Body mechanics sitting, bending, the changes of the Dantian and some martial aspects of Tai Chi Body mechanics: Sitting and bending in the Tai Chi form In part 3 of the interview, Master Chen answers some questions about the Tai Chi body mechanics. Asked about the way he found out […]
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William C C Chen Q&A 1992 Part 2|4: Neigong, the connection of martial arts and meditation and Tai Chi as therapy In Part 2 of the interview, Master Chen answers the following questions: Techniques, secrets and ways to let students pay Asked about the technique of “Zhou Lei Feng” and […]
William C C Chen Q&A 1992 Part 1|4 Happy 90th birthday, Grandmaster Chen! To celebrate the life and teaching of Grandmaster William C C Chen, we are honored to publish a question and answer session given at one of his teacher trainings in Germany in the 1990s. Celebrating the 30th […]
Basic and advanced instructions and techniques
“Don’t push back|don‘t pull away“ or “yield and wait“ he use to say again and again…
…to bring Tai Chi back to the basics and to study hand form, sword and push hands exclusively, but therefore in greater depth.
Come with us on a guided tour of the Taiji Gala 2022! – and get a chance to dive directly into individual demonstrations you are interested in!
This method is a health regime, a martial art and a way to enlightenment. The practitioner follows the changes of “Ti” or the Universe and is the Micro version of the Macro. Ti, in Mandarin, means Earth or our reality, three dimension plus time/space.
Momentum is used in Tai Chi while doing the forms, along with centrifugal force, gravity and levity.
to go with the flow and not to struggle against it-
“Doctors heal the sick with Medicine and Surgery. — Tai Chi, when practiced regularly …
Roll Back is not an aggressive move, it is a ‘passive’ response to an aggressive move.
Misalignments usually cause problems in other parts of the body as well.
Fight or Flight: Tai Chi’s general attitude; or, a ‘Walk or Talk’ mode.
When doing sword form or fencing the sword is moved from our centre, and on the sword’s centre.
Using a sword in the Tai Chi way will enhance your relationship with any instrument, be it a shovel, a brush, or a violin.
In fencing if the O pushes our blade in a circle we take that energy, continuing the O’s circle, adding a little speed and spiral toward the target – the O’s limb or body.
You always wanted to try sword fencing, but the time was never right? To learn an elegant sword form has been on your bucker list for a long time, but you always hesitated? This autumn, there is an opportunity right for you! Sword form and fencing in the Cheng Man […]
Next week, Taiji Forum will start publishing Ken van Sickle’s book Tai Chi Sword as a weekly series in our section #PhilosophicalFriday!
*1983 in Goslar/Germany Chinese arts I made my first contact with the Chinese arts when searching for something to take my mind off the books. Discovering a Tai Chi school in my direct neighbourhood, I started to study Yang style Taijiquan in the lineage of Cheng Man Ching as a […]