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The Chen-Style Changquan 108 Forms, which some believe to be the foundation of all modern Chen-Style Taijiquan, was created by Chen Wangting after absorbing ...
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Oct 5, 2018 · Tai Chi Forms: Chen Style. Forms or Taolu (套路; Chinese pinyin: tàolù) are choreographed movements emulating actual martial arts moves. A form serves as a means of training. This manner of training is common to many martial arts and allows people to practice alone when the martial artist does not have a training partner.
- Preparation.
- Step Out, Raise and Lower Hands
- Ward-Off Left
- Grasp The Sparrow's Tail
- Single Whip.
- Raise Hands, Shoulder Stroke
- White Crane Spreads Wings
- Brush Knee
- Play The Lute
- 10, 11, 12. Brush Knee
North Initial position: heels together, toes together, knees straight, but not locked (just slightly bent). Palms are turned towards the body, touching the sides of the thighs. In this position, enter the "Qigong state", also called "U-dzi" ("U" as in "book"), the state of a complete mental relaxation, with no thoughts. Feel your body growing, and ...
North "Pull" your body together again, moving your attention and your weight to your right side, starting from the right foot; at the end, 100 percent of your weight should be on your right foot. As your left foot becomes "empty", step to the left with your left foot, keep your weight on the right foot. It should be as it your left foot stepped to ...
North Unlike in Tai Chi 24 Form, in Tai Chi 108 Formwe may turn on the "loaded" foot. To comply with the Tai Chi rules, we need to make this foot empty WITHOUT physically moving our body towards the other foot. It may seem impossible, but is, as the matter of fact, simple. As your weight is on your "loaded" foot, move your attention up, from the fo...
East Initial position: left din bu, hands in the "holding a ball" position, facing East. This form is one of the most important in Tai Chi, as it includes most of its basic principles. Phen (pheng) Block the attack at the face level with your right hand. The palm goes up approximately to the eye level, at the beginning its thumb is up (he gu point ...
West Initial position: left din bu, facing West. Right hand forms a "claw", at the level of a shoulder, left hand is palm up, its fingers touching the right wrist at the pulse area. How to form a "claw" (a hook): the four fingers should touch the side of a thumb, imitating the grasp on an imaginaginary opponent's hand. DO NOT bend the wrist. Do an ...
NE Turn right (North-East) on your loaded left foot and bring both hands down by circles, half way they move down-outside, the second half down-inside (towards the central line). As your hands go down, the thumbs should point down. Turn palms fingers up and bring hands up in front of your body. In the final position, fingers of the left hand should...
West Transition from the previous form Turn left (West) on your loaded right foot. Your hands should remain in the same position as at the end of the previous form (relative to the shoulders). As you turn, bring your back in the vertical position. Hands will go up with the shoulders. This can be considered as a martial technique, you may notice, th...
West After the "white crane", do the transition form. In this form the right hand moves inside (towards the central line), its palm turning towards the face (it is a blocking technique). The final position of this transition form is as follows: body is turned 45 degrees left, left hand pointing left and forward (more forward than left) at the shoul...
West Initial position: same as the final position of "brush knee" above. You are in the left goon boo, left hand is above the left knee and a bit outside, it have just blocked the opponent punch in the stomach and pushed the attacker's hand to the outside. The right hand is forward, touching the middle dan tjan of an opponent. From this position, s...
West, 3 times After the "lute", turn your hips 45 degrees right. As you do it, pull your front (left) foot to the din boo position. In the same time, the right hand goes "to the side" (it seems that it does, due to the body turn. In reality, it is still almost perpendicullar to the shoulders). The left hand ends up pointing to the right elbow. This...
Urban Styles NYC. Yun-Tei Pan performing Lao Jiao Yi Lu (Old Frame First Routine) 81 movement form as taught by his father, Master Pan Wing Chow, who was a student of 17th generation Chen family Grand Master Chen Fake. Yun-Tei Pan has been teaching in NYC for the last 30 years. This video was filmed in 2014.
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The Old Frames are the forms that originated from Chen Changxing in the 1800s. His student, Chen Zhaopei and his uncle Chen Fake (fah-kuh) are recognized as two of the greatest modern martial artists. They moved to Beijing in the early 1900s and began teaching a softer form of the art or the “New Frame.”.
Beginning instructional video of the 108 Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan Long Form (Back View) After hundreds of requests for a step-by-step instructional video of...
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The tai chi form part 1 is made up of 15 movements set out in a very clear path. There is a clear transition between empty and full legs and you settle into each posture and pause before moving on. 1. Preparation Form — Tai Ji Chu Shi — 太極初勢. 2. Vajra Pounds Mortar — Jin Gang Dao Dui — 金刚捣碓. 3.
