One Movement After Another Movement, One Position Connects with Another Position上下相隨，內外相合 Chen Xin陳鑫 says in his book, “One Movement after another Movement, one position connects with another position.” This means when we do our form, we do not completely stop in the middle of it, when one movement finishes the next starts and so on, […]
Up and Down Movements are Continuous, Internal and External Movements are Related上下相隨，內外相合 Chen Xin陳鑫 continues to describe Taijiquan, “Up and down movements are continuous. Internal and external movements are related.” This describes how we should practice Taijiquan. Taiji means one (one thing), inside this one are two opposing energies. Up and down are opposite, internal […]
Spiralling Movement Help Smooth the Channels纒繞運動，舒暢經絡 Chen Xin陳鑫 said, “Spiralling movements help smooth the channels.” We all know that Taijiquan is good for our health, one reason, particularly in Chen Style Taijiquan, is Chan Si Jing纏絲勁, which makes the movements spiral all over the body beginning from the Dantian丹田. Over a thousand years ago Chinese […]
Light Body, Turn Easily, Qi Flows Through the Whole body and Reaches the Feet輕靈圓轉，中氣貫足 Chen Xin陳鑫 also said, “Light body, turn easily, Qi flows through the whole body and reaches the feet.” This phrase is hard to understand if you have not practised Taijiquan for a long time. A long time means at every day […]
Calm down, stand straight and mind focused on the movements心靜身正，以意運動 Chen Xin陳鑫 says in his book, “Calm down, stand straight and mind focused on the movements.” This is very clear instruction for anybody practising Taijiquan, we need to calm our minds and stand a very proper and straight position. This means our Baihui百會 and Huiyin會陰 […]
Opening and Closing, Firm and Light. Breathe Naturally開合虚實，呼吸自然 Last time we talked about Chen Xin’s 陳鑫book. In it he also says, “Opening and closing, Firm and Light. Breathe Naturally.” This is a principle of Taijiquan. In the Taiji forms there always are opening and closing movements. Sometimes there are two opening movements or two closing […]
Body Light and External Firm虚領頂勁，氣沉丹田 In the history of Chen Style Taijiquan, the 8th generation had a master named Chen Xin陳鑫 (1849 – 1929) who was famous for his writing and his Taijiquan as well. If we study Chen Taijiquan we should all read his book as is describes a lot of knowledge, detail and […]
Wu Yu Xiang’s Taiji Poem武禹襄拳經 “Energy of movement is like Chou Si. Preparing the energy in like pulling a bow. Releasing the energy is like shooting the arrow運勁如抽絲，蓄勁如張弓，發勁如放箭.” Wu Yu Xiang’s Taiji poem is correct. Whether we describe the circular energy in Taiji as Chou Si 抽絲or Chan Si纏絲, it is the same thing. We […]
Chou Si Jing抽絲勁 We should now understand that Chen Style Taijiquan movements consist of spiralling and circling movements that come from the Dantian. These kinds of movements are called Chan Si Jing纏絲勁. However, did you know that there is another name for these kinds of movements and this is Chou Si Jing? This name comes […]
Chan Si纏絲 When we practise Chen Style Taijiquan, we must know that the movements should spiral. We call this spiralling Chan Si纏絲. “Chan纏” means “Spiralling” and “Si 絲“means “Silk”. Some people call it “Silk Reeling”, but actually it is more subtle than this as it has many different directions and ways of circling. All Taijiquan […]
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