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Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 111

Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìng 順與逆纏絲勁 Part 2 Chán Sī Jìng 纏絲勁 has Shùn Chán Sī Jìng 順纏絲勁– outward circle and Nì Chán Sī Jìng 逆纏絲勁– inward circle. If we have good Nèi Gōng 內功 (Internal Power) then our Chán Sī Jìng will be even more powerful. Nèi Gōng comes from our practice of […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 110

Shùn and Nì Chán Sī Jìng 順與逆纏絲勁 Part 1 When we practise Chén Style Tàijíquán we have two kinds of Chán Sī Jìng 纏絲勁. “Chán 纏” means “Spiral” or “Reeling”, “Sī 絲” means “Silk” and “Jing 勁” means “Power”, so all together “Silk Reeling Energy Power”. It is like a screw that spirals into wood. […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 109

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 46 Xiong Rou Hu 熊若虎 laughed and said, “I am sorry he has left to return your buffalo. He is our close brother and also has good Kung Fu skill. He is the one who arranged all the tests you faced. You have actually met him he was the gentlemen […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 108

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 45 Xiong Rou Hu 熊若虎 continued to say, “I learnt a lot of Kung Fu from a Buddhist monk. I watched the Qing army 清兵 invade our country and kill so many of our Han people. So I gathered many people together to fight them. However the Qing army was […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 107

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 44 The old man got up quickly and jumped up to kick Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷. Chen Wang Ting knew the old man’s kick was very strong and stepped back to avoid it. Having missed the old man wanted to try another kick, but Chen Wang Ting stepped closer and […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 106

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 43 The punch was so fast! But Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 was a high level Kung Fu master and had been expecting the attack. He stepped back to avoid it, but a second punch was already travelling quickly towards him, he moved back slightly and so had just avoided two […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 105

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 42 The room was in complete darkness! No one said anything or made the slightest noise in case it alerted an enemy and made them a target for attack. After a while, the door to the room opened and the old man entered with some more of his people. The […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 104

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 41 As the 20 men moved in to attack, Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 heard the door being locked and knew that they could not escape and they had to fight! Chen Wang Ting drew his sword, he had left his Da Dao outside. Jiang Fa 蔣發 also had his sword […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 103

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 40 Jiang Fa’s 蔣發 Kung Fu was very good and he was very fast! While he was sitting on the beam, watching the others eating dinner, he saw the knife with a piece of meat shooting towards him. Just before it struck him, he calmly plucked it out of the […]

Master Tse’s Taiji Fist 102

Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 part 39 The old man glared at the group armed with weapons, “Everyone back up and behave yourselves! They are our friends.” He said pointing to Chen Wang Ting 陳王廷 and Jiang Fa蔣發. Chen Wang Ting had of course seen the old man smash the heavy title with his foot. It was clear […]