Just when I thought ChenXiaowang has published the largest collection of DVDs , his fellow gongfu brother, Zhu Tiancai come out with a collection of 37 DVDs. One of the most comprehensive collection as it covers the Old, New and Small Frame, short and long weapons including a new fan routine. Here are the contents :
The 39 Discs consist of the following
1. Chen-style Taiji Fan – 2 discs
2. Chen Style Spring & Autumn Falchion – 2 discs
3. Chen Style – 13 strokes Old Frame – 1 disc
4. Chen Style 4 …

If you wonder why are you doing so many wrist rotations in silk reeling exercise and form routines, one of the reasons is to train for qinna applications. Qinna means “to Capture , to take control”. Let see a quick demonstration by GM Zhu TianCai on some qinna applications.
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It was said that most of the qinna techniques now taught by the Chen Village folks were taught by the 18th …

Master Zhu Tiancai is one of the big 4 from the Chen village. His interpretation of Chen style taijiquan is a class on its own. His display of silk reeling energy in his forms makes it very beautiful. Based in Singapore for most part of 1980s to 1990s, he has started to tour other countries to spread the art.
This is one of the newer titles that Zhu Tiancai has produced. Other titles in the new series are :

Old Frame Routine 1
Old Frame Routine 2
New Frame Routine 2

The video quality is …

I always like the way Zhu TianCai does his forms. Zhu Tiancai is one of the Big 4 of Chen Taijiquan from the Chen village. The other 3 are Chen XiaoWang, Chen Zhenglei and Wang Xian.
In this short clip filmed at an informal setting, we see how he can do the New Frame, XinJia in a smooth and yet aggressive way.
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