This RU-vid site features historical video of Dong Zeng Chen and his students. Master Dong is the son of Tung Hu Ling, son of Tung Ying Jie, who was a top disciple of Yang Chen Fu, the creator of the traditional Yang Style Taijiquan made popular in the 1920's and 1930's in China. The Yang style is now practiced worldwide by many thousands of people.
Fantastic form.! His movement is unique in this style, the agility from bottom to middle and top section of the body are the points which distinguish his performance. I've been practicing the 85 form, from the school of Fu Zhong Wen for a number of years and I fully enjoy its practice, nevertheless, I do enjoy practicing this form with the alternative variations of master Dong Hu Ling, which makes it to my opinion a great way of adapting those two variations of the Yang form in ones practice of Taijiquan. You can also see the agility of his form, interpreted so elegantly in the push hands. Great !!!!!
That was soo cool .. I know the 64 short form .. seeing this helped me understand .. a little better.. what I have been attempting to do. I am definitely going to begin my quest of the 108 using this man's casual approach. Makes it look easy... bet his training isnt easy. Impressed.
It's the name of Dong Zeng Chen's grandfather. He was Tung ( Dong) Ying Jie who was one of the top disciples of Yang Chen Fu. This form is sometimes called the Dong family fast set, or Dong Fa for short. It has fast and explosive fajin moves and some moves are deliberately done slower.
This video is great. Could I clip some sections from it for my new website ~ that is being developed; not yet ready for public. And my website will be non-profit. I am an overseas Chinese from Taiwan currently living in Los Angeles. I have studied Yang, Chen and Bagua from various teachers during the past 60 years since college. And I learned Dong Taiji from the late Daniel Lee who was a student of Mary Chow. And Mary Chow was a student of Great Grandmaster Dong Yingjie.
Very strong and excellent performance of Master Dong.His stance and alignment are immaculate.Power emits from every movement.One can understand the opening and closing of every form with focussed energy.Bravo to see such excellent taiji!
Bingo as I was saying ever changing the way it should be. He was a true Tai Chi master. This is how I see myself in my mind but the body is not willing, but I am new to Tai Chi only been playing for thirty years starting in 1990 at the young age of 57. Any way I still believe most true masters kept trying to improve the forms and kept them alive. Only experts are dogmatic and do not change. Not releasing that the form they do is what their teacher learned at one point in their teachers teaching of their teachers teaching all the way back Yang Lu Chan who changed what he was taught by his teacher who taught what he was taught at a period of time.
