Heavy rain started in the afternoon.
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Found this video in my hotel room in Penglai. It’s much better than what I can shoot while visiting. Here it is for the readers of this blog.
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Last time I was in Penglai, this didn’t exist. Now it is such a splendid park.
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I have started to be more conscious of remaining totally upright during Yilu. At the fulltime session we do far more Yilu per day than I would normally do at home and I get quite tired. I’ve noticed that as I become more tired I find my self looking at the ground as a result of slouching. When I am bent over like this my mass leans in the direction of movement and stepping begins to have a lunging quality to it. Read more
At another level, when the hand goes in and out on a line it is considered no movement. If the line does not go sideways the opponent cannot detect action.
Students started to feel pain and ache. My right knee was in slight pain yesterday, but it was better this morning. I think I was twisting it too much. I will maintain higher posture and be conscious of it till it gets stronger.
I am learning a lot the past week, and had done more yilus in a week here than in five months since I started.
It’s a beautiful sunny day on Daqingshan. These are photos taken at 5:30 am. The main point of instruction today is “Don’t move your hands”.
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Visitors to us today came from Wulian He Style Taijiquan, Wulian Chen Style Taijiquan and Yiyuan Hunyuan Taiji quan. Steven Chan took the challenges and represented the Daqingshan Center well.
When we learn the form we must copy what we see. This is not wrong. Form means to get from here to there. What’s wrong is how we get there, the way we do it. The form must look the same but the action must be exactly the opposite of what you would come up with on your own.
By: Chen Zhonghua陈中华. Length: 50 minutes分钟. Language: English英文. Year: 2004年
Shot during trip to Jinan China. There are several informative interviews at the end of the movie with Master Chen and his students.
silvya scolaro came to visit daqingshan for 2 days. she attended one of master chen’s workshops in italy, and is living in beijing teaching italian.
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Neutralizing is taking up the space before your opponent can and adding slightly more. I’m not sure, but maybe is the same as when Master says that there is one line with two sides to it: you follow the opponents line back and then step in on the same line.
We just had a minor earthquake in Toronto. This time I saw the table “tossing” right in front of my eyes.我们刚刚在多伦多发生了一起小地震。这次我亲眼看见我面前的桌子晃动。
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php
Words by Master Chen Zhonghua
… Never together. Every part of your body must be broken up. And they work together as a unit of work. Not as one piece. (like a machine with gears) You work all together but with many pieces.
… If you push. It becomes a conflict. Then it becomes who’s power is stronger. Read more
Find weight on feet
Find the stretch or manufacture it with both hand then cut the stretch toward o back with waist turn. Or scissor push o back against front thigh
O put hand on your shoulder redirect to o line back to his shoulder. Same with o hand on arm
Matching power. Have to feel o power first otherwise can’t match it
Kua rotation exercise on chair. Keep butt steady then do the shun ni rotations on kua by pushing on feet.
Yilu double heavy. When stepping make sure it is clear transfer of weight.
i’ve noticed i’m writing a lot fewer notes this year compared to last, as i’ve heard many of the principles and ideas before. doesn’t mean i can reproduce them in my body yet.
some notes so far: Read more
亲近自然的感觉就像重生，云淡风轻，远离纷扰喧嚣的世界。在离开大青山之后，这种感觉更明显。
2010年6月17号下午5点多，我和我爸到达大青山上，开始了这段不足一周的体验。我爸爸是因为喜欢太极拳才一次又一次地上山，而我是第一次来到这个我爸讲过无数次的大青山，没有确切目的，可以说是为了散散心，也可以说是为了练习英语口语。 Read more
It is already quite bright in the morning. The birds are chirping.
This morning Master Sun ZhongHua is teaching us HunYuan form.
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孙中华老师继续教授。今天到24的一半。Half way through the 24 form by Master Sun Zhonghua today.
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Practical Method Videos on YouTube
Note: I had trouble putting the same video wall in this blog itself.
As I got to the training area this morning (5:30), everyone was already at the training area. We were all looking forward to further instructions from Master Sun Zhonghua in the 24 Hun Yuan style Taiji form. The weather was bit cooler and the sun had not burned await the morning fog yet. Read more
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 69 mins Difficulty: 3/5 Language: English
Year: 2003 Location: Edmonton, Canada
Cannon Fist also known as Erlu is the next form students learn after mastering Yilu.
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While drawing the circle there must be no moving of the body. However, the body must not move. The arm must not be flimsy and must always be constantly pushing down. However, half the energy that goes down must go up. There is an invisible horizontal wall preventing the arm from going down to the ground. This is an abstract wall, and it’s placement is of your own decision and position. The head must be suspended by a string. The head pushes upwards, however, there is an invisible ceiling on top of your head preventing your head from going up. This gives you peng energy. Read more
Here just two quotes from Master Chen on Taiji one can meditate on :
1. Taiji is the mastery of time
2. You fight until you loose – otherwise you won’t feel the energy
In this session, Khamserk (white tank-top) from Edmonton is the yilu guide for Paul (dark t-shirt) from Australia, Niko (dark hair) from Germany, and Lee from Regina.
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As I had booked my flights early, my final destination, after a short stop over in Shanghai, was Qingdao. The other people of the group enjoyed a few days in Beijing. Master Chen organised the train ride from Qingdao to Wulian for me, and one of his friends (who works in one of the export companies in Qingdao) picked me up from my hotel and made sure I was on the right train, right carriage, right seat. Unfortunately, it was foggy that morning so I didn’t get to see much of Qingdao. The train ride was about 2 hours, and gave me a good view of the landscape outside of the city. Once we left the suburban areas behind, the country side was no different from the flat lands you find in the Canterbury area in New Zealand or the agricultural areas of Holland. Read more
Hunyuan Taiji Academy – Milwaukee is having a Practical Method training session on Saturday July 31st.
The location of the get together is the Prairie du Chien, WI/McGreggor, Iowa area on the beautiful Mississippi River.
Time will be an afternoon and evening session on Saturday and a Sunday morning session.
Hope you can make it, it should be a lot of fun.
More details available on request.
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This is only half the dishes we have today, I was too hungry to keep taking photo.这只是一部分。太饿没全照。
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Happy Father’s Day to Master Chen and all other fellow fathers!祝陈老师和他的作为父亲的学生们父亲节愉快！
The seven full time students start with foundations, then Master Chen join us and start a yilu form. He started slow and loose and toward the end he cranked it up, really powerful, fast movement. I think this is how he practice privately, I never see this power in his videos. Read more
Movement cannot hold force. If there is force anywhere then you cannot open.
