Chen Shi Taijiquan New Year’s Resolutions ’25
Myth of Kya; Grifter’s Paradise
Visiting Beijing, Shifu, and Friends 2019
Having just returned from my first visit to Beijing in 5 years I have a lot to think about. It was a specifically long and tiring trip as I first went to Poole, UK, accepted a very promising apprentice and
New View on Old Ties
It’s been 5 years since I have seen Shifu. Life moves slowly and flies by. Beijing changed yet also not at all. In some ways things really come full circle in ways impossible to predict. Shifu was in very good
Restorative & Cultivation Practice
Gongfu can be practice anywhere, even in less than ideal conditions. The dedicated and driven practitioner will not be hindered by adverse locations and conditions, however the value of an ideal natural practice location also cannot be overlooked.
August 2018 Poole, UK Workshop a Great Event
This August was a wonderful event, exhausting, inspiring, sweaty, bitter, affirming and stimulating. The attendees, around 11-12 of them of varying levels of experience and age all worked very hard and did well clarifying their understandings of the practice methods.
Remembering My Father Chen Zhaokui, by Chen Yu
Translated by Linda Yeo (Nairobi), much thanks! Photos not exactly in original order- sorry. Part 1: Time has flown. It has been 30 years since my late father left me. Opening the dust of memories past, the past is like
Marin Spivack interviewed by Israeli Podcast 2018, 3 Parts
This is a multi-part interview by a Podcast in Israel called “No Wax Needed” that focuses on broad variety of martial arts and martial arts related subjects. In this case their audience is not specially focused on Chen Taijiquan, or
Welcome to an Old Friend
Saturday we had cause for celebration as we welcome another long term compatriot in the Taijiquan gongfu pursuit through the door to deeper practice and preservation of this ages old art. Nuri Friedlander has been a hard working student for