Thank you again Master Chen and Allan for your time, energy, and patience this weekend at the seminar! It was excellent as always.
Below are a few brief notes. These are but a few key points and are as I remember so therefore may need correction! Read more
Today Master Chen reinforced a point of Push Hands with me. All the lessons that have been mentioned in class lately and our last weekend Seminar is to look for a line and Read more
Today was the last day of the June 5 and 6 Edmonton Seminar and it provided a background for our next Seminar that will be taught by Allan Belsheim on Cannon Fist Form Basic Choreography and instruction. (TBA)
Master Chen led the class with Silk Reeling working down the body from shoulders to ankles and everything in between. These provide the basic movement patterns Read more
If you told me I would go from Hong Kong to spend a few day in a mountain in Shandong that I had never heard of via Beijing and via train travel, I would say that you have got to be kidding. But this past October, that was what I did. Read more
Today Master Chen started with Foundation exercises led by Allan Belsheim and then the group worked on Yilu repetitions with several important corrections. Read more
by Massimo Neresini (translated d. kerr) Our Massimo Neresini with his Master Giuseppe Bon, after the trip to China of last year, went all the way to Canada to meet with Grand Master Chen Zhonghua to broaden his Chen style Taijiquan. This is a Chronicle of an absolutely exceptional voyage.
Daqingshan Mountain Resort is a Shandong Provincial forest park. It has a AA Federal Tourist designation. It is situated in the south eastern part of Shandong province and is 8 kilometers south of the Wulian Township. Qingdao is 160 kilometers to the east. The beach city of Rizhao is 50 kilometers to the south. North, it is 110 kilometers from Weifang. Read more
I am putting this video up here for students to view because Hong Junsheng told me that one of the primary reasons for him to attend the 1082 Shanghai gathering was to see Hao Shaoru in action.
YouTube – Chen and Calandra Taiji Applications. Master Chen Zhonghua and Michael Calandra explained some of the Cannon Fist techniques in this video clip. The setting was in Master Calandra’s dojo in Queen, NY in 2003 at a workshop on Cannon Fist of Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method.
Master Chen gave some personal instruction during Monday’s class regarding Push Hands. One must be able to move in without the opponent feeling the move physically. Read more