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?

Taiji Chan Gun 4

by Kelvin Ho on 2010/11/12

I made my taiji chan gun tonight in 2010.

Taiji Chan Gun

I re-created my taiji chan gun with slight modification in 2020. Now the shovel is gone.
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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

Taiji Movement Connections 1
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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.

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Location – Chinese Language Institute
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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.

Horse Stance Online Video
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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

30 Years of Waiting 4

by Hong Sen on 2010/11/08

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

Detailed Yilu Instructions Online Video
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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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Master Chen Zhonghua is a modern day pioneer of Taijiquan, and he is re-inventing the way people practice it. The interesting thing is that his intention is to return Taijiquan to its original purpose, that of a martial art. Read more

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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.

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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.

Taiji Chan Gun Online Video
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Concave Circle Online Video 2
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Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Basic Foundations 2009 Victoria Version!  In this video Master Chen Zhonghua gave a basic introduction to the foundations of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. He also gave a brief history of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method. Made in the fall colors in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, this 32 minutes video covers both stationery and moving step exercises in: Positive circle; negative circle, twisting the towel, six sealing and four closing, fetch water, shaking the pole.

Basic Foundations 2009 Version Online Video
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Author: Chen Zhonghua          Length: 25 minutes          Language: English          Location: Edmonton

The elimination of “Tossing” is one of the major distinguishing features of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system from other schools of Chen Style Taijquan. In this short video, Master Chen Zhonghua explains the difference between rotational moves and tossing moves.

Tossing Online Video
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Han Yigong was born in 1967. He studied Xinyi Liuhe when he was young. In 1993 he started Hunyuan Taiji with Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang. In 2006 he became a disciple of Grandmaster Feng. Currently he is the head of the China People’s University Hunyuan Taiji Center. He has the designation of 4th Dan in Chinese Martial Arts. Read more

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” – Archimedes

Shifu:

Here I am practicing in the harsh HK winter,  a whole 22 degrees – eat your heart out, Canada! – the air is much dryer due to the winds, and the marble floor in my house is now nearly a skating rink.   Read more

Author: Chen Zhonghua        Length: 1:19 minutes        Year: 2009        Location: New York        Focus: Push Hands

New York 2009 Chen Taiji Workshop 1 Online Video
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Author: Chen Zhonghua        Location: New York        Year: 2009        Language: English        Length: 1:20 minutes       Focus: Push Hands.

New York Chen Taiji Workshop on Dec. 09 2 Online Video
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This term refers to the attempt to engage in rotation without the ability to maintain one’s center. This flaw results in destabilization of structure and balance, and loss of power as a consequence. 

In Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method “tossing” is considered one of the ills of the practice, a weakness to be overcome if progress is to occur.

http://practicalmethod.com/2010/11/tossing-online-video-trailer/

http://www.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=681

I find this article interesting.

Some from Tim; some from Xu Jing. Wangting refers to the founder of Chen Style Taijiquan Chen Wangting. Read more
This afternoon we managed to taped a 25-minute session on the error of Tossing. In this mini lesson, I had to integrate the concepts of tossing, moving and rotation into one. Really, I could not talk about Tossing in isolation. An exercise called 3-count stepping was introduced to combat Tossing.
Thank you very much Allan, Mat, Alex and Andy for being part of this. The video will be available on Monday, if not sooner. Click here to see the video.

Author: Chen Zhonghua     Length: 60 minutes     Language: English     Chapters: 1     Year: 2010     Location: Edmonton
In 60 minutes, Master Chen Zhonghua clearly demonstrated the hand-foot relationships in every move of the entire Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Yilu routine. Demonstrating the principles of stick energy to push, and rope energy to pull.

Hand-Foot Connection Online Video
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Why does a robotic arm have so much power that it can kill you? Because it’s attached to something that doesn’t move.