This one of the nicest versions of Taiwan Chen style that I’ve ever seen. It’s just beautiful. The clip says that this is from Pan Yong-zhou’s (Pan Wing Chow) lineage. The circular, dan tien driven movements stand in direct contrast to the more linear style movements commonly seen from the Du lineage.
I can now understand why a teacher from the Wang Meng-bi lineage said that my Chen style looked more like Pan’s than Du’s — my form more closely resembles what is shown here than anything that I’ve seen from the Du lineage. That’s totally okay with me, I love the flavor shown in this video and my body seems to naturally gravitate towards this type of movement.
Kudos to QuaiJohnCain for putting this vid up.
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Michael // October 27, 2008 at 1:14 pm |
Hi,
This version practiced by a student of Pan Yong Zhou is very similar to the Xinjia yilu (dajia) that I learned in Beijing from Tian Qiuxin, who learned it from his uncle Tian Qiu chen, a student of Chen Fake. There are only a few differences in the form and the biggest difference would be that the form is done with more fajing than we do.
Michael
GE // October 29, 2008 at 4:23 am |
Gotta love the audio. Chen taiji with music by Sonic Youth (so to speak)