7月10日，我第二次来到大青山，7月18日才离开，住了整整一个星期。眨眼已经过去快一个月了，可大青山的有些景象还是很清晰的保留在我的脑海里。 Read more
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Review and part two of the 12-form Hunyuan Qigong. Practice was conducted in front of Yulange Hotel in the clouds this morning at 5:30.
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First three of the 12-form Hunyuan Qigong were taught this morning.
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Master Chen Zhonghua’s student Michael Winkler gave the first class of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method in Germany in August 2010. Here are some photos.
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The twelve of us are on our way to Daqingshan from Beijing this morning. Supper on Daqingshan!
These are some pictures of the Montreal group in Taiji postures with Master Chen Zhonghua.
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I was recently looking through some old notes and came across Master Chen Zhonghua’s “New Theory on the Eight Methods.” It is also known as the eight techniques. I thought this might be of interest due to the recent discussion of the Eight Methods mentioned in Rion’s notes from the Cannon Fist workshop. Read more
Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Workshop in Toronto
Instructor: Master Chen Zhonghua
Date: September 23-26, 2010
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Location:
Bayview Hill Community Centre (Sep 23-24)
114 Spadina Road, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 2Y9
(Bayview/16th Avenue) Read more
A group of 14 led by Philippe Munn has arrived in Beijing today. They are going to spend three weeks in China including two days in Datong and more than a week on Daqingshan. Here are some photos of their arrival in Beijing today. Read more
Below are my notes from all the remaining days of the seminar:
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By: Li Enjiu李恩久. Length: 3:51 minutes分钟. Year: 2010年. Language: English & Chinese英文和中文.
Grandmaster Li Enjiu demonstrated applications of Part The Wild Horse’s Mane & Step Back to Mount the Tiger to Full Time 2010 students.
He also demonstrated knee strengthening exercise at the end. Master Chen translated the lesson to English.
This clip is shot during the same visit but different from the previous post Grandmaster Li Enjiu’s teaching clip
Daniel Mroz gave a workshop in Brittany, France in June, 2010. The workshop was for a theatre ensemble, Teatr Piba, who work in the Breton language, a minority language in France. The workshop was on voice and movement work for theatre artists and Daniel Mroz taught some fundamentals of Taiji, which is reflected in the photos. Read more
Author作者: Chen Zhonghua陈中华 Language语言：English 英文 Length片长：9:30分min.
In this video, Master Chen teaches and demonstrate Push Hand Technique: Enticing into Emptiness. This technique also illustrate how to get into better position without the opponent being aware of it and how to establish demarcation line.
This video was shot on Daqingshan on July 20, 2010 with the full time students.
Trailer Below
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Notes:
-Talking about stretching to attain proper structure: Chemicals/toxins deposit in your ‘corners’. Eliminate all corners/creases and create the arch. No power. Structure! Read more
Third day of the full week Cannon Fist workshop. It started to thunder and then rain outside. The weather is nice here with 15-29 degrees. Makes me think of the poor souls doing 25 yilus on Daqingshan at 38 degrees!
Author: Chen Zhonghua Language：English Length：8 min.
In this video, Master Chen demonstrate positive circle sequence in detail. This video was shot on Daqingshan on July 20, 2010 with the full time students.
July 26, 27. Cannon Fist Workshop.
Thank you Master Chen and Allan for your time and excellent teaching so far. The first two days have been great! Read more
Bruce Van Slyke joined us from Colorado, USA today. Tons of Cannon Fist repetitions. Showed movement of energy, alignment and the use of Chan Bang.
These videos were shot during the three months full time course at DaQingShan 2010.
The relation between Taiji and the Taoist concept of time is a topic which Master Chen has emphasized as extremely important, Read more
After visiting Master Li Enjiu school in Jinan, we went to Qufu and TaiShan
Photos and Video below
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It was nice to have you with us, Levi Sowers (Iowa, USA)! We certainly had a great time! Jay and Blake’s taiji is so high level that they don’t show up in photos any more!
In the morning of July 22, 2010, we visited Master Li’s Shang Wu Taiji School.
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Master Li Enjiu’s teaching clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chK9QResYWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYo8Av60r4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClM7BUtlsgg
We arrived in Jinan later than expected. The afternoon visit to Grandmaster Li Enjiu’s school is postponed to tomorrow morning. However, we had time to have dinner with Grandmaster Li Enjiu and Hong Youyi’s family. I also invited my taiji brother and good friend Cai Shengye. Hong is Grandmaster Hong Junsheng’s number 6 son. Here are some photos. Dinner was held in Jinan Hotel, where I worked and was taught by Hong many times back in 1983.
Mr. Chen Long gave a calligraphy demonstration for the Daqingshan full time taijiquan students in July 2010.
Ri Zhao is one hour drive from Da Qing Shan. Here is a short clip and some photo taken during full time students trip to Ri Zhao. Video from Paul Jannsens。
The sequence of events for using power when confronting an opponent is:
1. Manipulate distance
2. Adjust Angle
3. Apply power Read more
Author: Sun Zhonghua, 19th generation master of Chen Style Taijiquan and second generation master of Hunyuan taiji. Read more
Master Zhao Weimin and Master Chen Long, both disciples of Grandmaster Li Enjiu came to Daqingshan to lecture to the full time students at the invitation of master Chen Zhonghua. They were accompanied by Master Gong Hua, disciple of Grandmaster Meng Xianbin. The main teaching was on Qinna in the afternoon. Read more
