DW170-05 Chen style Taijiquan - Chen Style Taichi Old Form Routine II Wang Xi'an MP4

Old frame routine II of Chen-style Taijiquan is also called Cannon Fist. Routine II fist relies mainly on hardness, integrates hardness with softness. When practising, stamp and exert force,dodge and move; scurry and leap,loosen and spring shake, get done without any letup,with momentum of strange python going out of a hole,fierce tiger going down a hill,with invincible might of mythical flood,dragon jumping out of a sea,a powerfull lion shaking its hairs, lead force with hands, hands lead, body follows, footwork is flexible, stand steadily, in full force and spirit.

It takes picking, separating, sticking and leaning as its main movements, cracking, stroking, squeezing and pressing as its auxiliary movements,and really represents the quick, strong and fierce features of routine II fist Chen-style Taiji Pushing hand was practiced on the basis of practicing well the posture of Chen-style Taijiquan. In the routine of Chen-style Taiji Pushing hand, two people give a hand and twine each other. It combines these skills of sticking, closing, cohering, following, loosing, moving, flexiblizing and shaking, and abides by the principles that keep away from the enemy's main force and strike where the enemy is the weakest and hold the skillful principle without holding strength. It combines these basical methods such as sneizing, trapping, falling, kicking, hitting together using these 8 kinds of methods warding off, stroking ,squeezing, pressing, picking ,twisting ,eblowing and relying to practise the sensitivity that feels in skin sense of touch and body of whole body and reach the realm that people do not know me and I know people alone and go ahead of the opponent and take advantage of a favourable situation to take advantage of strength and gain mastery over the enemy. It is a method to practise superb skill.

The skill to practice posture is the techniques of knowing yourself and the skill to pushing hand is the techniques of knowing the opponent. It can be ever-victorious to know yourself as well as the enemy.  

• Lecturer: Wang Xi'an
• Format: MP4
• Language Speaking: Chinese 
• Subtitle: English/Chinese 
• Length of time: 109'21"

Grandmaster Wang Xi’an


Wang Xi'an, born in 1944, is from Chenjiagou, Wenxian, Henan Province, China. He is one of the 'gao tu' (high skilled disciples) of 18th generation successors, Chen Zhaopi and Chen Zhaokui. He is one of the most notable representatives of the 19th generation successors. Wang Xi'an is the Head Coach of the Wenxian Taijiquan Training and Promotion Center, Vice Secretary-General of the Wenxian International Taijiquan Research Meeting and Competition, Director of the Wenxian, Chenjiagou Martial Arts Training Institute, and the Head Coach and Head Advisor to Taijiquan Associations in Japan, France, Malaysia, South Korea, and in nearly every province in China. He is also Vice Dean of the Henan University Athletics Department, Honorary Famous Lecturer of Henan Teachers University, and Executive Council member of the Henan Province Tourist Association. 

In 1983 Wang Xi'an was appointed as a Coach of the Henan Province Martial Arts Training Center, Zhengzhou. He many times won All China National Push Hands and Forms Championships. Since 1983 he has brought up many outstanding students. His students have won more than one hundred gold and silver medals in Henan Province and China National Push Hands and Forms Competitions. His second son, Wang Zhanjun, stands undefeated in Push Hands Competitions since 1993.

In the interest of promoting Chen Style Taijiquan, Wang Xi'an has many times gone to Japan, France, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, and other countries to pass on his skill and knowledge. The brother of the Emperor of Japan once invited Wang Xi'an as an honored guest at the Imperial Palace. The Mayor of Osaka, Japan presented Wang Xi'an with a Gold Key to the City and made him an honorary citizen. He also was a guest of France's President Chirac.