Chen Style Taijiquan and Hunyuan Taiji email: practicalmethod@qq.com
1. Beginning. 2. Movement without moving. 3. Proportional movements. 4. In with elbow; out with hand. 5. Negative circle standards. 6. Leg power switching. 7. Controlled release of power. 8. The lever in the body. 9. Foundations. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 51 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Brazil
Correction with application explanation. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 21 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5
Yilu hands on corrections for 12 students at the 2012 September Toronto workshop. This is a good video to see common problems ranging from beginners to intermediate students. Length: 60 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5
Detailed Yilu corrections, Sticks and dot
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 69 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Arizona
Correction of the entire Yilu. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 14 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto, Canada
In this ten-minute mini video, Master Chen Zhonghua taught the essentials of the basic single hand push hand pattern: four corners push hand drills. Important push hands principles were given and the drill was designed to bring out the principles of using power in the practitioner’s body. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2013 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto, Canada
Buddha Warrior Application. Timing of contact. Angles, timing and pressure of action. No surface for your opponent,. Dot, line, sphere, rotation.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 50 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
Just exactly how the kua works? In this mini lesson, master Chen Zhonghua gives details of the mechanics of the kua opening action. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 17 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At: Maple Ridge, B.C
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 46 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Prague
How to find the dot; Direction of power; Level of power and distance; Switching of power
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 41 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Singapore
Basic requirements for the circle; The gearbox in Taiji; Meaning of “Don’t Move”; Error and relevancy; One-third stance. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 45 min. In: English/Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Singapore
Body Part Proportion; Movement without losing power; Matching to be full; Use rubber cord to restrain upper body; Michael Koh Yilu parts; Theory and practical advise on learning; Yin yang separation; Relationships; Gears
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 57 min. In: English &Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Singapore
Elbow in exercise;Don’t lose it;Spiral force and kungfu;Exercise no fighting; look for energy; Circle without the hand moving; Harmony; Discusson on theory
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 56 min. In: English & Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Singapore
A method for a short cut; Changing the focus; Cord exercise detail; Double heavy test;Punch alignment test; How to enhance power. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 46 min. In: English/Chinese Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Singapore
Front forward, back backwards; What is stretch; Movement over quality; What is fajin; Common language; Central equilibrium; Relax fang song; Feet dang positions; Touching point cannot move; Positive circle detail
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 42 min. In: English Year: 2009 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
The longer the better;Triangulation, missing line in a triangle;Adhere; Size of stance; One third rule and lever; Push from the feet; How to move, transmission of power;
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 74 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Toronto
How to produce power in the body. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Maple Ridge, B.C. Canada
On the way from China to Vancouver workshop, Master Chen has a free day to talk and demonstrate basic principle often misunderstood in Taijiquan. Using “Six Sealing and Four Closing” to show how to split of yin and yang. Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Stanley Park Vancouver, Canada
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Master Chen says that separation of yin and yang is rotation in today’s terms. He also mentions that stretching is an instance of separation of yin and yang. Today, I came to a realization that when the circle becomes infinitely small, rotation and stretching are really one and the same. The key is that the setup needs 3 points, and one action, which is the rotation, at the centre or the pivoting point or the fixed point. The rotation at the centre is the only thing I can do to ensure that the other 2 points are opposites but of the exact same size. For example, if I just move the hands in opposite directions, since there is no relationship between them (no 3rd point linking the two together), there is no guarantee that their actions are the same in size. At the beginning, I can visualize how the dantian acts the centre and modulates the other 2 points (hand and foot). Hopefully in the future, I can place the centre/fixed point anywhere inside or outside of the body as desired like Master Chen said.
In order to materialize this theory in practice, more training in foundation and yilu will be the way to go.
http://practicalmethod.com/2012/10/yin-yang-split-online-video-trailer/
Newly uploaded, covering 20 topics among them: Separation of Yin Yang; Aim: alignment, 3-directions in the circle; Sequence of movement; Don’t Follow: separation; What to move, what not to move; Push is a stretch
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 68 min. In: English Year: 2009 Difficulty:2/5
Matching Opponent Move Exercise, Creating Pivoting point, Rotation: if you feel it, you are wrong, Yin yang explanation, Stepping exercise: leg, erect torso. Six sealing Four closing application. Read more
1 ‘Block Touching Coat’ Application , 2 ‘Fist Draping Over Body’ Details, 3 ‘Six Sealing and Four Closing’ Drill, 4 Power,rotation and compression, 5 Foundations Training, 6 Converting horizontal to vertical, 7 Movement sequence and usage
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 62 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Prague
In this mini lesson, Master Chen taught a method to redirect push on the chest to the feet.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 2 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
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Mini Lesson demonstrating the requirement and energy focus of the two moves in positive circle
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 7 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan
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Two Person Exercise
Mini Lesson on generating power from waist rotation instead of from the arm. Master Chen then show a two person exercise how to develop the waist to arm connection.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 10 min. In: English Year: 2012 Difficulty:2/5 At:Daqingshan Mountain Resort
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Three videos of Yilu Corrections: Tomek, Sandeep, and Wilkin.
Presenter: Chen Zhonghua Length: 3 x 16 min. In: English Year: 2011 Difficulty:1/5 At:Daqingshan
