Chen On The Mind
Wow.. I didn't realize how often I think of Chen throughout the day! I caught myself multiple times just walking around doing Chen silk reeling arm movements! I caught myself multiple times standing, and then unconsciously stepping out into preparation for Chen silk reeling stance! I caught myself thinking about dantien rotations and qi paths...
By the immortal words of Willie Nelson, here's an Ode to Chen:
Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the timeYou were always on my mind
You were always on my mind
I was talking to a buddy of mine about training. Like myself, he has dabbled in multiple styles over time. He mentioned this idea of daily, weekly, and monthly training. He has certain things he does daily, certain things weekly, and certain things monthly. He's currently pursuing some "old Yang" stuff and has pushed Chen to be part of his "monthly training".
I then have another taiji buddy that does EVERY SINGLE FORM HE KNOWS EVERY SINGLE DAY! This includes a gang load of qigong, some xingyi, some bagua, some liuhebafa, some wushu taiji, and like 6-8 reps of a chen set!
Talk about comparing either end of the spectrum!
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FWIW, I believe that Yang can help Chen, but I see little way for Chen to help Yang. Just my gut feeling but it comes from a Chen chauvinist.
Sounds like you have contacts who practice a variety of Yang styles and maybe one of the Yang varients will give you a new, rewarding path? Anyway, enough free advice from Joe Amateur here. Go, Man, Go!! :)
I've not the time to practice all everyday, tend to work like your 1st buddy, rotating during the week.
So it was Yang for a long begining, then some years more Chen, now I'm back to old 108 Yang, which I find the more difficult, the more I train.
Chen can support Yang?
Not so sure!
Keep on going!
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