Practice constantly. Transform yourself day by day, at first with great effort, later with ease.
Study of the martial way is, in the end, just this.
Chen Changxing
Chen Family Old Frame Taijiquan
Chen Family Old Frame Taijiquan is the ancestor of all Taiji styles. Like every legitimate Taiji style, it is a martial art, not new-age meditation. The basic exercises provide health benefits to people of any physical condition, though advanced levels of training are mentally and physically demanding.
The system encompasses a wide variety of training methods that are performed solo or with a partner, and contain both slow and fast movements. These include:
- Post standing ~
(zhan zhuang) - First form ~
(lao jia yi lu) - Second form ~
(lao jia er lu), also called
"cannon bashing" ~
(pao chui) - Single sword ~
(dan jian) - Single saber ~
(dan dao) - Double sword ~
(shuang jian) - Double saber ~
(shuang dao) - Spring-Autumn glaive ~
(chun qiu yan yue dao) - “Five tigers swarming sheep” staff ~
(wu hu qun yang gun) - Long pole (form) ~
(da gan) - Three-opponent staff tapping ~
(san ren gan dui ting) - Pear blossom spear with white ape staff ~
(li hua qiang jia bai yuan gun) - Taiji ball ~
(Taiji qiu) - Ruler ~
(xing gong bang) - Pole shaking ~
(dou gun zi) - Push-hands ~
(tui shou) - Joint locking and grappling ~
(na fa)
The empty-hand forms contain the core principles of Chen Family Taijiquan: silk reeling
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