Comments on: Chen Zhonghua Workshop Notes Unfiltered Part 1

By: The Position of Shoulders in Opening the Chest | wujimon taiji blog

The Position of Shoulders in Opening the Chest | wujimon taiji blog — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:45:18 +0000

[...] can now recall that I received a similar correction from Master Chen Zhonghua at the March 2009 Milwaukee Workshop. I was holding the posture for a right handed positive circle with my the tip of my right [...]

By: Creating a circuit « Another neijia blog

Creating a circuit « Another neijia blog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:57:56 +0000

[...] am also trying to get a vertical circuit going, probably similar to what wujimon talks about here. Ideally I want these circuits and spirals to happen at the same time automatically, like a [...]

By: Shang Lee

Shang Lee — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:37:00 +0000

Hey wuijimon, great notes indeed. I especially like the part about the vertices and the vertical force. I’ve been grappling with this “sudden fall in spine” thing and glad to see some confirmation here.

By: wujimon

wujimon — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:24:05 +0000

Hi Erwin.
After the workshop, I had roughly 60 voice memos and like 13 reporter style notebook pages of notes. The ones you see above are 1/3 of the notes I transcribed from those sources. Stay tuned for more!

By: Erwin Ramthun

Erwin Ramthun — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:46:10 +0000

Very detailed notes, I’m not this organized, thanks for sharing them.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:42:26 +0000

I have a really hard time grasping, no push, just pull, esp when push again is mentioned sometimes through out the movements. But then I had to go through the motions, and something started clicking in…. Pulling as in pulling a crank???? I can imagine it through silk reeling exercises.

By: wujimon

wujimon — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:14:31 +0000

Thanks, Rick! This is only part 1, so stay tuned! I have tons of notes from the workshop and will release them over the next couple of days or so.