hzj

make sure tat the basic like 18 and 24 is gd first... they are the easier... routines... b4 u learn the competition or traditional tao lu...

Christoffel

Certainly is. Sounds like a carnival.

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

Christoffel

He's teaching at rivervale Gardens RC

Chen Style Taijiquan

Chen Style Taijiquan is known as the traditonal and oldest taijiquan.
Practice of taijiquan improves one's health and mind alertness.

Instructor : Mr Lim Teck Hing (98445339)
Fees : $36 for 12 sessions
Day / Time : Tuesday / 8.30pm to 9.30pm
: Sunday / 7.15am to 8.45am
Venue : Court in front of blk 121C

Say 小洪 recommend, he'll know.

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

Christoffel

Hmm. I have a different perspective on this actually. For the competition routines, esp 42 and the old 48, having basics like 18, 24 or even 32 (Si Duan) will certainly build yr basics in learning the routines. For traditional routines wise, the more important stuff is the 基本功. Each style have their own 基本功. At least of Chen style, this inculdes 缠丝, 发劲, 腿法, 步法 and etc. Different styles share the many common similarities but there are differences which makes each style unique. This is also how taiji judges gauge the athletics' performances during a competition. The are not SHEN, haha. They wun know all the routines, but foundamental stuff such as shoulders relaxing, maintaining a certain wide position, jin's total coordination, blah blah are all common.

We use to make a joke when pple who apply Chen style on Yang style and vice-versa, often or not, the person doing Chen style will have '杨'骚味, coversely the person doing Yang style will have '陈'皮味. Once i had a student doing competition routine joining me for Chen class, no doubt he have a certain frame that is great for taiji, i had to correct him from bottom up in Chen style. There are features which makes the style unique, eg Chen style's 缠丝, Yang style's 大朋大捋, Wu style's 川字步斜身, Wu(Hao) style's 小巧身正, Sun's style's 开合活步, Zhaobao, Hulei and many others. These are jus examples of each styles' features and there is certainly much more. The basics(基本功) are then based on such characteristics to formulate are made practise for anyone who wanted to learn their styles. Eg. I think asking ppl to walk countless of 搂膝拗步 is a common thing in taiji class? I do too, asking them to walk Chen style's 拗步. I have a 师叔 who went beijing to look for Wu Style Master Li Bing Ci (李秉慈), Li also asked him to do 搂膝拗步, but in the Wu style's way. Do think abt 搂膝拗步 next time you do it, see if you're doing it the competition way or the tradtional Yang style way.

Anybody stepping into a taiji class should have a certain goal. Health, Competition, Combat or jus accompany ppl to come sweat? Health comes naturally from competition or combat, but the latter two dun always go with each other. Unless of course you go for san shou or tui shou competition then you'll have some experiences. Never go tell pple you learning taiji for 10 years and u can defence yourself when u haven had touch training with pple. So it really boils down what you wan taiji for, i think its worth thinking abt it. No offence, jus my opinion

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

rongze

ok will go see how how :biggrin4:

------DaRyL------- :rock: :rock: :rock:

Christoffel

o.O daryl staying near there too?

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

hzj

tats lots of info... thnx...

MenWaiHan

Thanks.

Have gone over and check. The students are practising Yilu. Very impressive and explosive.

Master Lim said new class will start only in Sep, so have to wait...


Cheers!

Christoffel

All of us are learning mah. Got info then jus share share.

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

Christoffel

Good good. Sep? I'll dropby then to have a look, haven been there for almost a year. Haha. He din said anything abt me ba? o.O

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

hzj

the chinese newspaper reported tat deres a taiji famous master 梁前进 was suspected to be a rapist in hk...

he was a 太极拳，刀，枪，剑全能冠军。中国百大拳师之一。现任北京首都体育学院国术社传统体育系导师兼 总教练。

how could he do such a thing??? omg... its a disgrace to wushu practitioner... haiz...

Christoffel

Further more, he's a Chen style practitioner.... Chen jia gou had issue a statement regarding this incident. Whether or not its true, we do not not yet. Anybody is innocent till he is proven guilty.

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

hzj

the national wushu competition organised by the singapore national wushu federation is coming... 2 aug... anybody joining the competition???

another taiji competition organised by chong pang cc is oso coming... anyone???

Christoffel

hzj going for competition?

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

hzj

maybe the 42 quan and jian... anyway tis yr oni competiton routine...

Christoffel

oo. Chong Pang maybe i'll see you. Jus go down take a look. Toa Payoh wun be gg. No traditional routine to see. I see if I can recognised you at Chong Pang if u're gg. Hehe.

Anyway, July 14 they will be a performance at west coast by local and china masters. I'll be pushing hands with my teacher (as a sandbag for him actually, haha) July 27/8 will have another performance under 中 ，日，马，新太极拳交流会organise by Grandmaster Zhu Tiancai. We maybe pushing hands again, but no confirm. I prefer to sit and watch instead better. Haha.

There was a taiji meet last sat at bukit timah organised by 黄月嫦, some malaysian guys came down to perform. Not so gd actually, the events page put their teachers name then end up 70% are performed by students. At least yuechang herself went down to perform and i think that's commentable. By the time i reached there half the show already gone. Rest was ok. Malaysia 杨贵渊 新架二路, 黄赛玲's students 42式 太极剑, and Singapore 伍亚干 新架一路, My teacher 林德兴 陈氏太极枪, GM Zhu's son 朱向前 推手, 王容's student 陈氏老架一路, 陈式太极拳协会 老架一路,China 周悦文 月牙产 六合八法, and more. Saw 朱景秀,王容 and others sitting down, no perform.

MenWaiHan, you're Mr Wu? I ask my teacher abt yr visit last sunday. So will you be joining the class at Sep?

世传陈氏太极功, 刚柔相济妙无穷;
圆转自如莫丢顶, 巧妙全在缠丝中.

hzj

the chong pang i will be participating... hope to see u dere... the west coast performance i heard abt it... but moi cc not invited... and i heard mus pay 10 bucks rite??? so i think i will nt be dere...

Christoffel

yep. 10 bucks. But i think the money quite worth. The invitation to performance is not by cc, but to the individuals. They're getting many old 前辈to perform as well. GM Zhu maybe performing, if he's nt back on time from US, then the son will be performance. Some old schools teachers such as 务本白鹤, 少林, 鸿胜馆