In this video Master Chen Zhonghua teaches the positive and negative circles of the Chen Style Taijiquan Practical Method system of Grandmaster Hong Junsheng. English site: www.practicalme... Chinese site: www.shiyongquan...
Outstanding tuition video Master Chen. Beautifully presented, coherent and detailed. Practising the single and double positive and negative circle system itself has its own discipline needing hours of attention. These are the foundation movements of Tai Chi Chen style and essential for anyone to learn if they are to progress further. Thank you for your guidance. Respect.
I can't believe I found this video...what a great Help!!! Wow, it really helps me make big improvement in YiLu. Thank you...this alone will give me something to work on for the summer!
It is said in the classics that you move everything from the centre. This makes complete sense. Stephen Hwa from wu style demonstrates centre based movement from stomach and back_even with stepping moves.
This is excellent Chen Laoshi, are Hong's ideas as described here applicable in hunyuan system? Are the principles of the pos/neg circles present in Hunyuan system? Thank you
There are many forms of tai chi, so it has many uses. They are probably using Yang style, slow moving. It can even be modified for therapy uses, usually under the name "tai chi for health". It can even be "tai chi for busy people", where it is modified to have less movement to take up less space (like in a cubical), and less repeating steps (since some forms have 100+ steps).
If you keep dropping your stance, how do you reset? I can't just keep dropping untill I hit the floor. Master chen, please reply. The stance changes are very subtle.
+Opethfullcovers The most helpful answer I can give you is to practise the circles. I can tell you that many questions are impossible to answer without physical practise. If you simply follow this video, over and over, you will start to understand what it is we are required to do. Good luck!
+Hugo Ramiro This is true. Just by continually practising the circles, technique will unfold if you are attentive. With practise internal power becomes fa jin. It is that which enable the practitioner to 'reset'. This can't be done without building lower body strength through sinking and standing exercises.
I always wondering how to explain the circles in English, now I understand. If it is so difficult to describe them correctly just describe it wrongly instead. No foreigners understand them anyway.
This is an advance lesson, very detail explantion. I wonder if it is better to learn everydetail from the begining, or just learn and add the details to the form.
