movement restrictions and requirements for the thigh in taiji. In Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, the thigh must rotate sideways in order to transmit power from ground to the torso. This is one of the key actions that compose the opening of the kua. Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 9 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
王如敏，男，1945年生，济南人。笔名鲁敏，字宜然，号云水子。国家一级美术师，一级书法师。现为“世界楹联学会加拿大总会”理事、“中华诗词学会”会员、“中国美术家协会山东分会”会员、“山东画院”高级画师、“中国北方诗书画研究院”名誉院长、“中共中央办公厅老年书画研究会”顾问。擅诗书画、工山水，作品多次入选国内外大展并获奖，曾在“中国美术馆”举办个人画展，出版有“泰山胜览” 、“中国书画百杰-如敏作品选”等，其传略被收入多部辞典。 Read more
Cai Shengye was born in 1947 in Jinan, Shandong. He graduated from the Shandong College of Chinese Medicine in 1970. In the summer of 1963 famous Xingyi Master He Hongbin introduced him to Mr. Hong Junsheng to study Chen Style Taijiquan. As a result, he became Hong’s indoor disciple.
Mr. Cai is honest and humber. He is intelligent and has an insatiable desire to learn. He respects his teacher and his profession. Master Hong Junsheng deeply loved him. Hong taught him Yilu three times with explanations of each move. Master Hong also had high expectations of his physical condition. He introduced Cai to study the pole shaking from Mr. He Hongbin and the art of night walk from famous Qinggong master Wang Qiuxia. Read more
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Preface I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Master Chen Zhonghua for his dedication to promoting Chen Taiji in the Ottawa (渥太华) area. For more than a decade, Master Chen has made regular visits to Canada’s capital, ensuring that his disciples, students, and other Taiji enthusiasts receive proper training, grasp the principles of the Practical Method, and deepen their understanding of Taoist philosophy and Chinese culture. |
Concepts covered in this 32-minute video: 1. Three Way Split. 2. How to be continuous and don’t stop the momentum. 3. How the three way split functions and enhances fajin skill. 4. How to find the point to fajin from. 5. How to find the one point to fajin to. 6. Lever point. 7. Demarcation line.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 32 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
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This is the third mini lesson on the topic of tossing. This one deals with the nature of tossing in turns of energy, not physical movements and shape.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 11 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
