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Found an interesting post here :
http://mantra-meditation.blogspot.com/2006/06/tai-chi-fire-balls-how-to-throw-from.html
“He told me that when I wasn’t looking he took a small amount of chemical and lodged it underneath his finger nails. Then, rubbing his hands together, he mixed the chemical with sweat causing a burning reaction.”
That is why I am always wary of “arts” that are too mystical

Well starting a blog is easy. To write regularly is tough. I thought why not list down the traditional weapon routines of Chen style just for fun.

Single Sword
Single Broadsword
Spear
GuanDao
Double Swords
Double Broadswords
Double Pole
Double Jian (锏)

I have never see anyon edoing Double Jian not even on DVD or VCD. Let me know if you do this Double Jian routine.
 

I just bought this book : ChuanTong Wushu SHi “History of Traditional Wushu”.
 

 
It is written by “ 于志钧”. ISBN is 7-300-07060-4. While the book discusses the history of Traditional Wushu, it had some interesting comments on Chen Taiji especially the origins of it. The author disputes the points put forward by Tang Hao and Gu Liuxin that Chen taiji was created by Chen WangTing. He established that the “spiritual” creator of taijiquan was Zhang Sanfeng which he said all other styles accepted. But i thought even the Yang family acknowledged …

Well well, I heard Chen Zhenglei is coming for an performance event in Singapore on 2 Sept 2006.  The event is  China/Malaysia/Singapore’s Taijiquan Performance Nite at Chong Pang CC.
Chen Zhenglei is familiar to many through his various VCD/DVDs. Now finally we have the chance to see him perform live. I have not heard news of any workshop that he will be conducting here. I will update here is I heard any news.  
 

Well if you have not watch it yet… here it is :
 Does it mean anything? Well i  felt it is really a Chen Taiji Pushhand champion vs someone who has just trying to do pushhands (the Japanese Sumo wrestler).  I believe Wang ZhangJun  has solid  push hands skills but maybe the sumo wrestler should do his sumo wrestling skills for the encounter to be more exciting. However I have to give Wang ZhangJun some credit, he can hold his feet firmly during the 2nd attempt where they pushed each other.

I visited a chinese book fair today to see are there any new Chen Taiji titles. There was one by Chen XiaoWang with a nice hardcover binding but poor quality printing and papers in it.  This keeps me thinking..how many of us doing a nice Taiji routine form but no “substance” beneath it? How many of us has been caught by the aesthetic factor of the form  that we have neglect the inner qi and jing development?
We often said we must cultivate both externally and internally. External will be the form …

I bet you heard of this phrase “一动无所不动” or loosely translated as “When I move a spot, all others spots will move” . 
What does it mean? Basically it means that when you move a joint, all other joints will be moving. For eg, when you switch from “Lazy man tying coat” to ” Six Healing 4 Closing” , it shouldn’t be you just moving your wrist. As you move your wrist, you “kua” should be moving. Your knees should be moving.  Your waist and dantain should be moving.
In this way, you get to exercise all …

Following diagonal form, you have this Brushing Knees. It looks pretty easy to do. Just cap your hands and scoop water with them somewhere near your left knee. Then you pull back your left leg and transform your plams to the vertical palm position.
As for applications, there are quite a few here. Can you think of one?

Let discuss the next form in Old Frame Routine 1 – Diagonal form. Based on my experiences, this stroke will requires you to spend some effort before you could make it look smooth and elegant. Well, you haveto do it thrice in the routine so you will get lots of practise.
It has a Big Waist movement where you twist your waist from the right (while standing) to the left (while bending down the upper body). Could look funny if you doing it for the 1st time …