Formosa Neijia

Of the six guys that brought Chen style to Taiwan, three of them were Chen Fa-ke’s students: Wang Meng-bi (王夢弼), Wang He-lin (王鶴林) and Pan Yong-zhou aka Pan Wing-chow (潘詠周).
Other students of Chen Fa-ke that I have on my lineage chart include:
Feng Zh-qiang (馮志強)
Hong Jung-sheng (洪均生)
Lei Mun-ni (雷慕尼)
Tian Ji-chen (田季臣)
Gu Liu-xin (顧留馨)
Chen Shou-li (陳守禮)
Chen Bao-qu […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWXx8MxBuE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNWXx8MxBuE
This is a great clip of a guy that has combined bodyweight training with stretching.
He has some great skills and I think you’ll see elements of what Mike Martello did in his videos and some of the stuff from taiji daoyin that I’ve talked so much about in the past. This clip shows what is […]

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…is the same problem as with all Chen style taiji: too many forms. My teacher teaches the laojia yilu, five different versions of huleijia, and then the paochui. One of the best Chen teachers here teaches in this order: 13 form, 48 form, laojia yilu, paochui short form, xiaojia yilu, laojia paochui, huleijia, and xiaojia […]

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Some of you may have noticed the new link to a forum on the left named ChenWired. This is a new forum but it looks to be outstanding considering the three moderators. There aren’t many posts yet, but if you have an interest in discussing anything related to Chen style taiji, I would highy recommend […]

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This was posted by Bob over at EF, but considering that the sight is coming down at any time, I want to archive it here. This is good stuff and rarely talked about. I think some of you might ne surprised at the stuff that the author mentions. Enjoy.
The Fundamental and Supplemental Training Exercises of […]

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I hope you guys are looking forward to spending the holidays with your families. I know I am.
Speaking of families, my lttle boy Nicholas recently made his first TV commercial. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOkr4lgp40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JOkr4lgp40
Happy Holidays

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I was hoping to write up an intro to long fist but I found one here that is light-years beyond what I could write up. This is the most info on long fist that I’ve ever found on the web. Lots of good material here; some that still needs to be translated. Maybe one day […]

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This is the book being reviewed in English and here it is in Chinese. The VCDs and DVDs can be found here and here. Here are video samples of Di.
I just bought a copy of Di Guo-yong’s xingyi book, which was recently released in traditional characters here in Taiwan. I can’t read simplified characters at […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbqRYcVbQ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbqRYcVbQ0
(This will be my last post for a few days. The quarter is over and I and the family are taking a few days vacation. I’ll be back next week with posts on Chen Pan-ling, taiji fundamanetals, and other good stuff.)
Mike Martello has graciously given us another peek at his excellent miao dao training. This […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQzwWLzGr8w&
This is an excellent clip that shows guys wrestling 105 years ago. Amazing. This just goes to show that not everything modern is better nor was everyone back then in poor health. These guys look strong and are going at it in a manner that would fit right in at most grappling schools. There is […]

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