A few of the Disciples of Sydney ,Australia came together to represent the Chen Style Practical Method to do a Demo at the yearly event host by the Tai Chi Association of Australia to celebrate the Tai Chi Cultural 2019 Moon Festival at the Redfern Townhall on the 15 Sept 2019, Sunday,starting from 9.00AM to Read more
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For as long as I can remember my mother has been telling me that I have two crooked little fingers just like she has. It is nothing serious, if you look carefully, you may notice a little hump. As a young girl my mother had tried to make her little fingers straight by squashing them between the lid of her school desk. Somewhere along the line she must have come to peace with her crooked little fingers because she seems kind of proud that I inherited this quality from her.
Tile hand: my crooked little finger
- Reference points: counting is to establish a standard for us to be able to teach and communicate
- Direction: must not lose the aim. Don’t lose the 45 degree facing when practicing the foundational exercises
- Positive circle 3 count: 1. in elbow; back shoulder to forward foot is the axis. 2. rotate waist don’t involve spine and don’t lose previous axis. 3. push foot, aim at hand. There is a split in the middle. Again don’t lose previous two axes
Back in 2011, I wrote about how my taiji journey got started: http://practicalmethod.com/2011/10/how-did-my-taiji-journey-get-started/. 7 more years passed by quickly on this journey, and it is now 2018. Much of the time was spent learning how to learn. In this article, rather than talking about taiji principles or concepts, let me share Master Chen Zhonghua’s teachings on learning.
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Background
In 2001, I started studying Kung Fu. My teacher also taught Chen Style Taijiquan from Chen Quanzhong. Watching my teacher perform Taiji at one of our demonstrations, I thought it was fantastic. I read “Chen Style: The Source of Taijiquan” by Davidine Sim and David Gaffney and thought I should really switch to Taiji, but I chose to continue down the path of Kung Fu since I had already started it. Read more
2017.12.16 Sydney Workshop Day One Notes by Brian Chung
- The two buttocks and tailbone splits into a tripod. It will take sixty years to train. Do not believe you can do it.
- Alignment is everything goes through a bottleneck.
- When the Horizontal and Vertical dot meets, it becomes a three dimensional force field.
- Peng Energy.
- From nothing, to form. Once the energy is there, we do not need the form.
- Gong Fa. Quan Fa. Tui Shou (push hand). San Shou (free, loose). Duan Shou (broken).
- Foundations. Twisting the Towel. Fetch Water. Six Sealing Four Closing. Positive Circle. Negative Circle.
- Seven Inch Knife.
- Master corrected my Six Sealing Four Closing. He adjusted the orientation of my front kua and the direction of the front hand. He then emphasised the front kua / front shoulder rod.
- Master corrected my large Six Sealing Four Closing. The rear hand must be bigger.
- Your door can never be open.
- Master Chen demonstrated using a spear. The front hand is always pointing at your opponent.
- Double Positive Circle.
- Double Negative Circle.
- Movement must come from the line. The line cannot be part of the move.
- Twilight is at 12:00 and 6:00. Find these two dots and amplify them.
- Full. Cannot add, cannot take away.
- Essence, Qi, Spirit.
- We are doing a series of mechanical movements.
- Perceived power. It does not exist. But it does.
Exercises: Moving Step
- Stepping side to side. The left foot, dantian, and right foot are three dots. Lock two dots, and move one.
- Horse stance.
- Lock dantian and R foot. Suck L foot in.
- Shovel out.
- Double Negative stepping out on a straight line.
- Double push down.
- Adjust front foot.
- Elbow in while turning 180 degrees.
- Shovel Out with hands on knees.
- Press on your rear knee, shovel out at 45 degrees.
- Shift to the middle.
- Press on your front knee, suck the rear leg in.
- So small there is nothing inside of it. So large there is nothing outside of it.
- Upper Dantian is also called the Ancestry Cavity. Zu Qiao. Middle Dantian is at the solar plexus. Lower Dantian is three fingers below the navel, three inches in.
- What is real cannot be named.
- Behind is ability, in front is function.
- If we have a question, write it down, then ask it after we are training. While we are training we must focus.
- Push hands about (1) how quickly you adapt to your opponent (2) how fast you make a decision.
- Experience cannot be replaced by theory.
- Entice into Emptiness.
- Story about Master Watermelon Peel.
- Story about Grandmaster Hong and moving the rock.
- Energy Training Exercise (Da Li Gong).
Around 4 pm there is some shaded area where we practice before dinner. Video below
Also known as KT, KT Lin. Male. Born in 1953. Now live in Hong Kong.
Studies Wu Style Taijiquan briefly from Grandmaster Ma Changxun in early 1980s.
Started to learn Practical Method from Master Chen Zhonghua since October 2009 and became an indoor disciple of Master Chen in May 2011.
Visited Daqingshan once a year since 2009. Wrote LEARNING PRACTICAL METHOD ON DAQINGSHAN (1), (2) and (3) to record his experience in learning Practical Method.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 46 min. In: Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:3/5 At:Singapore
Michael Koh was accepted as Master Chen Zhonghua’s disciple in the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system. The ceremony was attended by Master Hong Sen and Master Xu Jinge. Other disciples present at the event: Tim Duehring and Nicholas Fung.
The Daqingshan Taiji summer course morning session started on May 4, 2012. There will be classes every morning from 5:30 am to 7:30 am in front of the Magnolia Hotel. The course will be taught by Master Hong Sen and Master Chen Zhonghua. For more information on cost and other related issues, please contact Master Hong at 13964091856. Read more
Mr. Wang Deyou was born in 1946 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. He has a bachelor’s degree in science. He currently works as the vice-chief engineer at Xuzhou High Energy Ignition Corp.
He started learning Yang style taijiquan in 1966 and converted to Chen style in 1972. Read more
(The itinerary is subject to change)
Day 1:
Depart for Beijing from Vancouver, British Columbia on Air Canada 029 @ 12:00 p.m.
Day 2: – BEIJING (D) Read more
Jinan Television Interview on Hong Junsheng, Xu Guicheng, Meng Xianbin, etc.
Cai Shengye was born in 1947 in Jinan, Shandong. He graduated from the Shandong College of Chinese Medicine in 1970. In the summer of 1963 famous Xingyi Master He Hongbin introduced him to Mr. Hong Junsheng to study Chen Style Taijiquan. As a result, he became Hong’s indoor disciple.
Mr. Cai is honest and humber. He is intelligent and has an insatiable desire to learn. He respects his teacher and his profession. Master Hong Junsheng deeply loved him. Hong taught him Yilu three times with explanations of each move. Master Hong also had high expectations of his physical condition. He introduced Cai to study the pole shaking from Mr. He Hongbin and the art of night walk from famous Qinggong master Wang Qiuxia. Read more
Master Chao Xiuzhen was born in Heze in October of 1940. He is a retired solicitor-general of the Heze government. Currently he is the vice director of “Jinan Zhixing Taiji Shangwu Club”, adviser to the Heze Hong Style Taijiquan Shangwu Activities Center, vice chairman of the Peony District Taijiquan Association of Heze. He is included in the Chinese Taiji Who Is Who. Read more
Some from Tim; some from Xu Jing. Wangting refers to the founder of Chen Style Taijiquan Chen Wangting. Read more
Fist round of corrections for Matt, Alex and Yao Lixun this afternoon. I hope to correct their form 4 times during their full time stay in Edmonton this fall. Videos to follow later.
These are some photos and a video of a practice session at the Ottawa October 2010 workshop. Care to guess what they are trying to practice? Read more
Grandmaster Li Qingjia of Xuzhou at the 4th Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Conference on Daqingshan, Rizhao in 2010.
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The fourth Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method Conference ended today on Daqingshan. This conference included the Daqingshan Mountain tour, masters demonstrations, panel discussion, evening of movies and photos of Grandmdmaster Hong Junsheng, lectures, and discussions. Masters from Xu Zhou, Tai An, Jinan other places start to leave the mountain today. It was decided that the 5th conference will be held in August 2011 on Daqingshan. Next year’s event will feature a competition and more student participation. Please use this site for further information.
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Master Xu Guicheng recalls that Grandmaster Hong Junsheng did not like the saying “Entice into emptiness” as it denotes two actions. He preferred “Withdraw is to issue.”
The following Masters of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method will be present at this gathering. Read more
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!
- May 6-12, 2011 Daqingshan Hong Junsheng Taijiquan International Conference and Competition
首届大青山洪均生太极拳国际研讨会暨推手交流大赛 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.
