Master Chao Xiuzhen was born in Heze in October of 1940. He is a retired solicitor-general of the Heze government. Currently he is the vice director of “Jinan Zhixing Taiji Shangwu Club”, adviser to the Heze Hong Style Taijiquan Shangwu Activities Center, vice chairman of the Peony District Taijiquan Association of Heze. He is included in the Chinese Taiji Who Is Who. Read more
In this video, Master Chen Zhonghua explains what the waist is; the functions of the waist and how the waist work in relation to other body parts and in taiji movements.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 19 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Having just arrived home from the frozen tundra of Edmonton, it’s nice to be back in Tampa. The seminar was just what I needed. If any of you have spent time refinishing wooden furniture you may appreciate this. Start with an old scratched up painted and confused piece of wood like a bookcase and strip it all the way down to it’s base, sand out the scratches smooth so the original grain shows clearly. Then oil & polish it. Read more
The S-line of taiji. Yilus. Practice of the S-line.
Three-way stretch…Practiced the two lines of positive circle all day! I think everybody is getting it by the evening! Are you now eels, snakes, or sticks?
This is a chapter of the rare writing by Hong Junsheng that just surfaced recently. Here it is for readers of our website.
The old Chen Style Taijiquan Treatise begins with “Taijiquan, the method of Chan.” This is the characteristic of taijiquan. It is this point that it conforms to physiology; it is also this point that it conforms to physical dynamics. Read more
“太极拳，缠法也。”陈鑫这一句话把太极拳的缠绕的重要性普遍性说到位了。陈、
杨、吴、武、孙各家的螺旋缠绕含露有别，而以陈式太极拳表现得最为明显。陈式太极拳
实用拳法对于缠法有独到的研究和见解。 Read more
Master Chen:
I was reading through some of the student/user posts and came across a submittal by Wilkin Ng regarding the Maple Ridge workshop last year. In it he was talking about the concept of not “pushing” in doing push hands. Your reply confirmed that there is no pushing in push hands, but went on to say that “every push must be a pull”. Can you elaborate on this last statement. Read more
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 42.14 minutes Language: English Location: Edmonton Difficult level: 2 out of 5 Content: In this video Master Chen Zhonghua teaches the physical requirements and perimeters for the kua, knee, foot and ankle. In addition, the relationships of these body parts are also explained.
Master Chen Zhonghua will offer a Chen taiji quan practical method wokshop in the Montreal area on the week-end of December 3, 2010. Taiji quan theory, foundations, Yilu (First Routine), and applications will be covered. Read more
At the Maple Ridge workshop last weekend, Master Chen went over again the mini lessons he covered in his Edmonton Full Time videos.
Master Chen demonstrated that tossing and double heavy is the same mistake. I used to think that double heavy is only applied when doing a linear move, pushing and pulling.
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Maple Ridge Taiji group
My flight to Vancouver is rescheduled. I will be missing an hour of practice this morning in Maple Ridge! What's in store for us this weekend? More push hands or more forms?
I made my taiji chan gun tonight in 2010.
I re-created my taiji chan gun with slight modification in 2020. Now the shovel is gone.
This is an excellent article on Chen Fake’s early student Yang Yichen. In this article, names mentioned include Liu Musan, Shen Jiazhen, Chen Zhaoxu and Hong Junsheng.
The article will be translated EVENTUALLY. Read more
In answering a student question, Master Chen Zhonghua dealt with a higher level skill in Taijiquan practice: connections of body parts and movements.
Author: Chen ZhongHua Length: 36 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:3/5 At:Edmonton
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method – Toronto Workshops
Toronto 7
Date: Jan 22, 2011
Time: 8 am – 4 pm
Location:
11 Glen Cameron Rd., Unit 16
Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4N3
Date: Jan 23, 2011
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location:
Rough Woods Community Centre – Room Aspen B
110 Shirley Dr.
Richmond Hill, ON L4S 1Y9
Cost: $160 for 2 days, $100 for 1 day. $100/hr for private lesson.
Location – Chinese Language Institute
Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Read more
Author: Chen Zhonghua Language: English Length: 20:45 minutes Location: Edmonton
Description: Master Chen teaches the medium horse stance and the 1/3 theory of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
以我们普通人的思维，很难想像，一个身高一米六左右，自幼体弱多病的人，一个前半生富足，后半辈子穷困交加、大起大落的人，会静心于武学研究，会几十年如一日的坚持不变自己的信念；生活无情的给了他那么多挫折，他却以创立一派武学作为回馈！这是怎样的精神风范与意志？ Read more
张光宗先生1938年生于山东省宁津县，后移居济南。1965年毕业于曲阜师范大学中文系，毕业后来到(原山东建筑工程学院)现山东省建筑大学社科部工作，曾任教研系主任、系部主任职。1998年退休。 Read more
On Oct. 28, 2010 my taiji uncle Zhang Guangzong came to my father’s house for a visit. He solemnly presented a diary that he had kept for 38 years to me. Read more
Master Hong Sen is the grandson of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng. This video is from his demonstration in 2003 at Grandmaster Li Enjiu’s Standard Bearer ceremony in Jinan, Shandong, China. He demonstrated on behalf of the Hong family.
I will be traveling to Lansing Iowa on November 13th to lend my limited experience to my brother taiji players in Iowa. Read more
Taped part one of the series on taiji preparations: Hand, Elbow and Shoulder. Thanks Alex and Mat for helping with the video production. It should be ready online next week. Read more
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 1:15 minutes Language: English Location: Victoria, Canada Chapters: 85 Year: 2003
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method is now taught in Northwest Arkansas by Aaron Bartholomew. If you are in the area and would like to study Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method, please contact him to set up times and locations.
Contact: Aaron Bartholomew
eldrelore@gmail.com
Richard Johnson is now teaching in the Decatur-Huntsville area in Alabama. See the Alabama Chen Taijiquan Academy on this web site. For more information, you may reach him at
twocircles13@gmail.com
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Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: 27 minutes Difficult Level: 3 out of 5 Language: English Location: Edmonton Read more
Level one is considered a level for novice people who are starting with Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
Author: Chen Zhonghua Length: video one-28 minutes; video two-3 minutes Year: 2010 Language: English
Location: Edmonton Focus: The use of a staff and weight to train peng energy.
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