Chen Style Taijiquan and Hunyuan Taiji email: practicalmethod@qq.com

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

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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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

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

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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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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.

Power is not generated in the arms by pushing with arms, power comes from the legs and is transfered to the hand by activating the hips. Push the foot into the ground, like you are trying to stand, but don’t stand up. Instead rotate your hips so you can stretch your leg, body, arm and hand.

I was told fried worm taste like hazelnut.

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Sceneries,  hand-on instructions.

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When you are being pushed don’t react to the push.  Only go down and take a step forward.  This seems very difficult to some people but Master Chen insists that it is mental: “if someone said they would give you ten dollars every time you went down you could go down.” We must train to always go down even if it means falling down. We must learn to not be afraid to go downward.  If you are going to lose, lose downward.  This way we become accustomed to the proper reaction.

Weapons shop, the Great wall, Jade factory, and more!武术器材店，长城， 玉雕厂，还有更多！

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