Chen Taijiquan

Below are some insights on internal training which I have picked up from my study under my teacher, GM Zhu Tian Cai as well as from his writings.  I hope this will be helpful to everyone who is striving to proceed deeper into their development of Taijiquan.

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Jas: I have tried to retain my teacher's original voice and style as closely as possible, and I hope I have succeeded to some measure here.  However, I do welcome your kind critique so I can keep on improving to write better articles for you!  Also, he frequently reverts to classical martial idioms which defy literal translation that I have tried to de-mystify and re-couch simply.  Still, I have to say that these phrases like "一动无有不动，一静无有不静&qu ot;, "灵活运用，随其自然", "柔转刚发" etc, these are best exemplified in a face-to-face demonstration of thier actual application by a qualified instructor. It's difficult to delineate these where, yi zhao ke bian bai zhao (one move can become hundreds of moves/appplications) - from one single chan si lu, you can move into quite a few chin na locks, kao, lie or a cai.