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Chen Taijiquan
Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang
Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang
Grandmaster Michael Tse
"Taijiquan skill is a martial art and by understanding the martial art, we understand our health. If you can understand your health, it means you understand the principle of nature and if you understand the principle of nature, then you understand the meaning of life. This is because life is practice. We practice our own lives everyday. We need to find out what we are good at so we can enjoy and understand it" Quote from
Grandmaster Michael Tse (Tse Qigong Centre) - Qi Magazine Issue 72, page 12.
Taiji (tai chi) is well known all over the world and is quite often taught purely for its health benefits. Some people may be surprised to know that it was primarily used for fighting, as Tai (in Chinese) means big or very and Ji means limited or end so that for Taiji - big means expanding and limited means controlling or contracting and when Quan is added, which means fist, you know it means it is a martial arts skill. Chen style Taijiquan also has many weapon forms such as sword, broadsword and spear which in days gone by would have been used on the battlefield.
Sijo Chen Wang Ting (also known as Zhou Ting), was the 9th ancestor of the Chen family and it is believed that he developed Chen style Taijiquan. He had spent many years studying and using martial arts and fighting tactics and he knew that by combining these with Daoist principles he could create a fighting style that used Chan Si Jin (Spiral Energy). This meant that instead of retaliating with force against an attacker, he found that he could use their energy and redirect it, by using spiralling waist (Dantien) energy.
He looked at the acupuncture points, channels in the body and how to breathe and combined this with movements from various fighting styles such as Qi Ji Guang's 32 Martial Art Classic Fist, Shaolin Quan - Red Fist, Shaolin Staff, Buddha's Warrior Eighteen Grasping Techniques and his own Chen family's Martial Art skill.
He also studied other famous masters such as Li Bon Tien's kicking, Eagle Claw Wang's grasping, Thousand Falls Chiang's throwing and Chiang Ba Jing's hitting.
Taijiquan differs in many respects from some other martial arts as the emphasis is not on building up muscles but teaches relaxation, good posture and Qi movement which is why it is often mistaken for a health exercise and not a martial art.
Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang is the 19th Standard Bearer of Chen Taijiquan and both the 19 and 38 forms were created by him for students to practice.
My Sifu (teacher) Mike Baker is a Senior Student of Grandmaster Michael Tse, who is my Sigong.
Grandmaster Michael Tse (Tse Qigong Centre) - Qi Magazine Issue 72, page 12.
Taiji (tai chi) is well known all over the world and is quite often taught purely for its health benefits. Some people may be surprised to know that it was primarily used for fighting, as Tai (in Chinese) means big or very and Ji means limited or end so that for Taiji - big means expanding and limited means controlling or contracting and when Quan is added, which means fist, you know it means it is a martial arts skill. Chen style Taijiquan also has many weapon forms such as sword, broadsword and spear which in days gone by would have been used on the battlefield.
Sijo Chen Wang Ting (also known as Zhou Ting), was the 9th ancestor of the Chen family and it is believed that he developed Chen style Taijiquan. He had spent many years studying and using martial arts and fighting tactics and he knew that by combining these with Daoist principles he could create a fighting style that used Chan Si Jin (Spiral Energy). This meant that instead of retaliating with force against an attacker, he found that he could use their energy and redirect it, by using spiralling waist (Dantien) energy.
He looked at the acupuncture points, channels in the body and how to breathe and combined this with movements from various fighting styles such as Qi Ji Guang's 32 Martial Art Classic Fist, Shaolin Quan - Red Fist, Shaolin Staff, Buddha's Warrior Eighteen Grasping Techniques and his own Chen family's Martial Art skill.
He also studied other famous masters such as Li Bon Tien's kicking, Eagle Claw Wang's grasping, Thousand Falls Chiang's throwing and Chiang Ba Jing's hitting.
Taijiquan differs in many respects from some other martial arts as the emphasis is not on building up muscles but teaches relaxation, good posture and Qi movement which is why it is often mistaken for a health exercise and not a martial art.
Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang is the 19th Standard Bearer of Chen Taijiquan and both the 19 and 38 forms were created by him for students to practice.
My Sifu (teacher) Mike Baker is a Senior Student of Grandmaster Michael Tse, who is my Sigong.
Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang
Great Grandmaster Chen Xiao Wang (centre),
my Sifu Mike Baker (3rd left), my Siba Darryl Moy (4th left) with myself (2nd right) Sifu Kate Britton (2nd left) and other students from the Tse Qigong Centre.
The Five Principles of Chen
Relaxation
Posture
Move from the Waist
Upper Body Light, Lower Body Strong
Once in proper alignment, Fajing
The above principles require practice, practice, practice and when that is done ...... practice some more.
This word is frequently used in the Tse Qigong Centre.
Relaxation
Posture
Move from the Waist
Upper Body Light, Lower Body Strong
Once in proper alignment, Fajing
The above principles require practice, practice, practice and when that is done ...... practice some more.
This word is frequently used in the Tse Qigong Centre.
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West Midlands
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