The April 4-5, 2009 Workshop by Master Chen Zhonghua was successfully completed!

We are lucky to have such a high-calibre theorist, teacher, and practitioner come and teach us.  A slight adjustment of the hip...a little inward pull of the elbow...a stretching of the central axis of the body...and voila! It is like day and night! A technique becomes alive and effective!  It does make a big difference to have a good teacher touch and adjust your framework and structure.  This is especially so for the Practical Method.

All participants received close attention and detailed corrections of the Yilu taolu (First Form).  The circles with incoming and outgoing directions of energy were reviewed.  The importance of maintaining a vertical posture of the torso and in keeping the point of contact steady while adjusting other parts of the body to counter was drilled in us.  There were many techniques and tips that were provided and participants tried to absorb as much as they could.  As a Chinese saying goes: "You need to be immersed in it to succeed."  The workshops are a critical part of our development in the Chen Style Practical Method.  If one is serious about Tai Chi, then Master Chen Zhonghua is definitely someone that all of us heartily recommend to learn from.  He demonstrates the correct way and the wrong way of applying a technique.  He also provides the theory or principle behind the technique.  

Do check out Master Chen Zhonghua's video clips on YouTube, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfUvhvmjlSk

You will be wonderfully amazed!