We don’t
"really learn” Tai Chi by listening to, imitating, and following a live
Tai chi instructor, or reading Tai Chi books, or watching Tai Chi
instructional DVDs. The “learning” comes from practicing Tai Chi,
playing Tai Chi, moving by Tai chi, and feeling Tai Chi. We move from
being awkward and uncomfortable to moving gracefully, fluidly, easily,
confidently, and beautifully. Live and virtual Tai Chi instructors
provide us with information and ideas about what Tai Chi has been for
others and could be for us, its rich history, and provide us with a
model of how a "form" might look and be realized as expressed by their
body-mind.
Our instructor's "mind" set or intention is important -
depending, for example, on whether they emphasize martial applications
or they are a New Age energy arts dancer. Likewise, our own progress
in "learning" will depend upon our own "mind set" of intentions,
dedication, toughness, the courage to go beyond our limitations and
failures, and our willpower.
Learning Tai Chi is always a complex
matrix of interactions, lived experiences, daily training, and
accumulated muscle memories. Less thinking and more practice, training,
and doing will result in the greatest learning. Repeated movements
are the foundation for Tai Chi learning.
- Carol Welch
"Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do."
- Bruce Lee
- Bruce Lee
- Alan Cohen
Chen Style Taijiquan Short Hand Form, 18 Movements
Created by Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei
Bibliography, Resources, List of Movements, Resources, Links, Instructions, Comments
Webpage by Michael Garofalo
Created by Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei
Bibliography, Resources, List of Movements, Resources, Links, Instructions, Comments
Webpage by Michael Garofalo
Chen Style Taijiquan
Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's Short 18 Movements Tai Chi Hand Form
List of 18 Movements
Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's Short 18 Movements Tai Chi Hand Form
List of 18 Movements
5. Single Whip
8. Brush Knee
14. Cloud Hands
List of Movements in Grandmaster Chen Zhenglei's Short 18 Form (1 Page, PDF) English Only
List of Movements in Chen Taijiquan, Old Frame, First Form, Laojia Yilu (2 pages, PDF) English and Chinese
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