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
Author: Chen Zhonguua Length: 59 min. In: English Year: 2010 Difficulty:4/5 At:Edmonton
1. Beginning. 2. Revolution vs Rotation. 3. Stepping. 4. Converting energy. 5. Horizontal vs vertical. 6. Yin yang reversal. 7. Testing the exercise. 8. Exercise with a partner. 9. Small top and big bottom. 10. Detailed procedure.
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. |
On Nov. 27, 2010, Dave Dahms and Daniel Mroz were inducted as disciples of Master Chen Zhonghua in Ottawa, Canada. A private ceremony was held in the Dragon restaurant in Ottawa Saturday evening after the workshop.
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
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
