The link below will take you to a video of Master Ding Jia performing the Chen Style 56 Movement Competition Form. Master Ding Jia had just won the all China national championship for Chen Style Tai Chi when this was recorded. One interesting note is that the room in which this video was taken was
All Tai Chi Chuan practitioners should be knowledgeable of the thirteen postures or movements of the system. All Tai Chi movements are composed of these postures or movements. An excellent book for researching this Tai Chi “technology” is “The Essence and Applications of Taijiquan” by Yang Chengfu (translated by Louis Swain), an excellent online discussion
Unfortunately, due to the expected rain and wind from the remnants of Hurricane Ian, Master Li is canceling classes for Saturday, October 1, 2022. Keep safe and keep practicing!
Labor Day Holiday and Testing Schedule
Kevin will not be at Saturday classes on June 18th, June 25th, August 20th, nor August 27th. While he won’t be running the push hands class, please meet with each other and practice what you have learned thus far.
In honor of 4th of July 2022, there will be no classes on Saturday, July 2nd.
This is Kevin. Due to my back surgery, I will not be attending classes until after Memorial Day weekend. However! Please keep practicing the horizontal and vertical single hand circling as we have been practicing it. To refresh your memory, you can review Ma Hong’s training video on Youtube. Jump to 5:16 in the video
In observance of Memorial Day weekend, there will be no classes on May 28th. All other days will not be affected.
Kevin Else will be holding push-hands training classes on Saturdays starting at 10:30am after Tai Chi Class. The classes will be based on the ten Chen Style push-hands exercises as taught to Master Ma Hong by Chen Zhao Kui. (see the table below and review the video of Master Hong teaching the techniques on Youtube:
Due to the snowstorm moving into the area, school will be closed the Friday and Saturday.