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How many editions are they available for this Chen taiji classic, Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan 陈氏太极拳图说 by Chen Xin (陈鑫) Quite a lot apparently.  Here are 5. I think the best quality is the one that has 4 volumes (the dark blue cover set ).
The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan was written by Chen Xin from 1908. In 1919, the manuscript was sent off to Nanjing to try to get it published. That did not work out and the manuscript was lost.  in 1929, at his deathbed, …

As part of the strengthening exercise, the taiji ruler is used to develop wrists power.
How do you obtain a taiji ruler?
There really isn’t a need to buy any special equipment. For me, i just used a chinese rolling pin that is about a feet long. Others simply saw a section off an unused curtain rod.
Here are 2 simple steps on how to do the taiji ruler exercise. You may think of more.
1. Hold the ruler so that it is in a vertical position while your arms are like embracing a …

This is a post by our guest blogger, Silkreeling who is also a keen player of Chen Style Taijiquan.
Yang NuoBing, a fellow blogger in Beijing, talks to CCTV about Chen style taijiquan and the up-coming Beijing Olympics 2008. The chat is filled with jokes and it is good to see light-heartedness and enjoyment.
Yang learns with Tian XiuMao, whose uncle, Tian XiuChen is one of Chen Fake’s disciple. With such a background, somehow it came as a surprise when Yang said Tian had not asked for any tuition fees. In fact, …

Well I was hoping someone will do it someday and they did. The National College of Physical Education and Sports of Taiwan digitized together a collection of 46 Taijiquan classics. A few of them are even handwritten copies, while others are printed in the 1930s.
Well the scanned images may not be of high resolution but it is good enough for research or personal use.

So here it is The Tai-chi Martial Art Digital Archive.
One of the manual in this archive is  by 17th generation xiaojia master, Chen Ziming. His work, The …