Ancestral Chen-style Taijiquan – Taiji Spear (2 DVD set)

Master: Chen Xiaowang

Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang, the head of 19th Generation Chen Taiji School. 陳小旺陳氏19世嫡系傳人，陳式太極拳第十一代傳人.

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The Chen family-style (陳家、陳氏 or 陳式太極拳) is the oldest and parent form of the five traditional family styles of Tai chi. Chen-style is characterized by Silk reeling (chán sī jìn; 纏絲勁), alternating fast/slow motion and bursts of power (fa jin; 發勁)

Contemporary t'ai chi ch'uan is typically practised for a number of widely varying reasons: health, external/internal martial art skills, aesthetics, meditation or as an athletic/competition sport (sometimes called "wushu tai chi"). Therefore, a teacher's system, practice and choice of training routines usually emphasizes one of these characteristics during training. The five traditional schools, precisely because they are traditional, attempt to retain the martial applicability of their teaching methods. Some argue that the Chen tradition emphasizes this martial efficacy to a greater extent.

Grand Master Chen Xiaowang is demonstrating the Chen style Taiji Spear (Tai Chi Spear). It is a mixed Pear flower Spear with White ape Stick' is one kind of long weapon in Taiji Boxing routine. In actual combat application it can realize the spear thrust in a line as well as has the effect of 'stick beat a large extent especially pay attention to Chen style Taiji Boxing the practice method of twisting and sticking so called 'Chen style Taiji Spear' the routine of the spear rigorous and compact with peculiar style with the cooperation of taiji Boxing coordinating body work fully display the spear and stick respectively own characteristic use one another and original part of it consist of thrust, block, tilt, sweep, point, raise, chop, stir, support, twist, coil, thrust and beat, etc. unique method really represent mix Pear flower Spear with White ape Stick unpredictable it moves like thunderclap, with force like swimming dragon fluent rhythm, great momentum also has the ability of using long weapon as short one.